VOA News Jeff Seldin February 2, 2016 WASHINGTON—American troops and money will need to be in Afghanistan for years to come in order to prevent the unrelenting spread of terrorism, according to the latest, dour assessment from a top U.S. general. “Now, more than ever, the United States should not waiver on Afghanistan,” General John
Al-Manar: Saudi Arabia’s Major General Mansour Al-Turki, Ministry of Interior spokesman, admitted on Monday that the Saudi money has been used to fund al-Qaeda terrorist group in Afghanistan with billions of dollars. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV / January 30, 2016 Washington has been a “willing participant” in regional decisions that led to a resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the continued US military presence is impeding peace in the country, says an international lawyer and political analyst. “Whatever other nations may think of the Taliban ethos, the only way forward
1TV: A number of Afghan Islamic scholars gathered in Kabul Saturday to declare terror attacks in the country as unlawful. They called suicide attacks as “haram” or forbidden by Islam. “Daesh, al-Qaeda and Taliban ideologies are imported from abroad,” Click here to read more (external link). Related Khaama Press: Afghan minister Faiz Mohammad Usmani warns against growing extremism
Michael Hughes: First, the United States – in cahoots with Pakistan – gave Afghanistan the “freedom fighters” during the jihad against the Soviets, led by the likes of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Osama bin Laden, which eventually morphed into the Taliban movement. Now, yet another made-in-the-USA religious extremist Frankensteinian creation has reared its ugly head in Afghanistan,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 7, 2016 U.S. prosecutors said they may add charges carrying the death penalty in a case against an American who they say supported Al-Qaeda and aided a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The announcement came on January 7 as Muhanad Mahmoud al-Farekh, 30, pleaded not guilty in a New York court
VOA News January 6, 2016 A U.S. federal court in New York Wednesday charged an American citizen with conspiring to set off a truck bomb outside a U.S. military base in Afghanistan in 2009. Muhanad Mahmoud al-Farekh could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. “Farekh, a citizen of the United States,
The New York Times: Al Qaeda training camps are sprouting up in Afghanistan, forcing the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies to assess whether they could again become a breeding ground for attacks on the United States. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Ken Bredemeier December 15, 2015 The U.S. Defense Department said Tuesday that security in Afghanistan has been deteriorating over recent months. As the United States limits its military engagement, the Taliban has been more successful in launching attacks on Afghan forces. The Pentagon, in a new assessment for U.S. lawmakers, said Afghan casualties
Press TV December 4, 2015 A highly secretive CIA-trained paramilitary unit, known as the Khost Protection Force (KPF), operating in eastern Afghanistan, has been implicated in civilian killings, torture and resorting to excessive force under the guise of counterterrorism activities, a new report says. Paid, equipped, and directed by the US Intelligence Agency to allegedly