Michael Hughes: First, the United States – in cahoots with Pakistan – gave Afghanistan the “freedom fighters” during the jihad against the Soviets, led by the likes of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Osama bin Laden, which eventually morphed into the Taliban movement. Now, yet another made-in-the-USA religious extremist Frankensteinian creation has reared its ugly head in Afghanistan,
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 14, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in eastern Afghanistan say a U.S. drone strike Thursday killed Islamic State’s top commander in the area, which the militants call Khorasan, along with at least 11 other insurgents. The missile attack by the unmanned aircraft occurred in Achin, a volatile district in a remote part of
Press TV / January 14, 2016 The United States has dropped over 23,000 bombs on six Muslim-majority countries in 2015, according to new statistics, an illustration of how much damage Washington inflicts on the Muslim world. The Council of Foreign Relations (CRF), a New York-based think tank, has estimated that 23,144 bombs were dropped last year by
Khaama Press: Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Janan Mosazai has said that majority of militants fleeing military operation in the tribal agencies of Pakistan join Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan. While talking to a seminar in Islamabad, Mosazai said about 60 to 70 per cent militants who have fled Mohmand and Orakzai agencies in the tribal built have
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 13, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in eastern Afghanistan said a gun and bomb attack Wednesday near the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad killed seven security personnel and wounded 10 people, including three civilians. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the assault. Afghan police and witnesses said the attack began with several massive explosions
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday traveled to eastern Nangarhar province where he met with officials and tribal leaders to assess concerns Islamic State is gaining ground in the province that borders Pakistan. Addressing the meetings in the capital Jalalabad , Ghani stressed that the government is
The Free Thought Project: According to the Washington Post, the textbooks were published in the dominant Afghan languages of Dari and Pashtu and developed in the early 1980’s at a cost of $51 million. The schoolbooks were even approved by the Taliban because the teachings were not far off from their own worldview. Click here to read more
Khaama Press: At least 23 fanatics of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in separate airstrikes by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Saturday. A statement by MoD said the fanatics of the terror group were killed in Achin and Kot
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 8, 2016 The Taliban is waging an unusually aggressive campaign of violence in Afghanistan this winter, unleashing deadly bombings in the capital, threatening to overrun a strategic southern province, and attacking a foreign consulate. Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain and heavy snowfall have traditionally prompted a winter lull in
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 8, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A suspected US drone strike Friday killed at least 17 Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan shortly after the extremist group beheaded seven people in the same area, said officials and residents. The violence occurred in the remote Achin district of Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan. The volatile