Khaama Press | November 11, 2015 Asif Ashna, deputy to the spokesperson of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has resigned over the incident that took place in southern Zabul province. Ashna says the reason of his resignation is the incompetence of government to prevent the atrocity of seven civilians in Zabul province. Two women,
Tolo News: General John F. Campbell, Commander of NATO-led Resolute Support in Afghanistan, said Wednesday’s protest in Kabul was an opportunity for unity among Afghans and that the country’s problems will be overcome through solidarity. Discussing Wednesday’s massive demonstration over the beheading of seven Zabul residents allegedly by Daesh members, Campbell also extended his condolences to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 11, 2015 KABUL — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has issued a call for unity after violence marred a protest in the capital over the beheadings of seven ethnic Hazaras, possibly by Islamist extremists. The televised appeal came shortly after security forces fired warning shots into the air to drive
Reuters video description: Some 2,000 Afghans in Ghazni protest against the brutal killing of seven members of the mainly Shia Hazara ethnic group, among some 80 people killed in clashes between rival Taliban groups and Islamic State sympathizers in recent days. Mana Rabiee reports.
Press TV | November 10, 2015 Afghans have held a major demonstration in the southeastern province of Ghazni, protesting against a recent beheading of Shia Muslims by militants in the violence-wracked country, Press TV reports. On Tuesday, large crowds of protesters poured onto the streets of the provincial city of Ghazni to voice their outrage against
Khaama Press | November 10, 2015 The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency says it has freed eight more hostages of the group of 31 kidnapped by gunmen in February. A statement released by NDS states that the release of five men, two women and a young boy was secured on Tuesday.
Press TV | November 08, 2015 At least three people have lost their lives in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official says. Nangarhar Provincial police spokesman, Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident happened in Nangarhar’s Ghani Khel district on Saturday night. The US drone attack killed three militants,
Vice News – video description: In late September, the Taliban launched an offensive against Kunduz, a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, capturing key buildings and freeing hundreds of prisoners from the city’s jail. The offensive sparked a fierce battle between the militants and government forces, supported by US airstrikes. After several days of fighting, Afghan
From January 2012 to February 2013, a campaign dubbed Operation Haymaker was carried out in the Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nuristan. According to “The Drone Papers,” during a five-month period almost 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets. This campaign paralleled an increase in drone attacks and civilian
Wochit News – video description: “Over a period of months in 2012 and 2013 at least 17 civilians were killed in special forces operations or on the US military base in the district of Nerkh, Afghanistan. So says the testimonies compiled by human rights organisations, and comprehensively laid out by Rolling Stone magazine, dozens of