Japan Times: President Ashraf Ghani has ordered a “thorough investigation” into institutionalized sexual abuse of children by police, after it was revealed the Taliban are using child sex slaves to launch deadly insider attacks. There has been international condemnation of pedophilic “bacha bazi” — literally “boy play” — which has been exploited by the Taliban to mount
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 9, 2016 The U.S. government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan says the United States has wasted billions of dollars in reconstruction aid to Afghanistan during the past decade — and renewed Taliban militancy now threatens the gains that were made. John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), told
RT: US killings of civilians near Gardez, Afghanistan is an extraordinary case of a cover-up which goes far beyond what happened with the bombing of the MSF hospital, says Gareth Porter, an investigative journalist on US national security policy. The Pentagon has released the findings of an investigation into a night raid in Afghanistan that led to
Tolo News: A new investigation has revealed how Afghanistan’s multi-billion dollar lapis mines are driving corruption, conflict and extremism in the country. According to Global Witness the Taliban and other armed groups are earning up to $20 million USD dollars a year from Afghanistan’s lapis mines. In a statement issued by Global Witness it said: “As a result,
The Washington Post: HERAT, AFGHANISTAN — Amid the city’s swirling winds, construction crews work steadily to create a new downtown strip that, someday, will include high-rise office towers and thousands of new homes. That’s bad news for people like Nesar Ahmad Papalzai who have watched the rising property values in their city in western Afghanistan contribute to
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 31, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remain trapped in their own country has doubled over the past three years, says a new report by Amnesty International. A staggering 1.2 million people are internally displaced in Afghanistan, showing a dramatic increase from some 500,000 in 2013,
Pravda: The CIA has a long history of being involved in global drug trade in all parts of the world under the control of the US or where it has considerable influence. While a few cases have been investigated and exposed by journalists, the issue continues to remain in the shadows. The CIA’s history began in the
Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said he does not want an apology from the British Prime Minister David Cameron for describing Afghanistan as ‘fantastically corrupt’. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Ghani said Afghanistan was “one of the most corrupt countries on earth”. Click here to read more (external link). Related UK
Tolo News: With worsening air pollution and growing mounds of garbage in Kabul, a city that still has no mayor, members of the public on Wednesday slammed the president for not fulfilling his election campaign promises. They said that in the run up to elections, President Ashraf Ghani promised to take a corrupt municipality, Kabul, and turn
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 11, 2016 British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Afghanistan and Nigeria had taken “remarkable steps forward” on corruption, after calling the countries “fantastically corrupt.” Addressing MPs on May 11, Cameron said the countries’ leaders were “battling hard against very corrupt systems.” Cameron’s original comments about the two countries came