The Washington Post: In December, militants dragged Ahmad from his house and cut out his eyes in retaliation. Ahmad was still alive and screaming when the attackers began carving the skin off his chest, leaving his heart exposed. Then they threw the 21-year old laborer off a 10-story cliff, officials said. “They skinned him alive,” said Ruqiya Naeel,
Press TV June 10, 2016 At least four civilians have lost their lives and more than three dozen others sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said the terrorist attack took place as a large
Tolo News: A new report released on Wednesday by Open Society Foundations (OSF) said the U.S and allied forces’ mission in Afghanistan is undermining efforts by harming civilians. While the U.S frequently stresses it does all it can to prevent civilian casualties, the report said poorly planned air strikes, misidentified targets, unexploded ordinance and rogue partner troops
Press TV June 8, 2016 At least 12 civilians have been killed and 50 others abducted in two separate attacks by unknown militants on passengers traveling in eastern and northern Afghanistan. Jawid Salangi, an official in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, said that armed men had stopped two cars, ordered all those on board out
RT: US killings of civilians near Gardez, Afghanistan is an extraordinary case of a cover-up which goes far beyond what happened with the bombing of the MSF hospital, says Gareth Porter, an investigative journalist on US national security policy. The Pentagon has released the findings of an investigation into a night raid in Afghanistan that led to
Press TV June 6, 2016 A deadly ambush by suspected Taliban militants has claimed the lives of at least seven people, including a district intelligence chief and his deputy, in Afghanistan’s northern province of Sar-i-Pul, officials say. Zabi Amani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the attack took place in Sangcharak district of the province early
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 5, 2016 Afghan authorities say a member of the country’s parliament was killed and 11 other people injured when a bomb planted near his Kabul home exploded on June 5. The attack on Sher Wali Wardak, a lawmaker from the eastern Wardak Province, came hours after Taliban militants stormed a
VOA News June 5, 2016 Taliban militants opened fire in a courthouse in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 21. Officials say the court’s newly appointed prosecutor was among those killed in the attack in Puli Alim in Logar province, just south of the Afghan capital, Kabul. All three gunmen were killed by
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 4, 2016 The Taliban released 17 Shi’ite Hazaras who were hauled out of their bus and kidnapped in northern Afghanistan this week, officials said on June 3. The incident in Sar-e-Pul Province was one of a spate of attacks against civilian vehicles, suggesting the Taliban is taking a more aggressive
Press TV June 3, 2016 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed serious concern over a rise in recruitment and killing of children in conflict-hit countries in various parts of the world over the past year. In an annual report on children and armed conflict released Thursday, Ban expressed shock about the dire situation of children in war-torn countries