Uncovering Gholghola: The Lost Ancient City In Afghanistan
VOA News | October 18, 2018: French and Afghan archaeologists are digging through the ruins of Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley to uncover the mysteries of a great lost city. (VOA)
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These photos show 17 years of the US-led ‘Forever war’ in Afghanistan as the conflict becomes deadlier than ever
Insider: On October 7, the US entered its 18th year of war in Afghanistan. What started as retaliation for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City has spiraled as insurgents like the Taliban have regrouped and restrengthened over the years. 2018 is projected to be the deadliest year in
‘A fighting war with the main enemy’: How the CIA helped land a mortal blow to the Soviets in Afghanistan 32 years ago
Business Insider: By the mid-1980s, the Soviet war in Afghanistan had reached something of a stalemate. To turn the tide, the US introduced Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to erode Soviet control of the air. In the years since, the Stingers and US policy in Afghanistan have become a headache, but CIA personnel involved in the Stinger program
Dance Like It’s 1949: Afghan Islamists Celebrate Chinese Communism
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 1, 2018 Sibghatullah Mojadedi, Mohammad Mohaqiq, and Mohammad Khan are among Afghanistan’s most prominent onetime hard-line Islamists. But the former warlords’ credentials have been questioned by some Afghans after they attended a celebration marking Chinese communism in Kabul. The three gray-bearded men, clad in traditional Afghan garb, were
The Hotel in Afghanistan That Refuses to Close Its Doors
New York Times: The bay windows in the Bost Hotel’s dining room looked out across the Helmand River. For all the river’s immensity, the current, borne hundreds of miles from up in the Hindu Kush, spoke only in whispers. The air hummed with mosquitoes. Beyond the river, on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of
Suicide Bombing Hits Afghan Commemorations Of Resistance Leader Masud, Killing At Least Seven
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 9, 2018 KABUL — A suicide bomber on a motorcycle has blown himself up near a procession in the Afghan capital commemorating the death of a revered resistance leader, killing at least seven people, officials say. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai told RFE/RL that more than 20 people were wounded
Martyrs Week Commemorated In Kabul
Tolo News: Members of Afghanistan Green Trend, a Kabul-based social movement, on Friday commemorated Martyrs Week and the 17th anniversary of the National Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud’s assassination by laying a wreath at the Minaret of Resistance in Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul’s PD15. Afghanistan Green Trend members called on people to commemorate Martyrs Week and Ahmad
U.S. Afghan ‘Experts’ Peddle Recipes for Perpetual War
Michael Hughes: New military commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan Austin Miller on his first day on the job signaled that he would continue America’s stale strategy which itself is a recipe for perpetual conflict. However, there are some so-called strategists who have accomplished the impossible by concocting ideas even worse than the one that has
Afghanistan Celebrates Independence Day
Tolo News: Today, Sunday, August 19, thousands of Afghans around the country will celebrate the 99th anniversary of Independence Day. This national holiday honors Shah Amanullah Khan’s defeat of the British Empire in 1919 and the founding of the nation. Click here to read more (external link).
Will Siege of Ghazni Turn Out to Be Another Non-Tet Offensive?
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan for at least the fifth time in the past eight years has experienced a “Tet-like” offensive – that is, if you believe military pundits, scholars and reporters who often cannot resist historical analogies even if it comes at the expense of true clarity. This is not to say the siege of Ghazni