Ariana: The U.S. State Department said in a recent report that Islamabad pledged support for political reconciliation between the Afghan government and Taliban, but did not restrict the Taliban or the Haqqani network from operating in Pakistan and threatening U.S. and Afghan forces in Afghanistan. The annual terror report, released on Friday last week, said Pakistan
VOA News November 2, 2019 A land mine explosion in Afghanistan claimed the lives of 9 children Saturday as they walked to school, according to police. Spokesman Khalil Asir said the mine detonated in the northeastern province of Takhar, killing the children, who were nine to 12 years old. Asir said the Taliban planted anti-personnel
Press TV November 1, 2019 Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri has warned that the Daesh Takfiri group may seek to transfer its terrorists to Afghanistan against the backdrop of its consecutive defeats in Iraq and Syria, urging the Afghan government to remain vigilant in the face of such a plot. Jahangiri, who is in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 31, 2019 Human Rights Watch (HRW) says CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary forces have “committed summary executions and other grave abuses without accountability” — including extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and attacks on health-care facilities. In its report, released on October 31, HRW called on the Afghan government to immediately disband all pro-government
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 31, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Attacks carried out by Taliban and other insurgent groups in Afghanistan were twice as effective in the third quarter of 2019 than they were earlier in the year, according to a leading oversight authority on Afghanistan that reports to the United States Congress. “Roughly half of
1TV: Speaking in an interview with Russian broadcaster RT, Abdullah said that the international troops including those from the United States were in Afghanistan due to presence of terror groups like al-Qaeda, Daesh.“I think efforts for facilitating peace should be expedited, that is what the Afghans want” Abdullah said. “Once there is peace, there will be
1TV: The killing of Islamic State’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was the biggest blow to the militant group, Afghan government has said. Calling Baghdadi one of the most dangerous terrorist leader, Afghanistan presidency in a statement said that his death was the biggest blow the militant group. It said that Baghdadi’s death will not only reduce terror
NYT: WhatsApp has proliferated in the highest echelons of the Afghan government — as well as among the Taliban. In the last five years, WhatsApp has become second only to Facebook as a way for Afghans to communicate with one another, and with the outside world. The app, which is owned by Facebook, has now also fully
Tolo News: Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of US Forces in Afghanistan on Saturday commended the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces for their role in the recent elections and said that these forces are developing well and are upgraded. Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of NATO’s Defense Ministers’Meeting in Brussel, the top
Tolo News: At least two civilians—one of whom was a child–and three National Directorate of Security members were killed in a suicide attack on an NDS forces’ convoy in Jalalabad, a spokesman for the provincial governor, Attaullah Khogyani confirmed. The attack took place at approximately 2 pm in Jalalabad’s PD4 area after a suicide bomber detonated