Afghanistan has been combating the Taliban for quite some time now, but there is a difference between soldiers fighting and civilians being punished for a situation they never asked to be in. By taking away their medical care, this becomes much more than a political war. The Taliban is purposefully trying to attack every aspect of the lives of Afghans… Read more »
BBC More than 2,000 families have been forced to flee their homes in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz amid heavy fighting, officials say. The evacuations came as Taliban militants seized the district of Qala-e-Zal, just west of the city. Clashes continue in other parts of the city, as the Taliban try to increase pressure on government troops in both… Read more »
(Times of India)ISLAMABAD: Despite public humiliation and periods of house arrest, the former leader of Pakistan’s notorious Red Mosque+ is inspiring a new generation of extremists with his old rhetoric — highlighting Islamabad’s ambivalent attempts to bring religious hardliners to heel. Ten years after the military raid on his mosque made international headlines and shocked his country, Abdul Aziz remains influential, overseeing a network… Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – Tehran vowed on Tuesday to stand alongside Baghdad and Ankara against the outcome of an independence referendum staged by Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq, a day after thousands of Iranian Kurds marched in support of the vote. State media also quoted an army commander as saying that new missile systems were installed on Tuesday, a day after… Read more »
From: Institute for War and Peace Reporting As Kyrgyzstan prepares to go to the polls on October 15 to elect a new president, some analysts predict that incumbent Almazbek Atambaev is positioning himself to retain influence even after he leaves office. Atambaev will step down December 1 after a six-year term, and is constitutionally barred from seeking another. But one… Read more »
From: Institute for War and Peace Reporting All parties to ongoing fighting in southern Afghanistan are violating the rules of war, according to speakers at an IWPR debate in Kandahar this month. Government forces and the Taleban alike were causing civilian casualties through the use of human shields, heavy weaponry and targeted killings. An audience of more than 100 men… Read more »
I think that south and central Asia is in utter turmoil at this point in time. Rather than being one with each other and settling with a compromise they continue to act in violence, civil war, and ethnic cleansings. In a country like the United States we are used to living in harmony and as one large society who can… Read more »
At this point in time, Suu Kyi has made a statement about the Rohingya crisis that, although vague, has improved her standing in the world because she has at least acknowledged the crisis, even though she has claimed that they don’t know the root cause of the attacks. The root cause is clearly the religious and cultural tensions between the… Read more »
From: New York Times KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Muhammad Anwar, 8, was vomiting all night and had severe diarrhea. His father, Hajji Aslam, did not know what to do. Most, and perhaps all, of the clinics in Oruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan are shut, including the one in their village, Shawali Karez. The province remains largely controlled by the Taliban, who… Read more »
Aljazeera Islamabad, Pakistan – Overthrown Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appeared before an anti-corruption court in the capital Islamabad, putting to rest the possibility of political unrest if he boycotted proceedings. Sharif appeared before the court briefly on Tuesday morning, amid tight security and a number of supporters chanting slogans outside the court complex. Speaking to the press following his appearance in… Read more »