Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The scenes of a public flogging in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan showed two women in blue burqas kneeling nearly motionless as a man beat them over their heads and bodies with a cane. The women, whose names have not been released, had been found guilty of breaking the Taliban’s
Tolo News: Greece police have detained 40 Afghan nationals for questioning following a large brawl on Saturday between a group of Afghan and Syrian migrants at a state-run camp of Malakasa, on the outskirts of Athens, that resulted in the death of a 31-year-old Syrian man, according to Greece’s local newspaper Kathimerini report. Click here to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 11, 2018 The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it will “continue to do its work undeterred,” responding a day after U.S. national security adviser John Bolton threatened sanctions if the tribunal investigates alleged war crimes by U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. The Hague-based court, which investigates genocide, crimes against humanity,
VOA News September 10, 2018 The Trump administration is set to threaten sanctions Monday if the International Criminal Court in The Hague carries out an investigation into allegations of war crimes by U.S. military and intelligence personnel in Afghanistan. A draft speech that U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is scheduled to give before the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 9, 2018 Police in Germany have detained two Afghan suspects in the death of a German man in the eastern city of Kothen. The 22-year-old victim in Kothen died of heart failure overnight on September 9 following an alleged fight with Afghan men. However, police and prosecutors said that “the
Ottawa Citizen: Australia is investigating recent accusations from some special forces troops that a group of rogue soldiers in the Special Air Service Regiment executed an elderly Afghan prisoner and kept a running tally of the number of Afghans they killed. Members of Australian special forces are also alleged to have kept the prosthetic led of
MOSCOW, September 3 (Sputnik) – The man, who stabbed two people at a railway station in the Netherlands on Friday, was driven by his belief that the Islamic prophet Mohammad has been repeatedly insulted in the country, the country’s Public Prosecution Service said in a statement on Monday. The stabbing attack was reported at Amsterdam’s
Tolo News: Nuristani was recently appointed as a senator to the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) by President Ashraf Ghani. Nuristani has an arrest order against him by the Anti-Corruption Criminal Justice Center (ACJC). According to documents, the ACJC summoned Nuristani to appear before them in order to answer to allegations of him having taken over
Khaama Press: Noor said Mr. Farnood became a victim of conspiracies, was jailed and his properties, assets, and fortune were confiscated. He also expressed hopes that the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Farnood would be ascertained. Kabul Bank was one of Afghanistan’s largest private financial institutions founded in 2004 by Sherkhan Farnood, who was an
Ariana: “The European Union and Norway takes note of the return of 1st Vice President, General Abdul Rashid Dostum to Afghanistan. We expect the conclusion of the legal proceedings against General Dostum, in full respect of the law and due process. Nobody should be above the law,” the EU and Norway heads of missions in