Ayaz Gul VOA News September 11, 2024 Islamabad — Gunmen in northwestern Pakistan killed an anti-polio worker and a policeman guarding him Wednesday, the second attack on healthcare teams trying to carry out a national immunization campaign against the paralytic virus. Area officials reported that the assailants targeted a polio team providing vaccine to children in
Afghanistan International: Local sources have informed Afghanistan International that, on Monday afternoon, clashes between Afghan Taliban forces and Pakistani forces resumed in the Zazai Maidan district of Khost province. The sources indicated that there have been casualties on both sides, with the use of both light and heavy weapons. Click here to read more (external
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 9, 2024 Islamabad — Authorities in northwestern Pakistan said Monday that a roadside bomb explosion injured at least 10 people, including anti-polio vaccinators and police personnel escorting them. The bombing in the South Waziristan district near the border with Afghanistan targeted a convoy carrying polio workers and their guards on the
Tolo News: As a result of clashes between the forces of the Islamic Emirate and the Pakistani military, two people, including a woman, have been killed, and eleven others injured. Local residents reported that since Wednesday evening of last week, intermittent clashes between the Islamic Emirate forces and the Pakistani military have been ongoing in
Afghanistan International: German media reported that the country began the deportation of “criminal” Afghan migrants on Friday, August 30. The magazine Der Spiegel wrote that a flight carrying 28 Afghan “criminal” migrants departed from Leipzig Airport to Kabul today. According to the report, these migrants, who had criminal records, were deported from various states in
Ariana: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, has claimed his government was “actively engaged” with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on cross-border terrorism and that Kabul was “ready to cooperate”. While talking to reporters, Khan rejected the criticism of his party’s government over resettling alleged terrorists. He said after the fall of Kabul
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2024 Islamabad — Pakistan urged Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders Wednesday to explain their relationship with a globally designated terrorist group waging cross-border bloodshed and address concerns about sweeping restrictions they have imposed on Afghan women. The remarks by Islamabad’s special representative to Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, came as the militant group in
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 23, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A group of independent experts from the United Nations raised concerns Friday about Pakistan’s large-scale deportations of undocumented Afghan migrants and called for measures to minimize the dangers faced by vulnerable people among them. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued findings of its
Afghanistan International: The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry has rejected remarks made by Pakistani officials about the recurrence of another 9/11-type attack from Afghan soil. The Taliban said that these statements are not true and are an attempt to “confuse public opinion”. The ministry even lambasted Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan Asif Durrani and stated that the
By Ayaz Gul VOA News August 19, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan reported Monday that at least three soldiers had been killed in clashes with militants attempting to cross over from Afghanistan. A military statement said that Pakistani forces had intercepted the predawn infiltration attempt in the Bajaur border district and “effectively engaged and thwarted” it. The ensuing