Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 3, 2019 An Afghan court has convicted three men for their alleged involvement in the murder of a BBC journalist last year, officials say. A primary court in the Bagram district of the central Parwan Province, where the accused are imprisoned, sentenced one of the men to death, the Attorney
Michael Hughes: President Donald Trump appears to be delaying the implementation of the order he reportedly gave to draw down troops in Afghanistan in light of fierce criticism for announcing the withdrawal of all 2,000 U.S. personnel from Syria. His communications strategy could certainly be questioned but to oppose the intention to extirpate the United States
Daily Beast:Civilian casualties resulting from U.S. military operations had declined significantly after measures were taken to stop them in 2009. This trend started to change after U.S. airstrikes picked up pace again in 2015, and the last year has seen a particularly acute reversal of it. New data shows that many of the most recent
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 2, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Taliban insurgents have detonated a powerful bomb near a major military base in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, killing at least five soldiers and wounding six others. The attack happened Tuesday night in the volatile Maiwand district, where Taliban rebels dug a two-kilometer tunnel into the Afghan National
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 1, 2019 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has killed more than 20 pro-government forces and captured several security outposts in northern Afghanistan. The insurgents staged the deadly offensive to try to take control of oil fields in Sayyad district in Sar-e-Pol province, a local government spokesman told VOA Tuesday. Zabihullah Amani said
Tolo News:A number of Afghanistan’s political parties and mainstream on Tuesday, reacting to the new announced delay in the schedule of the presidential elections by the election commission, said the election delay is against the Constitution. The political movements’ remarks come after, on Sunday, the election commission said the election management body had decided to
Ariana: Kabul City is surrounded by a thickening blanket of smog that covers the city, making the sky less visible and the air less breathable. The capital is facing the worst air pollution this year, residents said that the crippling electricity crisis is the main reason for the air pollution in Kabul. They said the