Tolo News: On the 20th anniversary of the death of former Afghan president Dr. Najibullah Ahmadzai, an Afghan research center on Monday claimed the former leader was killed based on an intelligence plan, drafted by regional countries and adopted by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI). Deputy chief of Afghanistan’s Strategic and Scientific Research Center, Aimal Liyan,
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — More than 100 detainees, including security personnel and civilians, were set free Monday from a Talian detention center in the restive Helmand province. Spokesman for the provincial government Omar Zawak said the liberation came after the government forces overrun the center earlier in the day. “Units of Special
VOA News September 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Suspected U.S. airstrikes in southeastern Afghanistan are believed to have killed a top commander of the extremist Pakistan Taliban and several of his partners. The overnight attack took place in Bermal district of the Paktika province adjacent to the Pakistani border. Rais Khan, also known as Azam Tariq, of
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 24, 2016 The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says neighboring Pakistan has not yet placed “adequate pressure” on the Haqqani Network of militants to prevent them from plotting deadly cross-border attacks. Afghan authorities allege leaders of the group, which is fighting alongside the Taliban, are directing “high-profile”
Khaama Press: A prominent Pakistani politician and religious scholar Maulana Fazlur Rehman has slammed the Pakistani government for its hard stance against the Afghan refugees, saying forced repatriation of Afghan refugees is the worst example of cruelty. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated Wednesday that only a dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban can end decades of conflict and suffering in neighboring Afghanistan. Speaking to the annual United Nations General Assembly, Sharif said his country has been helping the Afghan reconciliation in
Khalid Mafton VOA News September 15, 2016 Afghanistan’s president made a two-day trip to India this week, where New Delhi pledged $1 billion in developmental aid and signed other deals for extraditing criminals and terror suspects. That has raised concerns in India’s rival, Pakistan, which has long viewed New Delhi’s ties to Afghanistan with suspicion.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 14, 2016 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged $1 billion in economic aid to Afghanistan after holding talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in New Delhi. A joint statement by the two leaders said the aid would be used for building capacity in education, health, agriculture, energy, and infrastructure
IRIN: A humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan as 5,000 refugees return each day from Pakistan, where they are being pressured to leave and join hundreds of thousands already displaced by war at home. The UN has announced an emergency appeal for $152 million to support approximately one million people expected to be on the move
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has rejected fresh calls by Afghanistan to allow the conflict-ridden landlocked country to engage in direct trade with India through its land routes, citing existing official arrangements between Islamabad and Kabul. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, before his upcoming official visit to New Delhi, has threatened to