Press TV / March 9, 2017 The CIA has publicly accused WikiLeaks of “jeopardizing” the US national security and helping adversaries inflict harm on the United States over the leak of thousands of documents that reveal the agency’s hacking and spying secrets. “The American public should be deeply troubled by any WikiLeaks disclosure designed to
Afghanistan Analysts Network: As in most years, the feeling in January 2017 is that this will be another crucial year for Afghanistan. The AAN team has identified several key themes that we think it important to follow this year. They range from crises in the Afghan government and how changes in global politics, particularly the change
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 21, 2017 U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl sought a dismissal of desertion charges against him, saying he cannot get a fair trial now that Donald Trump, who has called him a traitor, is president. Bergdahl’s lawyers submitted a motion to dismiss the case on January 20, the day Trump took
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 19, 2017 ISLAMABAD — While misgivings and distrust marred and further complicated Pakistan’s relations with the United States over the past eight years, officials in Islamabad appear upbeat about a more “substantive” and mutually “advantageous” engagement with the incoming administration of Donald Trump. President Barack Obama’s administration provided billions of dollars
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 17, 2017 Turkish authorities say they have captured the man they believe gunned down 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on January 17 that the suspect was being questioned by police and expressed hope that the interrogation would unveil “powers” behind
BBC News: An Afghan woman made famous by a 1985 National Geographic cover has spoken exclusively to the BBC of her hope for a new beginning, after being deported from Pakistan. Sharbat Gula now lives with her five-year-old son and three daughters in Kabul, where she says she wants to live a normal life after years
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 6, 2017 Iranian media has reported that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit a village in the country’s south, killing four people, according to state television. State TV said the earthquake struck in the early hours of January 6 in the village of Saifabad near the town of Khonj, about 1,000
Reuters: The wife of an American author who disappeared on a research trip in Afghanistan more than two years ago appealed for his freedom on Thursday in a Pakistani newspaper. Paul Overby, 74, went missing in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province shortly after May 17, 2014, the last contact he had with his family. He was hoping
Tolo News: Flights into and out of Kabul international airport were delayed for hours on Saturday after the tire of a Safi Airlines plane burst on landing. The plane had been en route to Kabul from Herat. None of the passengers or crew were injured. Click here to read more (external link). Related Safi Airways plane
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 4, 2016 A U.S. Army sergeant charged with desertion for leaving his combat post in Afghanistan in 2009 has asked President Barack Obama for a pardon. The White House confirmed on December 3 that Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had asked for the presidential pardon before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on