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Deadly Clashes, Suicide Bombing Kill Dozens In Afghanistan

12th November, 2018 · admin · 4 Comments

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 12, 2018 Dozens of people have been killed in violence across Afghanistan, including in a suicide bombing in Kabul targeting a protest by members of the mainly Shi’ite Hazara minority, officials say. The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for the suicide blast on November 12 that killed at

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government, Farah, Ghazni, Protest, Shiites, Uruzgan |
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Taliban Overruns Afghan District Center, Anti-government Protests Intensify

7th July, 2018 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News July 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have attacked several locations in a troubled southeastern province, overrunning a key district headquarters and killing, among others, the regional commander of Afghan special police forces. The pre-dawn, coordinated assault targeted eight areas in Ghazni province, including Jaghato district, officials confirmed Saturday. Khaliq

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Dostum, Faryab, Ghazni, Hazaras, Nizamuddin Qaisari, Protest, Uzbek |
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Faryab protesters block road to key port on border with Turkmenistan

5th July, 2018 · admin

1TV: Protesters in northern Faryab province on Thursday blocked road to key port of Aqina on border with Turkmenistan and threatened to block more roads and government offices. Hundreds of residents took to streets in Faryab after Nizamuddin Qaisari, a district police chief close to First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum, was detained by the

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Political News | Tags: Faryab, Nizamuddin Qaisari, Protest |
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Afghan Militia Commander’s Arrest Sparks Violent Protests

4th July, 2018 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 4, 2018 Afghan officials say at least one person has been killed and eight others wounded in the northern province of Faryab after protests over the arrest of a powerful pro-government militia commander turned violent. Hundreds of people gathered on July 4 for a second day in the provincial capital,

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Faryab, Nizamuddin Qaisari, Protest |
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Ethnic Pashtuns protest against abuses by Pakistani security forces

8th April, 2018 · admin · 1 Comment

Press TV April 8, 2018 Thousands of ethnic Pashtuns have held a massive rally in the Pakistani city of Peshawar to call for an end to abuses by police as the country’s military continues its offensive against militants across the tribal belt along the Afghan border. A senior police official estimated that about 30,000 people

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Manzoor Pashteen, Pashtunistan, Pashtuns, Protest |
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Hunger strike ends after Ulema Council intervenes

1st April, 2018 · admin

Al Jazeera: Lashkar Gah residents started the hunger strike in a desperate call for peace between the government and the Taliban. “Early morning today [Sunday], members of the council visited our tents and sat with us promising that we will work together on a peace plan to present to the government and the Taliban,” Abdul Salam, a

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Taliban | Tags: Helmand, Hunger Strike, Protest |
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Protest Held In Kabul Amid Tense Afghan-Pakistani Ties

1st February, 2018 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 1, 2018 Dozens of angry protesters have gathered outside the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul, chanting slogans such as “Death to Pakistan” and burning flags of the country. The demonstration on February 1 came as senior Afghan officials returned from a visit to Islamabad, where they had pressed Pakistani authorities to

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Masoom Stanikzai, NDS, Protest |
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Afghans Protest Killing Of Rohingya In Burma

7th September, 2017 · admin

September 7, 2017: Hundreds gathered in Kabul to protest the recent killing and persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, the country also known as Myanmar. (RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan) Copyright (c) 2017. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036. Related Some 164,000

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Posted in Human Rights, Muslims and Islam, Other News | Tags: Muslim Unity, Protest |
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Businesses in Kabul suffer as sit-in continues

9th June, 2017 · admin

KABUL, June 9 (Xinhua) — Businesses have suffered as a demonstration-turned sit-in entered its eighth day on Friday in Afghan capital Kabul as many shops have remained closed over the past few days. “I am in lose over the past few days as few people dare to come to the market and go shopping,” a

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Posted in Economic News, Security | Tags: Kabul, Protest |
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Kabul Blast at Funeral for Protest Victim Leaves at Least 10 Dead

3rd June, 2017 · admin

VOA News / June 3, 2017 At least 10 people were killed Saturday in Kabul when three explosions hit the funeral of a senator’s son who was killed during protests Friday in Afghanistan’s capital city. Several government officials and members of parliament, including Afghan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, were in attendance at the funeral for

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Posted in Anti-Government Militants, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security | Tags: Protest |
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