The Guardian (UK): Ministers have announced a statutory judge-led inquiry into allegations of more than 50 summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan, a decision made after years of reports that elite British troops killed civilians in cold blood. In a statement to the House of Commons, Andrew Murrison, the minister for defence people, said
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 13, 2022 ISLAMABAD — China confirmed Tuesday that five of its nationals were wounded in a deadly bombing-and-shooting attack targeting a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, the previous day. Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday’s violence, saying its regional affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K, carried out the attack and
8am: The Emergency Hospital in Kabul said in a tweet that there was an explosion and gunfire near a hotel approximately 1 kilometer from the hospital. “So far, we have received 21 casualties – 3 were already dead on arrival,” said the Emergency Hospital in Kabul. Meanwhile, the Taliban in a statement said that the
Khaama: The Pakistani premier, in response to the incident of Sunday in Chaman, wrote on his Twitter handle that the “unprovoked shelling & fire by Afghan Border Forces at Chaman resulting in [the] martyrdom of several Pakistani citizens & injuring more than a dozen is unfortunate & deserves the strongest condemnation.” The Special Representative of
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 11, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Deadly border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan killed at least seven people and wounded more than 30 others Sunday. The Pakistani military said in a statement the skirmishes took place in the southwestern border town of Chaman, adjacent to the Afghan province of Kandahar. The attack killed
Khaama: An explosion took place near the money exchange market in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Tuesday security officials said. According to the governor’s office in the province of Nangarhar, the explosion took place on Tuesday, December 6, at around 2:00 local time at the money exchange market,
8am: Taliban fighters arrested at least 6 residents of Dara district in Panjshir and Kabul provinces on the accusations of collaborating with NRF forces and took them to an unknown location, sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh on late Monday (December 5th). According to reports, a high school teacher in Rokha district of Panjshir Province has
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 6, 2022 At least five people were killed on December 6 in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying oil workers in northern Afghanistan, police said. “Today at around 7 a.m. a blast took place in…Balkh on a bus that belonged to Hairatan oil employees,” said Asif Wazeri, spokesman
8am: Speaking to Hasht-e Subh from Panjshir province, reliable sources identified the school teacher as Shamsullah and added that he was arrested by Taliban fighters a few months ago. Taliban forces handed over Shamsullah’s body to his family in Kabul on Sunday (December 5th), according to independent sources. The victim was a teacher at Rokha
Khaama: The incident took place on Saturday, December 3, in Kunduz city’s 7th police district, the spokesperson for the Kunduz chief of police, Obaidullah Abedi stated. The security officials in Kunduz province stated that the security forces have arrested a person in connection with the murder case of the muezzin, while sources attributed the incident