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Monthly Archives: January 2018

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Pakistan’s opposition leader denounces Trump as ‘ignorant’

3rd January, 2018 · admin

Press TV / January 3, 2018 Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan has denounced Donald Trump as “ignorant and ungrateful” after the US president accused Islamabad of harboring terrorists. Khan, who has ambitions to become Pakistan’s next prime minister, said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that the Trump administration was making Pakistan a scapegoat to

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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US commander urges Afghan army to press Taliban during winter

3rd January, 2018 · admin · 8 Comments

Press TV January 2, 2018 A top US commander has called for a more aggressive approach in the Afghan army against a normally quieter Taliban during the winter season, saying more American “trainers” would be deployed to the front lines to escalate the offensive. General Joseph Votel of the US Central Command, who leads forces

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Army |
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Afghanistan registers 2.6 pct economic growth in FY 2016-2017

2nd January, 2018 · admin

KABUL, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — Afghanistan had a 2.6 percent economic growth rate in the Afghan Fiscal Year 1396 (2016/2017), despite persist challenges, the country’s finance ministry reported on Tuesday. “We witnessed a lot of achievements in the country’s economic sector in FY-1396. Over the year, our national revenue was higher than the target, and

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Posted in Economic News |
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Raziq Says Govt Cannot Remove Him From His Post

2nd January, 2018 · admin · 5 Comments

Tolo News: Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq responded to recent rumors about his removal from the position, saying that he has not been appointed by the government and that the state cannot remove him. He made the remarks in an interview with a local radio station in Kandahar. Raziq said the government is a coalition

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Posted in Political News, Security | Tags: Afghan Police, Kandahar, National Unity Government |
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Noor claims arms being distributed in Kabul to destroy Balkh

2nd January, 2018 · admin

1TV: Ousted Balkh governor Ata Mohammad Noor on Tuesday claimed that officials are distributing arms in Kabul to destroy the northern province. Speaking at a gathering of his supporters, Noor said claimed that the people were being armed at two guesthouses in Kabul belonging to the National Security Council and intelligence agency National Directorate of Security.

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Political News | Tags: Atta Mohammad Noor, Balkh |
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Pakistan Summons US Envoy Over Trump’s Twitter Remarks

2nd January, 2018 · admin

VOA News / January 2, 2018 Pakistan has summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest President Donald Trump’s tweets accusing Islamabad of sheltering terrorists who are battling U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan. A spokesperson for the U.S. embassy in Islamabad says David Hale was summoned to the foreign ministry Monday night to discuss Trump’s New Year’s

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Uncertainty Looms Over Strength of ISIS in Afghanistan

2nd January, 2018 · admin · 3 Comments

Michael Hughes:  In a famous memorandum dated October 16, 2003 then U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld put forth challenging questions to Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Myers and other top-level Pentagon officials about the uncertainty around whether the United States was making progress in the struggle against terrorism worldwide. “Today, we lack metrics to know if we are

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Opinion/Editorial, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Afghan energy minister survives impeachment vote

2nd January, 2018 · admin

1TV: Afghan Energy and Water Minister Ali Ahmad Osmani survived an impeachment vote in parliament on Monday.  “You illegally have 120 advisers and all the people you have appointed recently are your relatives,” Jafar Mahdawi, a lawmaker, told the minister at the Lower House. MP Kamal Nasir Osoli accused the minister of corruption. Click here to

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Posted in Corruption, Political News | Tags: Ali Ahmad Osmani, Parliament |
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President Trump Criticizes Pakistan for “Lies and Deceit”

2nd January, 2018 · admin

VOA News January 1, 2018 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — U.S. President Donald Trump is again accusing Pakistan of sheltering terrorists whom American forces are fighting in neighboring Afghanistan. In his first Twitter message of 2018, Trump wrote, “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years,

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Posted in Haqqani Network, ISIS/DAESH, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hamid Karzai |
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