QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — A senior security official Brigadier Abdul Qadir lost his life after Taliban militants ambushed his motorcade in the western Badghis province with Qala-e-Naw as its capital, 555 km northwest of Kabul on Monday, provincial police chief Abdul Rauf Taj said. “Brigadier Abdul Qadir the commander of Special Force of
Michael Hughes: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on September 29 consummated a peace agreement with notorious warlord and internationally-designated terrorist Gulbidden Hekmatyar, who is renowned for being the only prime minister in history to bomb his own nation’s capital. The immediate and obvious question is: Why? Why strike a peace deal with an exiled war criminal who
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistan says it has completed construction of “20 percent” of outposts being established along a largely porous border with Afghanistan, and called for the strife-torn country to take matching steps for deterring terrorist infiltration. The two uneasy neighbors share a nearly 2,600 kilometer rugged mountainous frontier,
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 24, 2016 The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says neighboring Pakistan has not yet placed “adequate pressure” on the Haqqani Network of militants to prevent them from plotting deadly cross-border attacks. Afghan authorities allege leaders of the group, which is fighting alongside the Taliban, are directing “high-profile”
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated Wednesday that only a dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban can end decades of conflict and suffering in neighboring Afghanistan. Speaking to the annual United Nations General Assembly, Sharif said his country has been helping the Afghan reconciliation in
Khalid Mafton VOA News September 15, 2016 Afghanistan’s president made a two-day trip to India this week, where New Delhi pledged $1 billion in developmental aid and signed other deals for extraditing criminals and terror suspects. That has raised concerns in India’s rival, Pakistan, which has long viewed New Delhi’s ties to Afghanistan with suspicion.
Press TV September 9, 2016 The United States military has admitted to its failure in rescuing two universality professors held hostage in Afghanistan. Two professors at the American University — an American and an Australian — were kidnapped in the heart of the Afghan capital Kabul last month. “In August, at the recommendation of Secretary
Khaama Press: Pakistani authorities have claimed the suicide bomber who attacked the court in Mardan city of Pakistan was an Afghan national, in what appears to be a ‘Tit for tat’ policy to respond to Afghanistan’s growing criticisms against Pakistan to allow the Afghan militant groups, specifically the Taliban group and notorious Haqqani terrorist network leadership
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 2, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bombing attack on a court complex has killed at least 12 people and wounded about 50 others. The violence happened Friday in the city of Mardan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. District mayor Himatyat Ullah told reporters an armed attacker
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 1, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says it reopened a busy border crossing with Afghanistan for routine traffic after Kabul apologized over the burning of the Pakistani flag by angry Afghan protesters. The southwestern Chaman crossing was closed two weeks ago after the anti-Pakistan rally on the Afghan side of the border