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May 19, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Spiegel Online: His war only lasted from one dawn to the next. When the sun rose for the second time over the Syrian city of Aleppo, Murad, a farmer from Afghanistan, was still cowering on the second floor of the house he was supposed to defend to the death. That, at least, is what his Iranian officer had ordered him to do. Full news...
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May 18, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Two young sisters were among those killed. Relatives of the two girls, who were on their way to school when the attack took place, spoke out on Monday about their plight, pleading for financial assistance in order to pay for a proper funeral for their murdered loved ones. Full news...
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May 17, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Wall Street Journal: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb that detonated Sunday morning on a crowded road near Afghanistan’s main international airport, hitting a vehicle of the European Union’s police advisory mission and killing three people, Afghan and international officials said. Sediq Sediqqi, the spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior, said the explosion occurred on Hawa Shanasi road, a street close to a military entrance to the airport. Full news...
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May 16, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Khaama Press: The Taliban militants have abducted dozens of Passengers from eastern Paktia province of Afghanistan, local officials said. The officials further added that the passengers were abducted while they were travelling in Syed Karam district early on Saturday morning. Full news...
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May 13, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Los Angeles Times: Taking office in September, President Ashraf Ghani pledged to fight corruption and end more than a decade of war with the Taliban and its allies. Instead, Ghani’s unity government has faced a series of stiff military and economic challenges that have led to increasing disenchantment after the first peaceful transfer of power in Afghanistan’s modern history. Full news...
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May 11, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Guardian: In November 2008, an Estonian minister by the name of Harri Tiido was being given a tour of Helmand province. Estonians were stationed in Nawzad, which had once been a town of 30,000 people, but was now deserted, “with the two sides dug into first world war-type trenches with their lines 300 yards apart”. After receiving the usual PowerPoint briefing, Tiido was asked by his British hosts if he had any questions: “I have only one,” he said. “What the fuck are we doing here?” Full news...
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May 10, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Al Jazeera: Afghanistan’s poppy fields are thriving, with cultivation of the crop hitting record highs last year. Poppy produces opium, the main ingredient in heroin. Already, the country supplies 90 percent of the world’s heroin, leading to tens of thousands of deaths every year. Not only is Afghanistan the global leader in opium production, but Afghans are now the leading consumers of their own drugs. Full news...
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May 9, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: A 21-year-old girl who was gang raped about a year ago in central Bamyan province has arrived in capital Kabul to demand justice after what she said her call for justice was not listened by the provincial authorities. Bas Gul, resident of Waras district, told TOLOnews that one of the three rapists has been released from the jail. Full news...
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May 9, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Killid Group: Afghanistan is caught in a cycle. Few girls go to school. Fewer women become teachers. Social restrictions, insecurity and a severe shortage of female teachers continue to pose a challenge. The Ministry of Education (MoE) says 15 percent of female students drop out of school. The UN children’s agency UNICEF says 3 million Afghan children have never been inside a school; 60 percent are girls. At least 500 schools are closed across the country because of security threats. Full news...
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May 8, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Al Jazeera America: Afghanistan is in the grips of a drug epidemic that some say is far more dangerous than the Taliban. And those behind the trade remain defiant in the face of efforts to rid the country of their presence. “They’ll never stop us. You see, we’ve tasted the profits, so we’ll never let go,” said one smuggler when asked whether the government would ever be able to stop the illegal business. Full news...
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May 7, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: At least two children were killed and four other civilians wounded in Ghazni province, officials said Thursday. The provincial acting-governor’s spokesman Shafiq Nang confirmed the incident and said that the blast occurred on Wednesday in Deh Yak district when a civilian vehicle hit by a roadside mine. Full news...
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May 6, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: An adult has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year old boy in northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday. Police official Maj. Muhammad Yusuf told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Maimana, the provincial capital and that the alleged rapist had been arrested. Full news...
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May 5, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Guardian: Seventeen months after Setara’s husband cut her face and chest with a knife, disfiguring her for life and only narrowly failing to kill her, the laws of her native Afghanistan have still not allowed her to divorce him. The reason is not because anyone disputes what happened to her. Full news...
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May 4, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
VOA News: Afghan officials have confirmed at least 16 soldiers are dead and more than a dozen wounded after a Taliban attack in a northeastern border region. An unspecified number of soldiers are missing after the assault late Sunday in the remote Badakhshan province. The Taliban insurgents reportedly seized weapons, several tanks and vehicles. Full news...
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May 2, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Three of the five passengers in a car who were kidnapped Thursday evening in southern Zabul have been found dead, acting governor of Zabul told TOLOnews on Saturday. Mohammad Ashraf Nasiri said the bodies were found Saturday morning in Qalat district, provincial capital of Zabul, where the passengers were abducted. Full news...
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May 1, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: On Labour Day, hundreds of labourers on Friday staged a protest demonstration in the capital Kabul, demanding work opportunities. The rally was organized by the National Labour Union aimed at pressing the government to increase wages of labourers. Mohammad Maroof Qadari, the NLU leader, asked the government to implement labour laws, increase salaries of government officials and facilitate workers. Full news...
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April 30, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: A woman in Andar district of Ghazni province has been hospitalized after reportedly surviving an attempted beheading by her husband’s family. In connection to the crime, local police have apprehended the woman's husband and launched a full investigation. Full news...
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April 29, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
IRIN: Gulalay is excited. She is getting ready to celebrate her sixth birthday. She has been to the local bazaar with her grandfather and bought herself a new frock, a colourful hairband and a pair of hand-knitted socks. Frolicking on her way home, Gulalay cannot see the improvised explosive device buried in the dirt. One unfortunate step is all it takes. Full news...
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April 28, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Reuters: At least 52 people are missing and feared dead following a landslide in a remote village in northeastern Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday. Officials in the province of Badakhshan, about 600 kilometers from the capital, Kabul, are arranging helicopters to fly to the village to rescue survivors, said provincial governor Shah Waliullah. Full news...
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April 27, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TomDispatch: If our wars in the Greater Middle East ever end, it’s a pretty safe bet that they will end badly - and it won’t be the first time. The “fall of Saigon” in 1975 was the quintessential bitter end to a war. Oddly enough, however, we’ve since found ways to reimagine that denouement which miraculously transformed a failed and brutal war of American aggression into a tragic humanitarian rescue mission. Full news...
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April 26, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: A 16-year-old boy who confessed to having been gang-raped by Taliban commanders and forced to carry out a suicide attack has been arrested in Kabul, National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement Sunday. Would-be suicide bomber, Bilal, said that Muzamil, Hijrat (known as Abozar), Tahir and Honzala were the four Taliban commanders who sexually abused him in Bati Kot district of eastern Nangarhar, NDS said. Full news...
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April 25, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
McClatchy: A total of 1.3 billion USD that the Pentagon shipped to its force commanders in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2014 for the most critical reconstruction projects can’t be accounted for by the Defense Department, 60 percent of all such spending under an emergency program, an internal report released Thursday shows. Full news...
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April 24, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Hambastagi.org (Translated by RAWA): On April 24, members and supporters of the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (SPA) gathered to protest and condemn the dark days of 28th and 27th April. In this gathering there were 1600 participants and the main slogan read: “Let us prosecute the criminals of 27th and 28th April!” Full news...
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April 23, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: The commander of an armed group in Farah has been accused of the kidnap, rape and torture of a 17-year-old boy, said the Afghanistan Human Rights Organization on Thursday. According to the human rights group, the boy was allegedly kidnapped in Farah province by Hamid Bakhto, a relative of the provincial council head. Full news...
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April 21, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
TOLOnews.com: Abdul Hady Arghandiwal, the former minister of economy, has been accused of corruption related to his role as a member of the Special Procurement Commission presiding over the now infamous Ministry of Defense (MoD) fuel contracting process. On Tuesday, while he did not deny that corruption existed within the commission, Arghandiwal distanced himself from any wrongdoing by calling on legal authorities to punish all those involved in bribery. Full news...
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April 20, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
PAN: A man shot dead his brother’s wife and another man after accusing them of having a sexual relationship in the Sarobi district of central Kabul province on Monday, police said. Sarobi police chief Col. Mir Salam Adamkhel the incident took place in the centre of the district at around 4pm. The man, Tila Mohammad, shot dead his brother’s wife and another man, Faiz Mohammad, inside his home. Full news...
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April 18, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Al Jazeera and The Associated Press: A suicide bomb attack on a bank branch in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad killed at least 33 people on Saturday, with the country’s president blaming the violence on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. "In the horrific incident in Nangarhar [province], who took responsibility? The Taliban didn’t claim responsibility. Full news...
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April 17, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Guardian: In a war full of failures, the US counternarcotics mission in Afghanistan stands out: opiate production has climbed steadily over recent years to reach record-high levels last year. Yet one clear winner in the anti-drug effort is not the Afghan people, but the infamous mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater. Full news...
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April 16, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
Hambastagi.org (Translated by RAWA): Members and supporters of the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (SPA) staged a protest in Shahre Naw Park in Kabul today, to defend the blood of the victims of Badakhshan (the brutal killing of more than 30 soldiers by Taliban and ISIS in an attack on a check post), and Mazar (killing of more than 10 people in a courthouse attack by the Taliban), and to demand the freedom of 31 of our compatriots held hostage by the Taliban (in Zabul province). Full news...
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April 15, 2015 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
The Washington Post: A massive portrait of a middle-aged man towers over the Ferris wheel and giant mushrooms at an amusement park here. At night, the image is bathed in an ethereal light, visible from a quarter-mile away. His admirers call him “Ustad,” or “Teacher.” His critics call him the King. Full news...
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