Tolo News: Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi told Pakistani journalists the war in Afghanistan will intensify following the death of Sami ul Haq. He said Sami ul Haq has been bestowed a ‘Martyr Title’. “It is a big mistake to say by the death of Maulana Sami ul Haq the war
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 4, 2018 U.S. politicians and media are reporting that the servicemember killed in an apparent insider attack in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, was the 39-year-old mayor of a city in the state of Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune and other media reported on November 3 that North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor
Press TV November 3, 2018 A service member of the US armed forces has been killed and another one sustained wounds in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in an apparent insider attack, the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in the war-torn country reports. “Initial reports indicate the attacker was a member of the Afghan National Defense
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal November 3, 2018 Thousands of people attended the funeral of Maulana Sami ul-Haq, a prominent Pakistani cleric known as the “father of the Afghan Taliban,” in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Noshera on November 3. Sami ul-Haq, 81, was killed in a knife attack at his home in the city of Rawalpindi, near
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Unknown assailants in Pakistan have assassinated the top Islamist leader known as the father of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement. Family members confirmed that Maulana Sami-ul Haq, 81, was resting at his home Friday in Rawalpindi when he was killed with a knife. The slain leader’s son, Maulana Hamid-ul
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has revealed he is seeking re-election next year to “finish the job” of bringing an end to the 17-year war, Bloomberg quoted the president in a report on Thursday. According to Bloomberg report, President Ghani said the Taliban and other terrorist groups are trying “to turn our beautiful country into a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 1, 2018 The Afghan government is struggling to recover control of districts lost to Taliban militants while casualties among security forces have reached record levels, a U.S. government watchdog says. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) highlighted in its latest quarterly report on October 31 the heavy pressure
NBC News: In his first interview as commander, Gen. Scott Miller says the more aggressive posture was needed because of heavy casualties among Afghan forces. He instituted a more aggressive policy of helping the Afghan military track and defeat the Taliban — what he calls “regaining the tactical initiative” — but in an exclusive interview with NBC
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 31, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — An Afghan military helicopter carrying senior officers crashed in the western province of Farah early Wednesday, killing at least 25 people on board. A provincial government spokesman told VOA the aircraft went down shortly after taking off from the mountainous Anar Dara district for neighboring Herat
Madeeha Anwar VOA News October 30, 2018 Washington is criticizing Pakistan for ending a ban on two Islamic charity organizations the United States has designated as terrorist groups. The expiration of the ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) runs counter to Pakistan’s commitment to work with global terror watchdog Financial Action Task Force