Kabul bombings: Dozens dead after twin blasts near Afghan parliament
Source: BBC The blasts, part of a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, took place during rush hour as staff were leaving the complex. The Taliban said they carried […]
An Afghan Street Artist Boldly Brings Women’s Stories To Life
Shamsia Hassani hopes her work inspires younger Afghan citizens, both men and women, to create. 12/23/2016 09:37 am ET | Updated Dec 26, 2016 Priscilla Frank Arts Writer, The Huffington Post SHAMSIA HASSANI At 22 years old, Shamsia Hassani became interested in graffiti ― spray painting the surreal visions […]
Afghan woman beheaded for going shopping without husband
Source: TOI A woman was beheaded in Afghanistan‘s Sar-e-Pul province for stepping out of her house without a male guardian. The woman’s husband is in Iran and they have no children, officials said. A report in The Independent states that the 30-year-old woman was reportedly slain by members of the […]
What we know about the Berlin Christmas market attacker
Source: The Local Police now have the man in custody who they believe drove the truck into the crowd at Breitscheidplatz under the capital’s iconic Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church shortly after 8pm on Monday evening, killing at least 12 people. Reports on Monday evening stated that the man fled in the direction of […]
Taliban leader tries (and fails) to get asylum in Germany
Source: The Local The man flew to Germany from Riad, the capital of Saudi Arabia and tried to pass through customs on a fake passport. But when federal police realized he wasn’t who he said he was, the man applied for asylum for himself and his family.When the Federal Office […]
Germany begins controversial collective deportations to Afghanistan
Source: The Local Awaiting the men were Afghan police officers and refugee ministries officials, as well as representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).The mood was sombre among the deported men. Some were sad, others were angry.Babur Sedik said that he had spent four years in Germany and had […]
Russia, Daesh and Afghanistan
Source: ET In an unusual and bold appearance before the Afghan parliament’s upper house, the ambassador asked if US, Britain, Italy, Qatar and Saudi Arabia maintain contacts with them then why is it an issue if “we are also talking to them.” Our “limited contacts” are aimed at bringing the […]
Afghanistan Kabul mosque suicide attack kills dozens
Source: BBC A suicide bomber has killed at least 27 people at a Shia Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Many more were wounded in the blast at an annual Shia ceremony at the Baqir ul Olum mosque in the west of the city. The attacker arrived on foot […]
Taliban car bomb hits German consulate in northern Afghanistan
Source: CNN A suicide car bomb targeted the German consulate in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Thursday, according to local police and officials. Monir Ahmad Farhad, a provincial spokesman, said Friday four people were killed and more 100 people were injured when the attack happened at 10:45 p.m. in Mazar-e-Sharif, the […]
Seven arrested at refugee homes over alleged gang rape
Source: The Local More than 30 police joined the raids on ten rooms in several accommodation facilities in the towns of Nagold and Wildberg in the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg, said police.”The Afghan asylum seekers are suspected of having raped a 17-year-old Iranian asylum seeker several times and of having […]
Afghan girl made famous by National Geographic photo arrested on corruption charges
If convicted, Sharbat Gula, photographed as a 12-year-old refugee in 1984, faces a possible 14-year jail sentence Adam Lushe US photographer Steve McCurry took his iconic photograph of the ‘Afghan Girl’ named Sharbat Gula, in 1985 The Afghan girl whose piercing eyes made her famous when her photo appeared on […]
The Corleones of Kabul : The U.S.–Afghan Divorce and the Karzai Family
By Jonah Blank In This Review A Kingdom of Their Own: The Family Karzai and the Afghan Disaster Joshua Partlow Foreign observers of Afghanistan tend to think of former President Hamid Karzai’s government as a clan of corrupt thugs, led by a feckless, petulant whiner. In this narrative, Karzai was […]
15 years on, the Afghan war still defies US timelines
October 7, 2016 View photos Afghans gather around an unexploded missile near the Aghna city of Jalalabad on October 14, 2001 (AFP Photo/) More Washington (AFP) – Fifteen years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, President Barack Obama and the American military have dug in for a long campaign that […]
Exclusive: Dozens of Afghan troops AWOL from military training in U.S.
Thu Oct 6, 2016 1 of 1Full Size By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials said. Although the number of […]
The Muslim refugee who saved an American soldier
UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER Janis Shinwari, an Afghan interpreter for the US military, sought refuge in America after the Taliban put him on a hit list. His story turns the debate on Muslim refugees on its head. By Anna Mulrine Grobe, Staff writer OCTOBER 5, 2016 Courtesy of Matt Zeller View […]
The invasion of Afghanistan 15 years ago was an arrogant, wretched adventure that caused a migrant crisis
Afghanistan will not become Islamistan or even Talibanistan. It will, when the West finally packs up and leaves, become Mafiastan. Perhaps it already is Robert Fisk @indyvoices A young man sits among the wreckage after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul in July EPA As usual, all the warnings were […]
Face to face with Bin Laden
30 Years of The Independent Face to face with Bin Laden Speaking exclusively – and chillingly – to Robert Fisk, the ‘rebel leader’ openly plotted terror against the West Robert Fisk 10 July 1996 Osama bin Laden, the fiercest opponent of the Saudi regime and of America’s presence in the […]
Dozens of Afghans Missing From U.S. Military Training
Source: The Daily Beast At least 44 Afghan troops who were in the U.S. for military training have gone missing in the last two years, Pentagon officials said. About 2,200 Afghans have come to America to work with the military since 2007. A Pentagon official told Reuters that the number, […]
Switzerland renews aid funding pledge to Afghanistan
OCT 5, 2016 – Fierce gun battles have played out around Kunduz in recent days (Keystone) Switzerland will continue funding humanitarian projects in Afghanistan to the tune of CHF26 million ($26.6 million) per year until 2020, a conference in Brussels was told. Thomas Greminger, head of the Swiss delegation […]
New UNHCR centre to pace up Afghan refugees return
September 29, 2016 Said Alam Khan PESHAWAR – The UNHCR has formally inaugurated its second Voluntary Repatriation Centre (VRC) at Azakhel in Nowshera district on Wednesday to facilitate safe and dignified return of Afghan refugees. The opening of new centre would enable UNHCR to facilitate return of up to […]