By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 17, 2019 KABUL — An affiliate of the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing on March 15 of an Afghan TV journalist in the eastern province of Khost. The group did not say in its March 17 statement why it targeted Sultan Mahmoud Khirkhwa, a
Al Jazeera: Daoud Nabi, 71, spent his life helping refugees in New Zealand and recently reflected on his own death, says his son. In 1979, Haji Daoud Nabi escaped the Soviet-Afghan war and took his young family to safety in New Zealand. Almost 40 years later, on Friday, he was shot and killed at Al Noor mosque in
1TV: Afghan government has summoned Pakistan embassy counsellor after Prime Minister Imran Khan made remarks about formation of a new government in Afghanistan, following peace with the Taliban.”A good government will be established in Afghanistan, a government where all Afghans will be represented. The war will end and peace will be established there,” Imran Khan said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 16, 2019 The United Nations Security Council has adopted a temporary six-month rollover of the UN mission in Afghanistan after a spat between the United States and China prevented a full resolution. Council diplomats on March 15 said the United States objected to language in a resolution that urged strengthened
Press TV March 15, 2019 The deadly shooting at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday is the result of spreading “hatred” towards immigrants and Muslims in the West, says a commentator. At least one gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers in New Zealand’s worst ever mass shooting, which
Tolo News: The United States will impose visa restrictions on people responsible for any International Criminal Court probe, a move aimed at preventing actions against US and allies in Afghanistan, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. Pompeo’s remarks come as the US National Security Advisor John Bolton in a speech on last September
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 14, 2019 A senior Afghan official has accused the U.S. special envoy to his country, Zalmay Khalilzad, of “delegitimizing” the Kabul government by excluding it from peace negotiations with the Taliban and acting like a “viceroy.” The comments on March 14 by Hamdullah Mohib, who serves as Afghan President Ashraf