Tolo News: Raising their voices against government, analysts and residents alike have called on the heads of the security agencies to resign. “Unfortunately they (government leadership) are engaged in small political games, gang games and other very matters but government leaders are using even the current crises for its strategic goals to its benefit. It
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 16, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Gunmen launched an attack on a training center on the grounds of Afghanistan’s intelligence service in Kabul, a day after a dozens of people were killed in assault on an education institution in the capital. Bahar Mehr, an advisor to minister of interior told VOA that four
Sputnik | August 15, 2018: Despite the US’ claims that they’re staying in Afghanistan to improve the country, Kathy Kelly, the co-coordinator for Voices for Creative Nonviolence, tells Sputnik that it’s really more about Washington trying to send a message to other countries in the region. The US-led coalition in Afghanistan finished its combat mission in December
Politico: While most senior Al Qaeda personnel “are trying to hide,” Gen. John Nicholson, the outgoing top commander in Kabul, said last year, the subgroup members are “more active” but are focused on training Taliban members who are fighting the Afghan government… The military insists it has never taken its eye off the Al Qaeda ball in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 15, 2018 The Taliban says it has withdrawn from a security agreement with the International Committee of the Red Crescent (ICRC) that guarantees safety for the international organization’s workers across Afghanistan. In a statement on August 15, the Taliban accused the ICRC of failing to meet its obligations to help
Press TV August 15, 2018 Nearly 50 people have been killed in a bomb attack in front of an educational center in a mainly Shia Muslim area of western Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. “We can confirm the attack was caused by a bomber on foot. The bomber detonated himself inside the education center,” said
Tolo News: At least 45 Afghan security forces were killed in a Taliban attack on a security base in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday night, a security source confirmed on Wednesday. This is the second large-scale attack in two days on a military base after one in Faryab fell to the Taliban on Monday. Click here to
WASHINGTON, August 14 (Sputnik) – Optimistic assessments of US progress in the 16-year Afghan war belie stunning battlefield losses in recent weeks that reflect a shift in the conflict from stalemate to probable defeat of American-backed forces, the private intelligence firm Soufan Group said in a new report on Tuesday. The grim assessment was based
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 14, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Afghan Taliban is demanding freedom for a member of the militant Haqqani network along with other insurgent prisoners in exchange for the release of an American professor and his Australian colleague who were kidnapped two years ago, officials revealed Tuesday. Kevin King, 60, and Timothy Weeks,
Khaama Press: The leader of the Awami National Party of Pakistan Afrasiab Khattak has said that the dead bodies of the Pakistanis killed in Ghazni city clashes, are being shifted to Pakistan. Khattak was citing reports regarding the killing and apprehension of several Pakistani militants during the Ghazni clashes as he asked the Pakistani authorities for