All of my articles this week were once again about Afghanistan. For the most part they were about smaller things, without any huge breaking headlines. However there was something in one of the articles that caught my attention. In the article about the airstrike killing 13 civilians, 10 of those being children, the phrasing of it was sketchy. This is… Read more »
One US soldier was killed and another wounded in an “apparent insider attack” in Kabul on Saturday, NATO said, in the latest such assault on international forces in Afghanistan. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the third so-called “green-on-blue” attack in less than three weeks that have rattled foreign troops tasked with training and assisting the war-torn country’s… Read more »
If the Afghan government is not even at the Qatar peace talks, it shows the US government thinks it’s irrelevant. That’s strange, as the future of the country relies on a strong Afghan leadership. So says Kamal Alam, Afghanistan analyst at the Institute for Statecraft. It comes as the latest round of peace talks, between only the Taliban and the… Read more »
Amrullah Saleh, a vice-presidential candidate for the next elections in Afghanistan and former head of the country’s intelligence services, gave an interview to FRANCE 24. He discussed the ongoing talks between the US and the Taliban, as well as Afghanistan’s ties with neighbouring Pakistan. Amrullah Saleh urged the US to include the Afghan government in its current negotiations with the Taliban. He hinted… Read more »
At least 13 civilians were killed, mostly children, in an air strike by “international forces” in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz late last week, the United Nations said Monday. The strike happened between late Friday and early Saturday in support of ground operations conducted by pro-government forces fighting against Taliban militants in the area. “Initial fact-finding indicates that 10 of those… Read more »
A massive report I would say is going on right now that have to do with Afghanistan. The United Nations published a report basically saying that the year of 2018 was the most deadliest year to live in Afghanistan as a civlian. This is not just because of the Taliban, although America would like to point its finger at them…. Read more »
The United States announced on Friday it would deny visas to members of the International Criminal Court involved in investigating alleged war crimes from US troops in Afghanistan or in other countries. 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 probes of US… Read more »
A record number of Afghan civilians were killed last year due to stepped up aerial attacks by U.S-led forces and more suicide bombings, the United Nations said in a report on Sunday. The conflict in Afghanistan claimed 3,804 civilian lives that included 927 children, both all-time highs, leading to an 11 percent spike in civilian deaths versus 2017, the report from the… Read more »
Militants in Afghanistan set off a suicide blast on Wednesday morning and stormed a construction company near the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least four people, officials said. The attack began with a suicide bomber, who was on foot and who detonated his explosives at the gate of the company called MQ, according to Gen. Ghulam Sanayee… Read more »
A Taliban assault on checkpoints killed 22 troops, officials said Sunday, as at least 50 Afghan security forces surrendered to the militants and around 100 tried to flee to neighbouring Turkmenistan after heavy fighting in Afghanistan’s northwest. The battles mark the latest setbacks for the country’s battered security forces, who come under daily attack and have suffered staggering casualties in… Read more »