Tolo News: General Abdul Raziq, Kandahar’s police chief, said on Wednesday that Pakistan is trying to create a third Taliban group in Afghanistan under the leadership of Mullah Qayoum Zaker. Raziq said that Pakistan was irked by the Taliban after they failed to take responsibility for some attacks in Afghanistan, including the deadly Shah Shaheed truck bombing
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 5, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan say that a suicide blast in the central Parwan province Tuesday killed at least six people and wounded at least 22 others. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Seddiqi confirmed the attack in the Siah Gerd district, saying almost all the victims were civilians, including women. He
The Guardian (UK): Pakistan and Afghanistan, the two remaining countries where polio is endemic, have joined forces to eradicate polio by vaccinating their children in synchronised campaigns. The countries – which share a 2,400km porous border – have been bracketed as the major stumbling block in the drive for the global eradication of polio. These countries have
Tolo News: A number of civil society activists and residents of Nangarhar have raised concerns over the use of Pakistani Rupees instead of Afghanis in the province’s markets and have criticized local government for not putting a stop to this. They said more than 90 percent of Nangarhar residents use Pakistani Rupees in their daily business transactions
Khaama Press: Former Afghan interior minister Mohammad Omar Daudzai has said Pakistan is against peace and stability in Afghanistan, insisting that the Afghan government should not expect the country to help in bring peace in Afghanistan. In his speech during a ceremony to mark the death anniversary of a senior police official Hekmatullah Haqmal, Daudzai said Pakistan
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s security chief is directly blaming neighboring Pakistan’s military intelligence agency for being behind the Taliban’s expanded insurgent activities in his country. Briefing lawmakers Monday in the lower house of the national parliament, Massoud Andarabi, the acting head of the National Directorate of Security, warned that the Islamist
VOA News March 25, 2016 As Afghanistan’s national unity government approaches its second anniversary, a new BBG-Gallup survey shows deep public dissatisfaction with the country’s national leadership. Nearly 81 percent of respondents said they were somewhat or very dissatisfied with the performance of the national unity government, while 17 percent said they were somewhat or
Khaama Press: According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the ODI series will be hosted by Pakistan and and will likely kick off next month. An official in Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed “There is a series against Afghanistan in the pipeline, with Pakistan keen on hosting them in April.” Click here to read more
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 24, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani visits neighboring Pakistan for two days starting Friday. The trip is apparently part of Iran’s diplomatic campaign to boost economic and trade ties with neighboring and regional countries now that international sanctions against it have been removed. Pakistani and Iranian officials say the sanctions had
Khaama Press: A Taliban group commander affiliated with Mullah Mohammad Rasool has declared Jihad against Taliban’s self-declared supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in northwestern Badghis province of Afghanistan. The Taliban commander, Mullah Ghafoor Tufan, has accused Mansoor of working for Pakistan’s Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) and murdering several Taliban leaders. Click here to read more (external link).