Tense Pak-US ties
Tense Pak-US ties EditorialPublished October 10, 2021 – IT is no secret that ties between Pakistan and the United States are going through a difficult phase. The recent visit to Pakistan of the US […]
The growing Taliban challenge
The growing Taliban challenge Muhammad Amir Rana Published October 3, 2021 THE reported upsurge in the TTP’s terrorist violence in Pakistan in recent months has coincided with the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan […]
Cutting aid punishes Afghan people, not Taliban
BY NAGEHAN ALÇI COLUMNS OCT 09, 2021 Illustration by Erhan Yalvaç If the international community stops providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, it will be punishing the long-suffering Afghan people rather than the […]
Daesh claims responsibility for Afghan Shiite mosque attack
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL ASIA PACIFIC OCT 08, 2021 9:42 PM GMT+3Taliban fighters investigate inside a Shiite mosque after a suicide bomb attack in Kunduz, Oct. 8, 2021. (AFP Photo) The Daesh terrorist […]
Taliban invokes Islam to weed out drugs from Afghanistan; war begins with shaved heads for addicts
The illicit opium trade in Afghanistan is intertwined with the country’s economy and its turmoil. Poppy growers are part of an important rural constituency for the Taliban, and most rely […]
Officials seek ways to get cash to Afghans evading Taliban: Sources
BY REUTERS ANKARA ECONOMY OCT 07, 2021 6:08 PM GMT+3Afghan men sit next to stacks of banknotes as people exchange money at a currency exchange market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2021. (REUTERS […]
The New Rulers of Afghanistan. The Taliban’s Campaign to Rob Villagers of Their Land
The New Rulers of AfghanistanThe Taliban’s Campaign to Rob Villagers of Their Land In a remote mountain region, Taliban rule is having dramatic consequences: The most powerful ethnic group, the […]
The Taliban aren’t taking Afghanistan back to the middle ages – they’re subverting Islam’s sound medieval legal principles
Christian LangeMon., October 4, 2021 The Taliban are back in the saddle and, with them, the dreadful spectre of the harsh punishments meted out in their previous time in power: […]
Just another detail: a private Afghanistan evacuation
Jürgen Todenhöfer 8h · The family was in grave danger. The 34-year-old son had been abducted by IS terrorists in Kabul in March 2020 and brutally tortured for almost 17 months. He […]
Mundra Port drug haul and the US link to Afghan heroin.
Strangely, what never gets traction is the complicity of Western powers in the enlargement of poppy plantations in the war-ravaged Afghanistan Sanjay Kapoor, OCT 04 2021 Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/mundra-port-drug-haul-and-the-us-link-to-afghan-heroin-1037108.html […]
How to bring aid to Afghanistan
Little more than a month after the departure of American troops from Afghanistan, people in the country are struggling to pay for basic necessities as foreign cash dries up. Can […]
Pentagon’s testimony underlines ‘strategic failure’ in Afghanistan
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. AMERICAS SEP 29, 2021 8:38 AM GMT+3Chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens to a Senator’s question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing […]
Inside the CIA’s secret Kabul base, burned out and abandoned in haste
The Observer Afghanistan A Taliban commander invited the media to inspect the site where America plotted killing raids and tortured prisoners Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul Sun 3 Oct 2021 The cars, […]
Taliban To Deploy Exclusive Battalion Of Suicide Bombers At Afghanistan Borders: Report
The battalion is said to be the same as the one which would conduct suicide attacks targeting the security forces of the previous Afghan government,. By: ABP News Bureau | Updated : 02 Oct […]
Afghans the Pentagon accidentally killed in a drone strike say the US hasn’t offered them any compensation
Bill Bostock Thu, September 30, 2021 Ten members of the Ahmadi family were killed by a misguided US drone strike on August 29. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said on September 17 […]
Hundreds of Afghans leave US military bases before resettlement
The number of “independent departures,” which could top 700, is raising alarms among immigration advocates concerned about the risks to Afghans who give up on the resettlement process. Hundreds of […]
UNHCR asks Switzerland to take in more Afghan refugees
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has sent a letter to Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis asking Switzerland to accept more people fleeing Afghanistan.This content was published on September […]
On this day Maulana Rumi was born
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other uses, see Rumi (disambiguation). Rumi Statue of Rumi in Buca, Turkey Title Mevlânâ, Mawlānā,[1] Mevlevî, Mawlawī Personal Born 30 September 1207Balkh (present-day Afghanistan),[2] or Wakhsh (present-day Tajikistan),[3][4] Khwarezmian Empire Died […]
Afghanistan: US-Taliban deal hastened Afghan collapse, defence officials say
bbc.com War in Afghanistan (2001-present) Top US defence officials have said the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan can be traced back to a deal between the group and the Trump administration. […]
Pakistan calls US Senate bill ‘uncalled for and counterproductive’
Interior Minister Rashid also rejects allegations that Islamabad provided any military support to Afghan Taliban Kamran Yousaf September 29, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Islamabad on Wednesday reacted to the draft bill introduced in […]