1TV: This comes after the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan put on display thousands of ‘fraudulent’ ID papers that it said were meant to be used in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Click here to read more (external link). Related Watchdogs Predict Deadlock Around Afghanistan’s Elections
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 4, 2018 The founder of the Haqqani Network, one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous and feared militant groups, has died after a long illness, the network’s ally, the Afghan Taliban, announced early on September 4. Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose son Sirajuddin Haqqani now heads the brutal group and is also the Taliban’s
Michael Hughes: New military commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan Austin Miller on his first day on the job signaled that he would continue America’s stale strategy which itself is a recipe for perpetual conflict. However, there are some so-called strategists who have accomplished the impossible by concocting ideas even worse than the one that has
MOSCOW, September 3 (Sputnik) – The man, who stabbed two people at a railway station in the Netherlands on Friday, was driven by his belief that the Islamic prophet Mohammad has been repeatedly insulted in the country, the country’s Public Prosecution Service said in a statement on Monday. The stabbing attack was reported at Amsterdam’s
1TV: Huma Sultani, who represents Ghazni province in the Lower House, was seen picking up chairs and tables and throwing them out of the shop in Kart-e-Se area of the city on Sunday evening. She even smashed the sweets shop’s glass display counter with a chair. Years ago, she also claimed that Taliban militant group’s leader Mullah
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 3, 2018 A U.S. service member has been killed and another wounded in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission says. A statement said the “apparent insider attack” occurred on September 3, adding that the service member who died was the sixth American to be killed in
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said that at least 34 people across the country have died after being diagnosed with Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) – commonly known as Congo Fever. “Since the start of the month of Hamal (21 March) until today 169 patients (have been treated),” said Assadullah Esmat, chairman of
Khaama Press: The Deputy National Security Adviser of Afghanistan Sulaiman Kakar has also resigned from his position, almost ten days after the former National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar stepped down from his position. In his resignation letter to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the deputy national security adviser has described the existing issues as the main motive