Tolo News: Afghanistan lost 4-1 to Jordan on Tuesday night in their Asian Football Championship qualifying match. Zubaid Amiri from Afghanistan scored the only goal for his team. After this match, Afghanistan remains at the bottom of the log in their group – Group C – after also losing to Cambodia. After three matches, Afghanistan has
Tolo News: As global pressure mounts against Pakistan, Islamabad has opted to unite Russia, China and Turkey against the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia. The remarks were made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif this week after he suspended his trip to the United Sates. He said he will travel to regional countries
The New York Times: Today there are at least 18 stars on that wall representing the number of C.I.A. personnel killed in Afghanistan — a tally that has not been previously reported, and one that rivals the number of C.I.A. operatives killed in the wars in Vietnam and Laos nearly a half century ago. Click here
Al Jazeera: A senior US commander has apologised after a series of controversial leaflets were dropped in Afghanistan. The pamphlets, distributed on Tuesday in Parwan province, north of Kabul, were deemed “highly offensive” by Major General James Linder. Images used showed a white dog, with a passage from the Quran used in Taliban banners superimposed on its side, fleeing
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 5, 2017 Afghan officials say an air strike by “foreign forces” killed two people and wounded three others attending a wedding in the province of Kabul. The incident occurred late on September 4 when a suspected drone strike hit the wedding after some people at the ceremony began firing celebratory
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 5, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says it seeks to amicably resolve issues with the United States, cautioning “any [coercive] American action” would cause instability in the country. The remarks by Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan came days after U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Pakistan for harboring terrorist organizations, including the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 5, 2017 Two Afghan staff members from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who had been abducted by armed men in February in the northern Jozjan Province have been released. “We are relieved and grateful that our colleagues are now back with us unharmed,” ICRC head of delegation
The Independent (UK): Afghan soldier Mehrullah Safi’s military career ended in southern Helmand province last year when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded next to him, severing his right leg. Now he sells mobile telephone cards in the street. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The sixth round of Afghanistan’s Premier League (APL) football tournament is set to kick off on Thursday in Kabul with last year’s winners Shaheen Asmayee taking on De Spinghar Bazan in the first match. The tournament will take place at the Afghanistan Football Federation stadium in the city and eight teams from eight zones
VOA News September 4, 2017 A 106-year-old woman thought to be the world’s oldest refugee is set to be deported after being denied asylum in Sweden. Bibihal Uzbeki’s son and grandson carried her on their backs as they fled from Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan via Iran and Turkey in the hopes of finding haven in