Khaama Press: At least three Afghan refugees have been arrested in connection to the murder of a 16-year-old fellow refugee in France, it has been reported. The incident reportedly took place at a open hospitality center in Elliniko, a suburb Athens, the capital city of Greece. The suspects have been identified as 18, 23, and 37-year-old Afghan refugees
Khairullah Rasooli, Mohammad Habibzada VOA News / July 3, 2016 During the past three months 740 suspected drug smugglers have been arrested in Afghanistan. Afghanistan Deputy Interior Minister for Anti-Narcotics Baaz Mohammad Ahmadi told VOA Afghanistan the arrests were made during 588 police operations across the country. “Police destroyed six narcotics-processing laboratories during these operations,” said
Tolo News: Farzad, 18, was on his way to the shops when a car, allegedly part of a convoy of President Ashraf Ghani’s delegation, collided with his bicycle, killing him instantly. His distraught family have called for justice. The Herat governor has confirmed that an employee from the presidential guard was in the car when it hit Farzad.
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan are searching for a woman aid worker from the Aga Khan Foundation who has been kidnapped in Kabul. No group has publicly claimed responsibility for abducting Judith D’Souza, an Indian national who has been working in Afghanistan for the Aga Khan’s development network since last
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: Junbesh-e-Adalat Khawhi Baray Qurbanian-e-Jang, or ‘The Movement Seeking Justice for War Victims’, has criticized the Afghan government for entering peace talks with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, a group which has been in opposition with the Afghan government for years. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged the Afghan government to halt further execution of the prisoners charged with the terror offences. In an online statement issued following the death of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, Karzai has said ‘brotherhood’ and ‘unity’ are the only way to achieve peace in the country. He
Tolo News: Italian police have arrested two Afghan citizens in a terrorism and human-trafficking investigation launched after photos of potential targets in three countries were discovered on suspects’ cell phones, prosecutors in the southern Italian city of Bari said Tuesday. Arrest warrants were issued for three other suspects. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 8, 2016 A court in Iran has begun the trial of four Afghan men accused of raping a French tourist in mountains outside Tehran, Iranian media reported on May 8. Mehr news agency said that the 24-year-old female tourist was hiking in the Farahzad district on Tehran’s northwestern outskirts on
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 8, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan hanged six men on death row who were convicted of “grave crimes against civilians and public security.” Taliban officials swiftly confirmed those executed belonged to the insurgent group and vowed to “take immediate, bloody revenge.” The executions of the terrorists took place in a Kabul