Press TV November 5, 2016 Hundreds of people have taken part in a funeral procession for more than 30 civilians, who were killed in an airstrike carried out by the so-called US-led military alliance near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. The funeral was held on Friday for the victims of Thursday’s air raid on the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 5, 2016 The Pentagon confirmed that air strikes in Afghanistan last month killed Al-Qaeda leader Faruq al-Qatani, taking out a top plotter of attacks against the United States in a “significant blow” for the terrorist group. The U.S. military targeted Qatani and his lieutenant Bilal al-Utabi in separate drone strikes
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — The death toll of civilians killed by NATO-led forces’ airstrikes in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province has risen to 31 with 17 others injured, the provincial government said on Friday. “The latest figures showed that 31 civilians lost their lives and 17 others injured during the Thursday’s military operation and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 3, 2016 Afghan officials say at least 26 civilians, including women and children, have been killed and dozens of others wounded in an air strike in the country’s north. Protests erupted in Kunduz after the November 3 strike in the outskirts of the city, with dozens of people rallying outside
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 3, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The U.S. military says that two of its service members died as a result of wounds they sustained during early morning counter-Taliban operations in northern Afghanistan. “The service members came under fire during a train, advise and assist mission with our Afghan partners to clear a Taliban
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 3, 2016 Eight Afghans detained in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay have been imprisoned for years on the basis of “vague accusations” rife with “gross errors of fact,” according to a new report. The report, titled Kafka In Cuba, The Afghan Experience In Guantanamo, was published on November 3
RT: Over the next few weeks, the International Criminal Court (ICC) could open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Afghan war, including those allegedly committed by American troops, Foreign Policy magazine reports. Citing “several knowledgeable sources,” the magazine claims that the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, is several weeks from launching a
Michael Hughes: The latest Afghan reconstruction watchdog report reveals that billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. stabilization programs have failed to, well, stabilize Afghanistan – whatever that word really means. Many of us know that “stabilization” in the context of Western post-invasion state-building endeavors is really code for capitalistic democratization. In fact, many involved have a
Ayaz Gul / VOA News October 30, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s security forces battling the resurgent Taliban have suffered around 15,000 casualties, including 5,523 fatalities in the first eight months of 2016, says a U.S. government monitoring agency. The agency has also warned of eroding gains the war-shattered country has made with the help of the
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD — A U.S. government monitoring agency says that more than two dozen programs that cost more than $2.3 billion “were unsuccessful overall as implemented in Afghanistan.” The findings were released on Saturday by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which is responsible for reviewing billions of