Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 05, 2015 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has promised an investigation into a mortar attack near a mosque that killed eight civilians. Two civilians were also wounded in the incident in a district south of Kabul on December 4. Ghani on December 5 said the incident occurred during an Afghan operation
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
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 4, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan say at least nine civilians were killed and six more wounded when a mortar shell fired by Afghan national security forces hit a mosque on Friday. In another development, U.S. and local forces jointly assaulted a Taliban-held prison in a volatile southern region and freed
KABUL, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — A bomb blast by anti-government militants on Wednesday claimed two lives and injured seven others in Afghanistan’s the eastern Khost province, a provincial government official said. “A mine planted by militants struck the vehicle of Habib Khan Taniwal, a member of the Provincial Council, at around 02:15 p.m. local time
France24 interview with Ashraf Ghani regarding the bombing of a Doctors without Borders (Médecins sans frontières or MSF) hospital in Kunduz. The bombing of the hospital left 30 people dead and prompted MSF to say that the incident may constitute a war crime.
Press TV November 30, 2015 The United States’ airstrike on a charity-run hospital in Afghanistan raises suspicions that Washington intentionally disregarded the standard rules of engagement, a non-profit Afghan policy research organization says. “The question remains whether the disregard of these procedures was intentional,” said Kate Clark of Afghan Analysts Network on Monday. Clark called for an independent international investigation into
TRINKOT, Afghanistan, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — Unknown gunmen attacked a house in the southern Uruzgan province early Monday, killing a man and a woman and injuring another, a local official said. The incident, according to the official who declined to be identified, took place in Putikalacha locality on the outskirt of provincial capital Trinkot in
Michael Hughes: The Pentagon on Wednesday attempted to chalk up the bombardment of a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan to a series of human slipups and technical glitches, prompting MSF to scathingly declare that the so-called “human errors” in question amounted to war crimes. Click here to read more.
VOA News Ken Bredemeier November 25, 2015 A U.S. military investigation concluded Wednesday that American and Afghan forces misidentified a target in Kunduz, Afghanistan last month that resulted in a mistaken half-hour aerial attack on a hospital that killed at least 31 people, mostly doctors and patients. The report said the crew of a U.S.
Press TV November 24, 2015 Eight children have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion at a busy district of the Afghan capital, Kabul, Afghan media say. The improvised explosive device (IED) was reportedly planted by militants in the fifth district of Kabul. More than a dozen other civilians, including women and children, were also