Press TV April 15, 2017 Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai has slammed the government in Kabul over a recent US bombardment of suspected Daesh terrorists, saying allowing the US military to use its largest conventional bomb in the country was tantamount to treason. “If the government has permitted them to do this, that was wrong
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News April 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghan officials say the number of militants known to have been killed by a huge U.S. bomb Thursday has nearly tripled. Officials say at least 92 militants died in the blast – up from 36 reported Friday. The area is still being cleared, so the death toll
VOA News April 14, 2017 Afghanistan says a massive bomb dropped Thursday by a U.S. warplane killed 36 members of Islamic State group and destroyed a large cache of weapons. A statement released by the Afghan defense ministry Friday said there were no civilian casualties in this attack. The 10,000-kilogram GBU-43 bomb, known as “the
1TV: Afghan Civil Aviation Authority says, the government will take full control of Kabul International Airport (Hamid Karzai Airport) after getting the responsibility of meteorology dept. from NATO-Resolute Support. According to officials, currently, five Afghans are serving 24 hours in the dept., however, 10 people are required to work in the section, including two women and
Khaama Press: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the so-called Durand Line will never be recognised as [the] official border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Speaking during an event in Kabul, Karzai said the line has remained a controversial issue between the two nations for many years, imposed by outsiders. Karzai further that Afghanistan’s reluctance to
PTI: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday welcomed the surgical strikes by Indian Army on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and said for long his country has been demanding terror sanctuaries be destroyed. “We have been saying and wishing it since so long that terror sanctuaries be eliminated, and the Indian Army has done the right
Khaama Press: A Pakistani senator has claimed the country fixed the 2009 Afghan Presidential Elections in the favour of the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Senator Mushahid Hussain made the revelation during an interview with a local newspaper. Pointing towards Pakistan’s role in shaping the polling results, Senator Hussain explicitly told The Express that “the election, we
Khaama Press: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai appeared reluctant to endorse the move to label Pakistan as ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’ as he considered the goodwill of Pakistani people towards the Afghan people. In an exclusive with Times Now TV, Karzai emphasized on the role of the Pakistani people for hosting millions of Afghan refugees as he
Tolo News: Karzai recently said the Taliban (fighters) are also the citizens of Afghanistan and that they can have parts of the country under their control. Commenting on this, Abdullah said: “If we take this serious, then what it means? It means that his [Karzai’s] 13 years of presidency was not legitimate as he said the fight
Khaama Press: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai improperly listed cash in one of Germany’s banks and a list jewels, the US watchdog said as it slammed an Afghan anti-corruption body formed in 2008 for being ineffective and lacking independence. The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its latest report said the asset declaration