8am: Russia’s Foreign Ministry has warned of a possible civil war in Afghanistan, calling on the National Resistance Front (NRF) led by Ahmad Massoud to refrain from actions that could lead to a civil war. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a news conference in Moscow on Wednesday, (November 3) that the National
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban say militants linked to a regional affiliate of Islamic State, known as Islamic State-Khorasan Province, carried out Tuesday’s assault on the country’s main military hospital in Kabul. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the raid on the capital’s Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan hospital in Wazir Akbar
Al Jazeera: Today, the conditions in Afghanistan check every box on the radicalisation checklist: Afghans have suffered trauma and violence. They feel betrayed by an external force that allegedly came to “help” them, but ended up leaving them worse off. They live in economic deprivation with one million children at risk of starvation. They also
8am: Local sources in Nangarhar province confirmed that three people, including a cleric, have been killed in three separate incidents in the provincial capital. It is worth noting that after the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the number of criminal incidents and suspected serial killings has increased unprecedently in the eastern province of Nangarhar.
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD — A group of gunmen, reportedly including suicide bombers, assaulted Afghanistan’s main military hospital in Kabul Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding many more. A Taliban security official confirmed the casualties on condition of anonymity. A spokesman for the Taliban government said the assault began with
Michael Hughes: Considering the Americans – for years – have gone to great lengths to obfuscate the reality on the ground in Afghanistan, it is only fitting that Washington is trying to muddy the waters as to how and why the war ended in such a disastrous manner and who bears the most responsibility. Of
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 1, 2021 ISLAMABAD — U.S. officials have confirmed that a newly formed armed group resisting the Taliban rule in Afghanistan has registered with the United States. The confirmation came in response to claims by the anti-Taliban National Resistance Front (NRF) that its international office has “received authorization to officially open” in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 30, 2021 A U.S. government watchdog on October 29 accused the State Department and Pentagon of withholding information about the collapse of Afghanistan’s government and the true strength of the country’s military forces. John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), said the withheld information would have helped lawmakers
Navbahor Imamova VOA News October 29, 2021 TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN — Central Asian republics are stepping up their diplomatic activity in the face of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, seeking to balance fears of increased extremist activity in the region against the risk of an economic collapse that could send refugees flooding across their borders. Three of
Javid Ahmad via WSJ: The collapse of the Afghan republic was no accident. It was the culmination of many collective failures, but at the heart of the tragedy was the role played by one country: Pakistan. Pakistan has long followed a dual-track approach in Afghanistan, hosting the Taliban on its soil while ostensibly working as