KABUL, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — Afghanistan marked on Saturday the 16th anniversary of martyrdom of National Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud to pay tribute to all those who had lost their lives in the war against invasion of the former Soviet Union and the Taliban onslaught. Saturday also marked the start of Hafta-e-Shaheed or Martyrs Week
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 7, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has vowed to stay engaged with the United States to help fight terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan, but said the war “cannot be won by excluding or confronting” Islamabad. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif made the remark Thursday at the end of a three-day conference of Pakistani ambassadors
Nazrana Ghaffar VOA News September 1, 2017 It’s easy to understand why Heela Najibullah would crave revenge. Her father, Afghan President Najibullah, was executed by the Taliban, his body and his brother’s dragged by a truck through the streets of Kabul before they were strung up for public display. But Heela has managed to quell
The New York Times: Foreign powers have tried to control Afghanistan for three centuries. It has not gone well for them. Now the U.S. is digging back in. James A. Michener went to Afghanistan to research his work of historical fiction, “Caravans,” it was 1955 and there were barely any roads in the country. Yet there
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 19, 2017 Security forces are on high alert across Afghanistan, as the country marks the 98th anniversary of its independence from Britain. The celebrations this year are occurring following a number of high-profile attacks in the country and as the U.S. administration is trying to forge a new strategy in
The Telegraph (UK): Unfortunately for travellers, the [UK] Foreign Office deems the country too dangerous to visit. “Hotels and guesthouses used by foreign nationals and the government of Afghanistan are subject to regular threats,” its website warns… That’s not to say that some Britons aren’t ignoring the advice. Indeed, a handful of tour operators, such as
The Wire: (Book Review) – Timothy Nunan’s Humanitarian Invasion: Global Development in Cold War Afghanistan is an insightful and lucid account of contemporary Afghanistan. This is a magisterial undertaking that belongs to a new genre – a book on development, steeped in history, and embellished with insights on contemporary regional and global politics. It is easy to
VOA News May 15, 2017 On May 15, 1988, the Soviet Union began withdrawing from Afghanistan after eight years of military intervention that cost an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 Soviet soldiers their lives and killed or displaced millions of Afghans. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev described the Afghan intervention, which began in late 1979, as a
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan May 5, 2017 KABUL — Hundreds of Afghans have staged a protest against Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, hours after the notorious militant leader held a large rally in Kabul to mark his return to the country under a peace deal with the government. The rally at a stadium and the protest outside Hekmatyar’s
ESPNCricinfo: It looks as if Afghanistan may soon be playing Test cricket. But apparently there is already a Test cricketer who was born there. Afghanistan’s only Test cricketer so far is Salim Durani, who was born in Kabul in 1934. Durani played 29 Tests for India from his debut on New Year’s Day 1960 to 1972-73.