KABUL, July 3 (Xinhua) — Clash between security forces and Taliban militants have left nine militants dead and a dozen others injured in the northern Saripul and Faryab provinces over the past 24 hours, an army spokesman in the northern region, Nasratullah Jamshidi, said Sunday. According to the official, four militants including a group commanders
Tolo News: Four Afghans are among those killed in triple bombings at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Tuesday, Afghan Consulate General Mali Quraishi said on Thursday. He added that two other Afghans were wounded in the attack. Quraishi did not provide further details in this regard. The death toll from Istanbul attack rose to 41 dead and 230 injured on
KABUL, June 29 (Xinhua) — The Afghan government on Wednesday strongly condemned attacks at the Istanbul airport that reportedly killed 36 and injured many others. “We strongly condemn the heinous attack at Attaturk Airport in Istanbul. Our thoughts are with all those affected people and government of Turkey,” Arg, the country’s Presidential Palace, said on
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 26, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Syria’s main opposition alliance is conveying serious concerns over Iran’s campaign of recruiting and training thousands of Afghan men to fight in Syria. Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Sunday they have received a letter expressing the concerns from the Syrians. The letter urges President Ashraf Ghani to take urgent steps
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 23, 2016 Presidents of member states and countries with the status of observers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) were in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on June 23 for the start of a two-day summit. SCO leaders at the gathering are talking about issues that include regional security and the current situation in
Univision: Omar Mateen, the Muslim gunman who committed the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, was “100 percent” gay and bore a grudge against Latino men because he felt used by them, according to a man who says he was his lover for two months. “I’ve cried like you have no idea. But the thing that makes me
VOA News Masood Farivar June 13, 2016 Just hours after the deadliest mass slaying in American history, the owner of a Los Angeles-based satellite TV channel broadcasting to the Afghan diaspora took the unusual step of sitting in on a family show to talk about the tragedy. Since authorities identified the gunman in the Orlando
Khaama Press: The death toll in the deadly attack on a gay nightclub in Florida city of the United States has climbed to at least 50 amid reports that the attacker was an Afghan-American. The city’s mayor Buddy Dyer has said a ‘state of emergency’ has been declared following the deadly attack. The suspect has been identified as
Tolo News: Farzad, 18, was on his way to the shops when a car, allegedly part of a convoy of President Ashraf Ghani’s delegation, collided with his bicycle, killing him instantly. His distraught family have called for justice. The Herat governor has confirmed that an employee from the presidential guard was in the car when it hit Farzad.
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Senior U.S. officials held “candid discussions” Friday with their counterparts in Pakistan on the recent drone attack that killed the Afghan Taliban’s chief in Pakistan, straining already uneasy bilateral relations. The prime minister’s adviser on foreign policy, Sartaj Aziz, led the Pakistani delegation. The U.S. team included