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
Tolo News: At least two people were killed and seven more wounded in a suicide attack outside the Independent Election Commission (IEC) offices in PD9 of Kabul city on Monday morning. According to security officials, the suicide bomber targeted a vehicle carrying IEC staffers. One police officer and one IEC staff member were killed in the
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 27, 2018 Afghans in the country’s southern province of Kandahar voted in parliamentary elections on October 27, a week after 32 of the country’s 34 provinces went to the polls. The Kandahar governor’s office assured voters on Twitter that serious security measures were in place to ensure their safety. Election
Press TV October 27, 2018 People in Afghanistan are showing unprecedented levels of pessimism about the future of their war-ravaged country, a US survey shows, as militant attacks continue to take toll on the lives of Afghans almost every day 17 years after the US invaded the country. In a survey, whose results were published on Friday, Gallup asked Afghans of
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 26, 2018 Hafizullah rocks on his hospital bed in pain, an oversized bandage covering the nub where his finger used to be. This is the price he paid for exercising his right to vote in Afghanistan’s October 20 parliamentary elections. Shortly after electoral officials in Helmand Province marked
ANI: More than 50,000 militants from 21 terrorist organisations are currently operating in Afghanistan, the country’s deputy Defence Minister, Hilaluddin Helal, said on Friday. Out of these 70 per cent are Pakistanis. “As much as 70 per cent of IS [members] are Pakistanis, 6 per cent are Uzbeks, 4 per cent are Chechens, 3 per cent
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 25, 2018 Afghan officials say they have launched an investigation into claims that at least 14 civilians were killed in a military ground operation in eastern Afghanistan. Protesters temporarily blocked a major highway linking Afghanistan and Pakistan on October 24 to demand action against those responsible for the overnight raid
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal October 24, 2018 Islamabad has dismissed the Afghan president’s “baseless and unfounded” allegations that last week’s killing of a powerful provincial police chief in southern Afghanistan was planned in Pakistan. “No hard evidence or intelligence related information has been shared to date with Pakistan to substantiate such claims,” the Foreign Office said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 23, 2018 A seven-country group set up to combat the international financing of terrorists has blacklisted nine individuals associated with Afghanistan’s Taliban, including two Iranian military officers and several men accused of “facilitating Iranian support to bolster the terrorist group.” The announcement by the U.S. Treasury Department on October 23 says
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 23, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared upbeat Tuesday about the recently launched U.S.-led dialogue with the Taliban, saying it “hopefully” would lead to peace in Afghanistan and pave the way for regional economic connectivity and prosperity. Speaking at an investment conference in Saudi Arabia, Khan was referring