Press TV May 1, 2016 An American geopolitical commentator says the United Sates is an empire and empires never admit any wrongdoing, they always blame others. Dean Henderson, an author and columnist at Veterans Today, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Saturday, after a US military investigation concluded that American forces
ISLAMABAD, April 30 (Xinhua) — The Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul on April 19 that killed 64 people and injured nearly 375 has thwarted fresh efforts by Pakistan to broker peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent group. Pakistan’s efforts had initially convinced the Taliban to send a delegation of key political negotiators
VOA News Carla Babb April 29, 2016 PENTAGON —The U.S. military has disciplined 16 service members for their role in a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan last year that killed 42 people and destroyed a hospital run by the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders, and it has concluded the incident was not a war crime.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 29, 2016 The U.S. military has disciplined about 16 U.S. personnel, including a two-star general, for mistakes that led to the bombing of a civilian hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42 people. A senior U.S. official said on April 28 that no criminal charges were filed and the
The Guardian (UK): The Pentagon is due to release a report on an internal investigation into one of the most infamous episodes of the war in Afghanistan: a special operations airstrike on a hospital in the north of the country last year that left 42 civilians dead. The report provides an official assessment of the failings that
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
KABUL, April 26 (Xinhua) — The Afghan National Army personnel had found and defused 26 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and landmines in two southern provinces, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. “The army bomb disposal teams discovered and defused 26 IEDs and landmines in Shorabak and Shah Wali Kot districts of Kandahar province and Nawbahar
Daily Telegraph (Australia): One of the country’s most high-profile former soldiers says Australia’s military operations in Afghanistan are “poorly conceived”, warning “people will be killed … and often times they will be innocents”. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 23, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan has assured neighboring Afghanistan that peace talks with the Taliban “will resume in a month” to find a peaceful end to the Afghan conflict. Taliban-led insurgent violence has spiked in Afghanistan with the onset of spring, prompting fears this year could see record levels of bloodshed across
Tolo News: The Presidential Palace on Friday announced half-staff status for two days (Friday and Saturday) in order to mourn the victims of Tuesday’s attack in Kabul. According to a statement sent by the Presidential Palace, the half-staff status is applicable in the country and at Afghanistan’s embassies around the world. Click here to read more (external