At least thirteen people have killed in US air raid in the city of Kunduz of northern Afghanistan. This air raid was is part of battle between US and Afghan forces and the Taliban, a terrorist group. The raid lasted for thirty hours starting early in the morning on Saturday. Several victims happened to be children. the number of children… Read more »
Two explosions went off in a stadium in Afghanistan killing four people and wounding another thirty one. The two explosions occurred during what was known as farmers day where a lot of people gather to bring in the new year. This event was attended by at least one thousand people. Apparently during the one of the blasts Hemlands Economic chief,… Read more »
While the US is attempting to rebuild Afghanistan’s infrastructure, afghani security is harassing and stealing from the construction sites. It’s causing the projects to be on hold due to the harassment so there is no more development and Afghanistan will not be able to rebuild. Most of the buildings that were attacked were homes that families lived in and required… Read more »
The Taliban’s elusive one-eyed leader Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, and American troops once even searched the house where he was hiding but failed to find a secret room built for him, a new biography claims. The account exposes an embarrassing failure of US intelligence, which put a $10m bounty on Omar’s head after… Read more »
The United States has announced it will revoke or deny visas to members of the International Criminal Court involved in investigating the actions of US troops in Afghanistan or other countries. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said Washington was prepared to take further steps, including economic sanctions, if the war crimes court goes ahead with any investigations of US or allied… Read more »
A report into US efforts to rebuild Afghanistan’s war-damaged infrastructure has called for urgent action after revealing that Afghan security forces have been harassing, abusing and stealing from contractors at military bases. Members of the Afghan national defence and security forces (ANDSF) have held workers at gunpoint and confiscated their equipment, costing the US hundreds of thousands of dollars, a US government… Read more »
A senior Afghan official has accused the US of “delegitimising” the Kabul government by excluding it from peace talks with the Taliban. Hamdullah Mohib, a national security adviser to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, levelled a fierce attack on US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad on Thursday, suggesting the veteran US diplomat held ambitions to run for political office in Afghanistan. Khalilzad was born in the northern… Read more »
wo American service members were killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday, the NATO forces have said, providing no further details on the combat deaths. The latest fatalities, which bring to four the number of US soldiers killed so far this year in Afghanistan, underscore the difficulties in bringing peace to the war-wrecked country even as Washington has stepped up efforts… Read more »
Two explosions went off inside a stadium hosting an agricultural show in southern Afghanistan killing four people and wounding 31, government officials said. The blasts took place in Lashkar Gah, the capital of the volatile Helmand province, as people marked Farmers’ Day as part of Persian New Year celebrations, attended by nearly 1,000 people. Local Afghan news website TOLOnews reported that the provincial economic chief in… Read more »
At least 13 civilians, mostly children, were killed by a US air raid in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the United Nations said on Monday. The air raid early on Saturday was part of a battle between the Taliban and combined Afghan and US forces that lasted about 30 hours in Kunduz, a Taliban stronghold. “Initial fact-finding indicates that 10 of those killed were… Read more »