Tolo News: Lala Del Souz, the head of the Sikh community in Kunduz city, was killed by unknown gunmen Thursday morning, officials confirmed. Del Souz, a naturopath, was gunned down at about 9am in the Haji Gulistan Kochi Haman area of the city. He had reportedly been on his way to his shop when the shooting
Press TV December 28, 2016 An Afghan lawmaker has been wounded in a bomb attack in a crowded area of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul. The blast took place near the 6th police district and a mosque in Dasht-e-Barchi area in western Kabul on Wednesday morning apparently targeting the vehicle of legislator Fakuri Biheshti, who was
Daily Mail (UK): A woman has reportedly been beheaded by a group of armed men in Afghanistan after she entered a city without her husband. The horrific act took place in the remote village of Latti in Sar-e-Pul province, which is under Taliban control. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Russia, China and Pakistan bowed to Afghan complaints Tuesday, announcing after talks in Moscow that Kabul will be invited to participate in future meetings on the threat posed by Islamic State militants in Afghanistan. Afghan officials had objected to being left out of the three-way talks
Tehran Times: An Iranian national abducted last Tuesday in the western Afghan province of Herat has been released and handed over to Iran’s Consulate in the province, an official with the Iranian consulate told Pajhwok Afghan News on Monday. Javad Mohammadi had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen after having been stopped on the Herat-Islam-Qala Highway, via
The Guardian (UK): The US military and the CIA are turning a blind eye as Afghanistan’s spy agency spends foreign donor money on militias which are committing human rights abuses that help destabilise the fragile country, according to local and western officials. The Afghan national directorate of security (NDS) arms strongmen ostensibly to fight the Taliban
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 26, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Top Foreign Ministry officials from China, Pakistan and Russia will meet in Moscow on Tuesday to review what they perceive as a “gradually growing” threat to their frontiers posed by Islamic State extremists in Afghanistan. “This is an existing forum for undertaking informal discussions on issues
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 25, 2016 At least two Afghan civilians were killed by a roadside bomb in the eastern province of Laghman early on December 25, a local official said. The incident took place near a shrine in Mihterlam, the provincial capital, said Sarhadi Zwak, a spokesman for the Laghman provincial governor. There
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Hostilities in Afghanistan have left around 30,000 people dead and as many wounded, mostly insurgents, according to the latest official estimates. As of Sunday, counter-insurgency operations conducted by Afghan police and military forces around the country had left more than 18,500 “enemy” fighters dead and wounded
Reuters: There was an angry reaction in Afghanistan to news that the first female fixed-wing pilot in the country’s air force was requesting asylum in the United States after completing an 18-month training course. The Afghan Defense Ministry confirmed on Sunday that Captain Niloofar Rahmani, 25, had sought asylum after the Wall Street Journal quoted