Tolo News: Hackers who call themselves ‘Hazaristan Cyber Army’ on Friday hacked the website of Afghanistan’s National Security Council (NSC), one of country’s main security bodies. The hackers uploaded the image of a Daesh flag along with the pictures of several Afghan officials including NSC chief Mohammad Hanif Atmar, head of the Afghan intelligence agency Massoum Stanekzai,
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Monday’s suicide bombing of a Shi’ite mosque in the Afghan capital that killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 80 others. The bomber entered the crowded Baqir ul Olum Mosque in Kabul during a religious ceremony and detonated the
Tolo News: The fundamental human rights of all Afghans must be respected, including the rights of religious and ethnic communities, UNAMA said in a Human Rights special report on the 23 July attack in Kabul that killed 85 civilians and injured more than four hundred. The report, released on Tuesday, entitled “Attack on a Peaceful Demonstration in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 12, 2016 Two separate attacks targeting members of Afghanistan’s Shi’ite minority during the festival of Ashura have left several dozen people dead and scores wounded. In the latest attack, at least 14 people were killed on October 12 in a bomb attack outside a mosque in the northern province of
VOA News September 9, 2016 Noor Zahid Mehdi Jedinia The Afghan government is protesting Iran’s decision to blindfold several Afghans and put them in cages in the center of Shiraz this week. Nearly two dozen handcuffed Afghan refugees were displayed in a large metal cage. Police also exhibited confiscated items, including weapons, explosives, drugs, alcohol
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 4, 2016 Two years after a contentious, fraud-marred presidential election pushed Afghanistan to the brink of another bloody civil war, the country is once again staring into the abyss. The compromise power deal signed by political rivals Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to avert that crisis expires
VOA News Masood Farivar July 26, 2016 Tensions are rising in Afghanistan after a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State killed more than 80 members of a minority Shiite group, and IS’s top commander for the country threatened more violence to punish Afghan Shi’ites for fighting alongside the Syrian regime. The suicide attack Saturday,
Press TV July 26, 2016 At least 120 members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have been killed in an Afghan army offensive in the northern province of Nangarhar. The offensive comes against the backdrop of the July 23 deadly bombings in the capital Kabul, where at least 80 people were killed. Daesh claimed the
Al Jazeera: In Afghanistan’s “theme park of challenges”, ethnic politics is becoming a key contested debate, alongside the usual and known issues. The Saturday terrorist attack that targeted predominantly the Hazara community has heightened political tension. From harsh exchanges among growing Afghan social media users to the controversy over how to name universities, the disputed 2014 presidential election
VOA News Lisa Schlein July 25, 2016 GENEVA—A new report finds a record number of civilians in Afghanistan have been killed or maimed in the first half of this year. The report issued by the U.N. Human Rights Office and U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan finds children account for nearly one-third of the more than