Ayaz Gul VOA News September 7, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations has warned of a growing threat to aid workers in Afghanistan where it says millions of people are in urgent need of life-saving assistance. “I am deeply concerned that aid workers are being targeted, with 93 of our colleagues abducted since the beginning of
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 31, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban confirmed to VOA Tuesday it has been holding a Canadian man, his American wife and their two children hostage, saying the insurgent group is waiting for the U.S. and Canadian governments to meet its demands. Joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman, in a video
Press TV August 31, 2016 The US State Department is reportedly evaluating a video released by the Taliban in Afghanistan that shows a Canadian man and his American wife warning that they will be killed unless their captors’ demands are met. John Kirby, the US State Department spokesman, made the announcement in a press briefing
Press TV August 29, 2016 At least nine civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in two separate roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan. According to Afghan officials, the first blast took place in the country’s southern province of Helmand on Monday, killing six people and wounding five others, including three women and
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan say security forces have rescued an Australian aid worker, four months after she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her office in the country’s east. Two armed men posing as Afghan intelligence officers abducted Kerry Jane Wilson, 60, in April from the office of her
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 9, 2016 The American University of Afghanistan is expected to reopen on August 9, days after being closed in the wake of the kidnapping of two teachers. The two faculty members — one Australian and one American — were abducted at gunpoint from a road near the university in Kabul on August
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 8, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan on Monday claimed to have made major successes against the Taliban and Islamic State, saying national security forces have killed hundreds of fighters, including key leaders linked to both groups. Major General Mohammad Habib Hesari, Director General of Military Operations, told a news conference in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 8, 2016 An American and an Australian have been abducted in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Officials said on August 8 that the two were taken from their car by gunmen wearing military uniforms on a main road near the American University of Afghanistan late on August 7. They are believed
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 4, 2016 A group of foreign tourists escorted by an Afghan Army convoy has been attacked in the western province of Herat. Jilani Farhad, the spokesman for Herat’s governor, said at least six tourists and their Afghan driver were wounded in the August 4 attack in Chesht-e Sharif district. Farhad
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 23, 2016 An Indian charity worker kidnapped in the Afghan capital last month has been released, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on July 23. Forty-year-old Judith D’Souza was taken at gunpoint on June 9 near her residence in the center of Kabul. Swaraj thanked Afghanistan for its “help and