Press TV September 6, 2016 Amnesty International says a recent bombing and shooting attack by militants on the office of an international charity organization in the Afghan capital Kabul constitutes a “war crime.” “The attack by an armed group on the aid agency CARE International… is the deliberate targeting of civilians and constitutes a war
Al Jazeera: The ongoing political crisis within the Afghan National Unity Government amid the country’s security and economic challenges recalls earlier warnings, notably from US intelligence and the UN, on the fragility of Afghanistan’s political stability. According to the agreement brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry in September 2014, the Afghan government should have initiated a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 6, 2016 The Afghan Interior Ministry says security forces have killed the last gunman involved in an attack in an upscale neighborhood that is home to many government facilities and the headquarters of many foreign organizations. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said in a message posted on Twitter on September
Press TV September 5, 2016 Afghan government forces have retaken a strategic district in the war-ravaged country’s east, more than a week after it fell to Taliban militants. Afghan officials said Jani Khel district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia was recaptured from the militants on Monday, adding that a clearance operation was still going
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 5, 2016 ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber in a police uniform detonated his device near the Afghan Defense Ministry in Kabul Monday, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 90 others. Afghanistan’s Tolo TV reported that the ministry’s senior commander, General Abdul Raziq, along with the intelligence chief for
VOA News Ayaz Gul September 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban is urging India to stop giving lethal military equipment to the Afghan government, condemning it as a “clear hostility” towards the war-torn nation. In its first public reaction to New Delhi’s growing military cooperation with Kabul, the Islamist insurgency alleged Indian aircraft and equipment are
Khaama Press: A top Taliban leader who was in charge of coordinating the group’s suicide attack missions was arrested during an operation in North of Afghanistan. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said Saturday that the detained Taliban leader has been identified as Qari Ahmad Khalid son of Mohammad Alim. Click here to read more
Khaama Press: Pakistani authorities have claimed the suicide bomber who attacked the court in Mardan city of Pakistan was an Afghan national, in what appears to be a ‘Tit for tat’ policy to respond to Afghanistan’s growing criticisms against Pakistan to allow the Afghan militant groups, specifically the Taliban group and notorious Haqqani terrorist network leadership
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 2, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bombing attack on a court complex has killed at least 12 people and wounded about 50 others. The violence happened Friday in the city of Mardan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. District mayor Himatyat Ullah told reporters an armed attacker
Michael Hughes: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, from Indian soil on August 30, boldly promoted “trilateral” dialogue among the United States, Afghanistan and India while calling out Pakistan to abandon its pro-terror policies. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter struck a base-sharing arrangement with his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar. Both moves mark a