Antiwar.com: What, precisely, is the US military for, and what, precisely, can it do? In practical terms, how powerful is it? On paper, it is formidable, huge, with carrier battle groups, advanced technology, remarkable submarines, satellites, and so on. What does this translate to? Click here to read more (external link).
cbc.ca: Maryam Monsef, Canada’s minister of democratic institutions, was compelled to explain on Thursday morning that she was not born in Afghanistan, as previously believed. As first reported by the Globe and Mail, Monsef recently learned that she was born in Iran. “In recent days, my mother told me for the first time that my sisters and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 21, 2016 Federal prosecutors have charged a 28-year-old Afghan-American man with using a weapon of mass destruction and other charges in connection with last weekend’s bombing in Manhattan. Criminal complaints released September 20 in New York and New Jersey accused Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting a series of bombs in
Khaama Press: Two powerful American lawmakers have introduced an act in the US House of Representatives to designate Pakistan a State Sponsor of terrorism, it has been reported. Congressman Ted Poe, who is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, has reportedly said “It is time we stopped paying Pakistan for its betrayal and designate it for
Masood Farivar VOA News September 20, 2016 After the Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting in June, many Afghan-Americans distanced themselves from attacker Omar Mateen, the New York-born man whose parents immigrated from Afghanistan in the 1980s. After the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey in which Afghan-born Ahmad Khan Rahami has been implicated, some
VOA News September 19, 2016 NEW YORK — Authorities in New York are searching for a 28-year-old man in connection with the bomb that exploded Saturday night in Manhattan. An FBI statement says Ahmad Khan Rahami, a U.S. citizen of Afghan decent, is wanted for questioning. It says his last known address was in Elizabeth, New
KABUL, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — A fire broke out in a construction wood market in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Sunday, leaving no casualties. “At around 11:00 a.m. (local time), a construction wood market named Bradaran Market caught fire in second police district in Kabul. The Kabul police and firefighters arrived at the site shortly
RT: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has blasted the state of US inner cities saying Americans would be safer walking through “war-torn countries” like Afghanistan than “being in the middle of some of our inner cities.” Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Members of the Ahmad Shah Massoud Foundation on Monday called on its supporters to remain considerate to the people and not fire off weapons on Massoud Day, on Thursday. For the past 15 years, September 8 is celebrated around the country as Massoud Day and is a public holiday. Click here to read more (external
1TV: Former President Hamid Karzai blessed with a baby girl, his fourth child was born on Tuesday morning in private Gurgaon hospital in India. “The baby girl was born around 9.30 am on Tuesday. Both the mother and her baby daughter are doing quite well,” Afghan ambassador to India, Shaida Mohammad Abdali saidas quoted by Times of