VOA News November 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Former Afghan Intelligence Chief Accuses Pakistan of Militarily Supporting Taliban Afghanistan’s former spy chief has accused Pakistan of helping the Afghan Taliban militarily, as well as providing them with safe havens.. In an exclusive interview with VOA in Kabul, Rahmatullah Nabil, the former head of the National Directorate
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD — An attack on a German consulate building in northern Afghanistan late Thursday killed six people and wounded more than 100, mostly civilians, though Germany’s foreign minister on Friday reported consulate staff members were unharmed. Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his condolences for victims of the attack, in which a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 11, 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama has asked Congress for an additional $11.6 billion to fund the fights against militants in Afghanistan and Iraq. The request seeks an additional $5.8 billion for Pentagon military operations in Afghanistan and for the campaign against the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and
PTI: Underlining that black money is one of the main sources of funding terror activities, Afghanistan today welcomed India’s decision to demonetise high-denomination currency, saying the move will benefit the region. Afghan Ambassador to India Shaida Abdali said the move will help curb economic terrorism by foiling the usage of counterfeit currency for terror activities. Click
Tolo News: Following Donald Trump’s surprise win on Wednesday in the U.S presidential election race, New York’s prestigious Baruch College held a post-election discussion where the institute’s president Mitchel B. Wallerstein noted the possibility of a Trump administration bringing in more troops to Afghanistan. In answer to a question on Trump’s stance on Afghanistan, Wallerstein said:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 10, 2016 The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe says it had obtained information about possible attacks on large public gatherings in Tajikistan and its border crossings with Afghanistan. The embassy said in a statement on November 10 that “terrorist groups” may carry out attacks, but did not name them. It urged
Tolo News: Just hours after Donald Trump became the U.S president-elect on Wednesday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani congratulated Trump on his win. Ghani said in a statement that the U.S “is an essential and important strategic partner to Afghanistan in development of the country and fighting terrorism.” “The government of Afghanistan hopes that in close cooperation
The Future of Freedom Foundation: The latest massacre of many innocent people by U.S. forces in Afghanistan provides another demonstration as to why it is imperative that the American people stop deferring to the authority of the national security state and demand the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan. In a war that has
Tolo News: A Taliban commander who joined the peace process in Sar-e-Pul province two months ago, returned to the insurgent group after killing five public uprising members and taking their weapons. According to local security officials the incident happened on Sunday night. “He had relations with the enemy. He killed five public uprising forces,” said Sayed
Reuters: Afghan Taliban militants have strengthened their grip on lucrative illegal mining operations in the north of the country, as security forces focus most of their efforts on battling the insurgency in the volatile south, officials said. Abuses by local commanders with private militias and beyond the purview of central government have also driven people into