1TV: Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event this week, Jack Keane, a former vice chief of staff of the US Army, said that Pakistan’s intelligence service and its army have been supporting the Taliban. He said that Pakistan was harboring the Taliban at Miramshah and Quetta and it supported two fertilizer factories where 85 percent
Press TV February 3, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has demanded “demonstrable evidence” from the Taliban that they have the capacity to reduce violence before signing a deal to end America’s longest war, even though official military figures show that in the last quarter of 2019 the US dropped a record number
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 3, 2020 Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) says it is investigating video footage that shows an Afghan woman being stoned to death. The two-minute clip shows a group of men throwing rocks at a covered woman who is lying in a hole that has been dug in
Michael Hughes: It may seem enigmatic that during the same period the U.S. government and Taliban made unprecedented progress towards a peace agreement they unleashed unprecedented levels of violence. This is not a mysterious paradox, however, but a direct – and predictable – result of the so-called “fighting and talking” strategy that both sides have
Press TVJanuary 31, 2020 A US government watchdog has announced a surge in violent attacks in its war in Afghanistan, saying they climbed to record levels in the last quarter of 2019. “Enemy-initiated attacks” rose sharply last year, with the fourth quarter seeing a total of 8,204 attacks — up from 6,974 in the same
Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyJanuary 31, 2020 Two militants pushing a handcart were killed January 31 in western Kabul when explosives in the cart detonated accidentally, Afghan officials say. One bystander was wounded. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said investigators have not been able to link the two to any militant group. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws
Ayaz GulVOA NewsJanuary 30, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A senior Iranian diplomat has cast aspersions on U.S.-led efforts aimed at finding a negotiated settlement to the war in Afghanistan, and refuted allegations Tehran gives military aid to Taliban insurgents to hurt the peace process. Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan, Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, insisted while delivering a
1TV: Iran-trained militias could become a threat to Afghanistan, Mahmoud Saikal, Afghanistan’s former ambassador to the United Nations, said on Thursday. He said that US-Iran tensions could delay the Afghan peace process. According to Saikal, it was Taliban violence that dragged US to Afghanistan. “Therefore, it is important that instead of using Taliban as a tool, there
Tolo News: Amnesty International’s annual human rights review released on Thursday said that the Afghan civilians continued to pay the price of the ongoing conflict as “justice proved elusive for the victims.” Citing UN reports, the review stated that civilian casualties remained high throughout 2019, with “July being the deadliest month on record and Afghanistan remaining
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 29, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday a commando operation in a northwestern region has freed 62 security personnel held in a Taliban prison. Meanwhile, the insurgent group, in a fresh attack elsewhere, says it has killed at least 18 Afghan security forces. A Defense Ministry statement noted