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
Press TV December 2, 2016 US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that retired Marine General James Mattis, an outspoken critic of the Iran nuclear agreement, will serve as his secretary of defense. “We are going to appoint ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis as our secretary of defense. But we’re not announcing it until Monday so don’t tell
Tolo News: Hackers who call themselves ‘Hazaristan Cyber Army’ on Friday hacked the website of Afghanistan’s National Security Council (NSC), one of country’s main security bodies. The hackers uploaded the image of a Daesh flag along with the pictures of several Afghan officials including NSC chief Mohammad Hanif Atmar, head of the Afghan intelligence agency Massoum Stanekzai,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 17, 2016 An Afghan-born man accused of injuring more than two dozen people in September bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey was indicted on November 16. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 28, was charged in an indictment filed in Manhattan federal court with eight counts, including using a weapon of
Washington Examiner: With confirmation concerns increasing for President-elect Trump’s top two picks to run the State Department, Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton, top officials are now considering California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a top House foreign policy expert, according to sources. Rohrabacher, once a Reagan speechwriter and a House member since 1989, emerged Tuesday night as a
Steve Herman VOA News November 13, 2016 MUSCAT, OMAN — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric has sowed anxiety and confusion about the foreign policy path he will pursue. During the Republican primaries and in the general election contest against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton the wealthy businessman was vague on some key issues, including
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 13, 2016 Afghanistan’s parliament has dismissed two more cabinet ministers because of poor performance, bringing the total number of ministers removed to five over two days. Lawmakers voted to fire Education Minister Asadullah Hanif Balkhi and Transportation Minister Mohammadullah Batash on November 13. The votes took place despite pleas from