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
ISLAMABAD, April 21 (Xinhua) — Pakistan said on Thursday that Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has postponed his upcoming visit to Islamabad. Abdullah’s office had earlier said that he will not travel to Pakistan after a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul Tuesday that killed nearly 70 people and injured over 300. The Afghan leader was
Khaama Press: According to the new reports, the main attacker (Abdul Wali Agha) involved in the deadly attack was likely released from the prison when the Karzai administration was in power. The Presidential Palace officials have said they are aware regarding the report, promising that the government will thoroughly investigate regarding the release of the attacker and