VOA News Ayaz Gul June 30, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Taliban suicide car bombers struck a police convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Thursday, killing at least 30 security personnel and wounding dozens more. The convoy was transporting cadets and trainers when it came under attack. Afghan officials confirmed there were back-to-back blasts. Eyewitnesses told VOA they saw
Khaama Press: A former top American diplomat has said the United States should adopt a policy of total isolation against Pakistan, harshly criticizing the country for supporting the Afghan militant groups. In an interview with the Times of India, Khalilzad said the step by US should be taken to send a signal that it faces the prospect
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 30, 2016 Afghan refugees in Pakistan can remain in the country until the end of the year. The decision by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif comes after an earlier deadline of June 30 for Afghan refugees to leave the country was set to expire. Pakistan is currently hosting at least 1.5 million
Tolo News: Four Afghans are among those killed in triple bombings at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Tuesday, Afghan Consulate General Mali Quraishi said on Thursday. He added that two other Afghans were wounded in the attack. Quraishi did not provide further details in this regard. The death toll from Istanbul attack rose to 41 dead and 230 injured on
VOA News Noor Zahid June 29, 2016 The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan on Wednesday launched a program to help advance educational opportunities for Afghan women. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Promote Scholarship Program will provide aid to 720 Afghan women over the next five years, an embassy statement said. Recipients
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem June 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s national security adviser has accused Pakistan, without directly naming the country, of providing financial and logistical support to Islamic State (IS) fighters in Afghanistan. Hanif Atmar told journalists Wednesday in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, that his country’s security forces this week arrested three IS
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A police crackdown in Pakistan has rounded up and deported hundreds of Afghan refugees in recent weeks. But authorities say Afghans with legal refugee status are not being targeted, nor will they be pushed out of the country. The arrests have mainly taken place in the northwestern border
KABUL, June 29 (Xinhua) — The Afghan government on Wednesday strongly condemned attacks at the Istanbul airport that reportedly killed 36 and injured many others. “We strongly condemn the heinous attack at Attaturk Airport in Istanbul. Our thoughts are with all those affected people and government of Turkey,” Arg, the country’s Presidential Palace, said on
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 29 (Xinhua) — Up to 37 Taliban militants have been killed in Miwand district of the southern Kandahar province over the past two days, provincial police chief General Abdul Razeq said Wednesday. “Security forces launched operations against Taliban in Band-e-Timor area on Tuesday and so far 37 rebels have been killed and
ESPNcricinfo: The ICC has revealed that a confidential conciliatory process was used to resolve a complaint made by Cricket Namibia under the anti-racism code during Namibia’s Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan in India earlier this year. The ICC made a statement about the issue through a press release on Tuesday. All parties agreed that “some of