1TV: Taliban on Monday rejected a ceasefire appeal for the holy month of Ramadan saying they would instead step up attacks, according to Pakistani media report. The appeal was made earlier by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) that has called on parties to the conflict in the country to put down their arms during
Tolo News: The Afghan Minister of Energy and Water and a Turkish company on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the extension of the Kajaki Dam in Helmand. The hydropower dam currently produces 33 megawatts of electricity but once extended it will provide up to 150 megawatts. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Khaama Press: Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum has asked the acting provincial governor Ata Mohammad Noor not to spark tensions among Jamiat-e-Islami and Junbish-e-Milli parties. Ata Mohammad Noor is a prominent political figure and Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami who has reportedly blamed Gen. Dostum among several other prominent political figures for the recent upheavals in
1TV: Afghan Taliban leader Akhtar Mansour who died in a U.S. drone attack in Pakistan last month had been negotiating with officials during his stay in Iran, an Iranian newspaper reported Tuesday. Jahan News claimed that Mansour had been in Iran for two months and that his killing came a week after he left the country. The paper
Press TV June 6, 2016 A deadly ambush by suspected Taliban militants has claimed the lives of at least seven people, including a district intelligence chief and his deputy, in Afghanistan’s northern province of Sar-i-Pul, officials say. Zabi Amani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the attack took place in Sangcharak district of the province early
Press TV June 6, 2016 Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has defended his racist remarks about a judge with Mexican heritage overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University, saying a Muslim judge might be biased against him as well. Trump said in a CNN interview last week that US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the
Press TV June 6, 2016 A Muslim man in New York City has been hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries in an attack by assailants outside of a mosque. The local chapter of the so-called Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said Sunday that Mohamed Rasheed Khan, 59, was brutalized by three men as he was leaving
Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited the restive southern Helmand province today to review the security situation of the province which has been witnessing heavy clashes during the past several weeks. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani delivered a speech to the Afghan Army personnel in 215th Maiwand Corps in Lashkargah city.
Tolo News: A new investigation has revealed how Afghanistan’s multi-billion dollar lapis mines are driving corruption, conflict and extremism in the country. According to Global Witness the Taliban and other armed groups are earning up to $20 million USD dollars a year from Afghanistan’s lapis mines. In a statement issued by Global Witness it said: “As a result,
VOA News June 5, 2016 A veteran American journalist and his Afghan translator were reported killed in Afghanistan Sunday, after coming under attack while traveling with an Afghan army unit in southern Helmand province. The U.S.-based National Public Radio identified the dead as photojournalist David Gilkey and translator Zabihullah Tammana. Two other journalists in their