On 11 September 2001, attacks in America killed nearly 3,000 people. Osama Bin Laden, the head of Islamist terror group al-Qaeda, was quickly identified as the man responsible. The Taliban, radical Islamists who ran Afghanistan and protected Bin Laden, refused to hand him over. So, a month after 9/11, the US launched air strikes against Afghanistan. As other countries joined… Read more »
Residents of a district in the border province of Paktika are being issued with Pakistani ID cards, an IWPR investigation has found. Local leaders have urged central government authorities to intervene, suggesting the practice amounted to an act of aggression by the neighbouring country. “Many people in Barmal district now have Pakistani IDs,” said Baryali Jabarkhail, a member of Paktika’s… Read more »
SOPORE, India (Reuters) – It’s harvest time, but the market in the northern Kashmiri town of Sopore – usually packed with people, trucks and produce at this time of year – is empty, while in orchards across India’s Jammu and Kashmir state unpicked apples rot on the branch. FILE PHOTO: Rotten apples are seen on a tree at an apple… Read more »
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labor in the fields, officials said on Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and laborers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at mountainous Wazir… Read more »