Shapur Saber Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 18, 2018 Afghanistan was already considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, a consequence of decades of war and religious extremism. But for some Afghan journalists, the risks have been amplified after a cleric in the western city of Herat recently
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 17, 2018 A suicide bomber has killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan, including a Taliban commander, an Afghan official says. Abdul Qauom Baqizoi, provincial chief police of the northern Sar-e Pul Province, said the attack took place as village elders met with Taliban officials in the area. No group claimed
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 16, 2018 Afghan police say they have shot and killed a suspected suicide bomber as he approached a demonstration in the capital Kabul. Police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said the suspect was shot by police near a gathering in the Shar-e Naw park in Kabul’s main business area on July 16,
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 16, 2018 KABUL — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has dismissed the Taliban’s rejection of his offer of peace talks, suggesting that the militant group can still be persuaded to come to the negotiating table. In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan in Kabul on July 16, Ghani said
VOA News July 16, 2018 A report in a leading U.S. newspaper says President Donald Trump has instructed “top diplomats” to pursue “direct talks” with the Taliban in an effort to “jump-start” negotiations with the militant group in the hope of bringing an end to the 17-year war in Afghanistan. The New York Times said
MOSCOW, July 15 (Sputnik) – The Taliban movement controls over half of the territory of Afghanistan and the local population has more trust in its authorities rather than in the central government, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Director Zamir Kabulov told Kommersant newspaper in an interview. According to Kabulov, the central authorities of Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 15, 2018 At least seven people have been killed and 15 others wounded in a suicide bombing in front of a government ministry in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials said. The explosion on July 15 happened at the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Ministry, police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said. There were
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 15, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations says the conflict in Afghanistan killed nearly 1,700 civilians in the first six months of 2018, the highest number recorded at any comparable time over the last decade. The midyear report on civilian casualties released by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Sunday
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 15 (Xinhua) — Unidentified armed men set a school on fire in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial government said in a statement Sunday. “Unknown armed men torched Kiptan Baba Middle School in Bati Kot district at midnight Saturday. The school building was destroyed and all the documents and books inside
MOSCOW, July 14 (Sputnik) – Russia’s Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Saturday dismissed media reports alleging that members of the radical Taliban movement had killed female Chechen IS (Islamic State terrorist organization, outlawed in Russia) militants in northern Afghanistan as fake, aimed at creating the impression of Chechen militants’ presence in Afghanistan. Earlier in