By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 25, 2018 Afghan officials say at least 43 people were killed after militants stormed government offices in the eastern part of the capital Kabul, triggering an hours-long gun battle. Health Ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh said another 25 people were wounded in the December 24 raid on a compound housing
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2018 Militants detonated a car bomb before storming a government compound in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in an ongoing attack on December 24, officials and eyewitnesses said. Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman at the Interior Ministry, said several gunmen entered the compound and that they were exchanging fire with the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 16, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump says he will review the case of a former U.S. Army officer charged with murder for the 2010 killing of a man he suspected of being a Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan. “At the request of many. I will be reviewing the case of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 14, 2018 A U.S. Army Green Beret major has been charged with murder in the death of an Afghan man during his 2010 deployment to the war-torn country, the U.S. military says. A spokesman said on December 13 that Major Matthew Golsteyn’s commander had determined that “sufficient evidence exists” to
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 11, 2018 KABUL – The death toll in a suicide attack targeting members of Afghanistan’s security forces on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul, has risen to 12, officials say. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said four security forces and eight civilians were killed on December 11 when a suicide
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 8, 2018 Three civilians have been killed after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s western Herat Province, officials said. A spokesman for the provincial governor said the December 8 attack occurred in the Guzra district. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the spokesman, Gelani Farhad,
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — An American drone strike in southern Afghanistan has killed a key Taliban military commander, dealing a serious blow to the insurgent group. Afghan and Taliban officials Sunday identified the slain man as Mullah Abdul Manan, saying he was killed along with four partners Saturday in the Nawzad
Michael Hughes: There is clear evidence based on declassified publicly available U.S. intelligence reports that Saudi officials were directly involved in the funding, plotting and orchestration of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. No member of the Saudi royal family, however, has yet to face a tribunal – or any type of
Press TV November 30, 2018 The United States has “a long record of crimes” since the invasion of Afghanistan, says an analyst, adding that Washington has absolutely no business being in the war-torn country. “Whatever anyone might think about the Taliban, the United States has absolutely no business [being] in Afghanistan where it is really
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 29, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A British security contractor, G4S, says five of its employees, including a Briton, were killed and 32 others injured in an overnight gun-and-bomb attack against one of its compounds in the Afghan capital Kabul. The company said Thursday five employees have been “seriously” injured. Afghan officials confirm