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
Press TV September 15, 2016 Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai has censured new authorities for giving the US military greater freedom in the fight against Taliban, saying the attitude could dent Afghan sovereignty. Karzai made the remarks in an interview on Thursday, expressing objection to the policies of the administration of current President Ashraf Ghani
1TV: Former President Hamid Karzai blessed with a baby girl, his fourth child was born on Tuesday morning in private Gurgaon hospital in India. “The baby girl was born around 9.30 am on Tuesday. Both the mother and her baby daughter are doing quite well,” Afghan ambassador to India, Shaida Mohammad Abdali saidas quoted by Times of