Suicide bomb kills at least seven at Shi’ite gathering in Kabul
Source: Reuters BY Hamid Shalizi, Mohammad Aziz 3 MIN READ KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least seven people in […]
A Ground breaking Conference at Jerusalem Israel on the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
Source: facebook.com At a groundbreaking conference on Thursday experts gathered in Jerusalem to discuss the status of Pashtune, a tribal naiton of tens of millions of Afghani and Pakistani Muslims who believe they are descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Unfortunately no one mentioned about the claim of […]
International Women’s Day: Eight moments that make it the Year of the Woman
Source: BBC News The #MeToo movement against male harassment has empowered women in the US and elsewhere, but it is not the only women’s movement to have an impact over […]
Afghan leader’s offer to Taliban is a last-ditch gamble for peace
Source: The Guardian BY Simon Tisdall A bold plan to draw the Taliban into a binding peace process looks like a last, desperate gamble by Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan’s embattled president, to […]
Afghanistan’s Ghani offers talks with Taliban ‘without preconditions’
Source: Reuters BY Hamid Shalizi, James Mackenzie KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group on Wednesday as part of a proposed […]
Afghan peace talks a difficult proposition
Rahimullah Yusufzai | Published — Thursday 1 March 2018 Though the Afghan government has offered unconditional peace talks to the Afghan Taliban in the past, President Ashraf Ghani was more specific with this week’s announcement as he mentioned a number of steps Kabul would take once prospective negotiations begin and […]
Afghanistan’s Ghani offers talks with Taliban ‘without preconditions’
Reuters International This content was published on February 28, 2018 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during during a peace and security cooperation conference in Kabul, Afghanistan February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Omar […]
Indonesia to Share Peacebuilding Experience at Kabul Process Meeting
By : Sheany | on February 27, 2018 Jakarta. Vice President Jusuf Kalla is set to attend the Kabul Process meeting in the Afghan capital as a […]
Taliban offer dialogue to end Afghanistan’s war
World REUTERS February 14, 2018 KABUL: The Taliban said on Wednesday they want to end Afghanistan’s war through dialogue but warned that their willingness to find peace did not mean […]
Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan, BBC finds
Source: BBC News By Shoaib Sharifi and Louise Adamou Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan, a […]
Afghan war turns bloodier
Source: Dawn THE latest wave of terror attacks in Kabul that has claimed dozens of civilian lives marks the bloodiest phase of the so far 16-year war with the insurgents getting more audacious. The escalation in fighting raises questions about the new US-Afghan strategy. Not that the Afghan capital has […]
Taliban threaten 70% of Afghanistan
Source: BBC Taliban fighters, whom US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan, a BBC study has found. Months of research across the country show how areas the Taliban threaten or control have surged since foreign combat troops left in 2014. […]
At Least 103 Dead in Ambulance Suicide Attack in Kabul
Source: Time By RAHIM FAIEZ / AP Updated: January 27, 2018 11:38 AM ET KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan authorities have raised the dead toll from Saturday’s suicide bombing in Kabul to […]
We cannot win in Afghanistan because we do not know why we are there
Source: NY Times By Steve Coll is the author of the forthcoming “Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” “The United States is not losing […]
Nearly 100 killed in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul
By Reuters – Jan 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An injured man receives medical assistance after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday (Reuters photo) KABUL — A bomb hidden in […]
Several people killed after gunmen attack luxury hotel in Kabul
Afghan special forces kill two of the four attackers and surround building as night falls Emma Graham-Harrison, Haroon Janjua in Peshawar and agencies Sat 20 Jan 2018 Several people were […]
Blocked from Europe, migrants settle in Morocco
By AFP – Dec 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Migrant vendors sell cellphones on a sidewalk in the Moroccan capital Rabat on December 19 (AFP photo) RABAT — Unable to reach […]
Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani apologises for headscarf remark
Source: BBC News The Afghan president has apologised to women for remarks he made about the traditional headscarf. On Saturday, Ashraf Ghani responded to claims that some government officials have […]
Taliban leaders comfortably living in Pakistan with drug money: US general
November 29, 2017 BY Agencies WASHINGTON: The top US general in Afghanistan General John Nicholson said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan’s support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. He also claimed that though the Taliban’s tactical-level commanders were in […]
Hamid Karzai: US colluded with ISIL in Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, has accused the the US of working with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in his country. In an […]