1TV: A team (Sunrisers Hyderabad) in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday wore black arm bands to express sympathy over an attack on a cricket match in Afghanistan that left at least eight dead last week. Friday night’s attack in Jalalabad city involved multiple explosions that targeted spectators of inaugural match of local tournament Ramadan Cup.
Tolo News: A three-star general who leads the Joint Special Operations Command overseeing some of the most sensitive US commando missions has been picked to lead the nearly 17-year-old Afghan war, five US officials told Reuters. Army Lieutenant General Scott Miller would replace Army General John “Mick” Nicholson, who after more than two years has become
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 23, 2018 The UN says more than 108,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year due to conflict and natural disasters. A total of 108,440 people were displaced between January 1 and May 13, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on May
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 22, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A new report Tuesday said Islamic State, the Taliban and corrupt power brokers in Afghanistan are making hundreds of thousands of dollars from illegal and abusive mining of talc, almost 80 percent of which is ending up in the United States and Europe. Earnings from illegal
AA: Political stability and peace-building are among the key concerns of today’s Afghan people, but also the areas they are most disappointed about. In recent years, the popular belief that the Afghan society could really progress toward peace and political stability has been severely shaken. The belief that the country could one day unite did not
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News May 22, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Several dozen Afghan security personnel have died in several days of heavy fighting with the Taliban in some districts of Ghazni province in Eastern Afghanistan. A Ghazni provincial council official said Tuesday the Taliban have managed to take control of two districts, Jaghatū and Dehak, after fierce
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 22, 2018 The Trump administration’s new Afghanistan strategy has made little progress against the Taliban insurgency since August, and the country remains a “dangerous and volatile” place after 17 years of war, a government watchdog report says. The conclusion by three U.S. agency watchdogs late on May 21 contrasted with
Ariana: Nearly two months have passed since the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) summoned the head of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan, Sayed Ishaq Gailani, over his controversial remarks but his case is still in limbo. During a speech in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, Gailani claimed that the Afghan government has paved the way for India to