Tolo News: A group of Farah residents gathered in Farah city on Sunday to protest the killing of nine civilians who they claim were targeted in an airstrike in Posht Rod district on Saturday. They brought the bodies on Saturday evening to the governor’s office and called for an investigation into the incident. Click here to
AA: Candidates for the Afghan parliament in capital Kabul on Saturday locked down the house in protest against prolonged delay in announcement of final results for the polls held in October last year. Scores of angry Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the parliament) candidates and their charged supporters staged a demonstration in front of the parliament
Ariana: The Office of Second Vice President Sarwar Danish on late Monday confirmed that commander Alipoor has been released from the detention of NDS, following the two-day violent protest in the capital Kabul. “He [Alipoor] is currently at the office of Second Vice President along with a number of tribal elders,” the office confirmed in a
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 26, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Taliban attacks have killed at least 30 security personnel while dozens of police officers have been injured in clashes with angry protesters in western Kabul, according to Afghan officials. Members of the minority Shi’ite Hazara community took to the streets Monday for a second day in
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 25, 2018 Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the detention of a Shi’ite Hazara militia commander have clashed with police in the Afghan capital. Reports said that at least one officer was wounded in the clashes, which saw protesters throwing stones at police. Officers reportedly fired into the air to disperse the
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
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
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
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,
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