VOA News Ayaz Gul July 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistani policy makers and legislators stand “puzzled” over the way the United States has lately conducted its relationship with Islamabad and “extremely opposing views” emanating from within the U.S. Congress about Pakistani counterterrorism and efforts to promote peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan and the United States have long had
Press TV July 16, 2016 Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the country’s National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) to launch a major operation against Daesh-linked terrorists in an eastern province. Ghani announced the order during a Friday speech before the Afghan military forces in a visit to Nangarhar Province, which has witnessed an increasing
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 16, 2016 Three doctors working for the Afghan Red Crescent Society who were abducted by militants in northern Afghanistan have been freed. Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman for the governor of Sar-e Pul Province, said on July 16 that tribal elders and Afghan security forces worked together to free the doctors.
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem July 15, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A former head of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has leaked documents that he claims show Pakistan’s link to groups that carry out attacks inside Afghanistan. Rahmatullah Nabil, who resigned last December after strongly criticizing Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s overtures toward Pakistan on social media, said he leaked the documents
KABUL, July 15 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces have pressed on to clear the militants in restive provinces and killed 62 militants in the latest operations, the country’s Defense Ministry said Friday. “Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted cleanup and military operations in Nangarhar, Paktika, Wardak, Ghazni, Kandahar, Farah, Badakhshan, Takhar and Helmand provinces within
Tolo News: Documents uncovered by Rahmatullah Nabil, former chief of Afghan Spy Agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – shows that the money provided by the U.S government to the Pakistani military for fighting terrorism is in fact spent by Pakistan’s Inter-service Intelligence (ISI) for promoting and supporting terrorism. The documents also show that Pakistan strikes only
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 14, 2016 The Afghan president’s office said there are currently no plans to try to kick-start peace talks with the Taliban. Haroon Chakhansuri, spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, said on July 14 that a four-nation group created in hopes of starting talks with Talbian representatives had no plans to meet,
VOA News Noor Zahid July 14, 2016 WASHINGTON—The United States should cut off financial and military aid to Pakistan’s government, a U.S. lawmaker said this week, because Pakistan’s powerful military establishment and intelligence services have not broken off their links to terrorist groups. “Fifteen years have passed since September 11, billions of dollars have been
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 13, 2016 Pakistan’s military says that the mastermind of a 2014 attack on a Pakistani school that killed about 150 people, mainly children, has been killed by a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. Pakistani Army spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said on July 13 that a U.S. Army general had
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 13 (Xinhua) — Seven Taliban militants have been killed and three others injured as clash erupted in Chardara district of the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday, an army spokesman in the province Brigadier Abdul Khalil said. The clash, according to the official, flared up early Wednesday in Atmanzai village. After hours of