The Los Angeles Times: He was a CIA ally against the Soviet Union, a friend of Osama bin Laden and a ruthless insurgent leader whose forces killed thousands of civilians during the Afghan civil war. Now the inveterate militant Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is trying to open a new chapter by making peace with the Afghan government. Click here to
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The son of a former prime minister of Pakistan returned from Afghanistan Wednesday a day after he was rescued from al-Qaida-linked kidnappers in a military operation. A special Pakistani aircraft brought Ali Haider Gilani back from Kabul and landed at the airport in the eastern city of Lahore
Business Insider: It was just a few months ago that the first A-29 Super Tucanos touched down in Afghanistan, and a new video of live fire drills gives us a rare look at the Afghan pilot’s progress since then. As part of NATO’s Operation Resolute Support to provide support and security to the Afghan National Government in the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 6, 2016 Al-Qaeda is working more closely with the Taliban in Afghanistan and could bolster the militant group’s fight against government forces, a NATO spokesman says. “By themselves, we don’t think that they pose…a real significant threat, to the government of Afghanistan,” spokesman Brigadier General Charles Cleveland said on May
Tolo News: On the fifth anniversary of the attack on Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan, which resulted in the al-Qaeda leader’s death, a number of MPs on Monday criticized western countries, especially the U.S of recklessly supporting terror donors. MPs said the U.S knows that terrorists are being funded in Pakistan but that Washington continues to
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 2, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan has reacted angrily after U.S. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said that, if elected, he would win freedom “in two minutes” for the jailed Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden. In a statement released Monday, Pakistani Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan rejected
VOA News Chris Hannas May 2, 2016 WASHINGTON—The United States’ ultra-secretive Central Intelligence Agency tweeted the details of an operation that killed a top terrorist leader Sunday, drawing thousands of retweets and likes from apparent supporters while others responded with criticism that ranged from “please don’t” to “WTF?” The terrorist was al-Qaida leader Osama bin
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, April 27 (Xinhua) — One civilian was killed and two others injured as a bomb blast struck a car in the eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Fahim Amiri said. “A magnetic bomb attached in a car of tribal elder Hajji Mirza Mohammad exploded at around 01:00 p.m. local time today
ASADABAD, Afghanistan, April 13 (Xinhua) — Taliban group as part of its yearly spring offensive launched coordinated attacks on several districts of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday morning but fled the area after leaving 13 bodies behind, provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhil said. “Taliban fighters launched coordinated attacks on security checkpoints in Shigal,
KABUL, April 7 (Xinhua) — Some 55 militants had been killed and 16 others wounded during military operations across Afghanistan since early Wednesday, said the country’s Defense Ministry on Thursday. “The Afghan National Security Forces conducted ground offensives in close coordination with Afghan Air Force over the last 24 hours, killing 55 terrorists and wounding