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UN condemns terrorist attack in Kabul, underscores need to protect civilians

UN condemns terrorist attack in Kabul, underscores need to protect civilians

Condemning the terrorist attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul, United Nations officials, including the Secretary-General and his Special Representative for the country as well as members of the Security Council underscored that all parties to the conflict are obliged, under international law, to ensure that civilians are protected from any harm. “Indiscriminate attacks against civilians […]

Hezb-i-Islami leader calls for peace with Taliban fighters and says the Western-backed government is ‘not working’

Hezb-i-Islami leader calls for peace with Taliban fighters and says the Western-backed government is ‘not working’

After two decades in hiding, Hezb-i-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar returned to Kabul on Thursday, pleading for peace as he was welcomed by the Afghan government at the presidential palace. The controversial commander’s arrival in the capital – a city his forces had shelled with thousands of rockets during the Afghan civil war – came after […]

“More Soldiers”, “More Bombs” and “More Weapons” are not what Afghanistan Needs

“More Soldiers”, “More Bombs” and “More Weapons” are not what Afghanistan Needs

Terrorism, conflict, unrest and instability may be the terms that best define the Afghanistan of today. The positive expectations for the future of the country have been on the decrease in the last few years. After a year full of tragic and worrisome news, the Afghan people met 2017 with even bigger worries; a series […]

UK Prime Minister Caught on Camera Calling Nigeria ‘Fantastically Corrupt’

UK Prime Minister Caught on Camera Calling Nigeria ‘Fantastically Corrupt’

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has been caught on camera ridiculing Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country. A short video footage, published by British television station, ITV News, shows Mr. Cameron telling the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, that Nigeria and Afghanistan are “two of the most corrupt countries in the world”. Mr Cameron’s comment […]

300 girls hospitalized due to mysterious gas in Afghanistan

300 girls hospitalized due to mysterious gas in Afghanistan

Mysterious fumes in two Afghan schools have sent more than 300 girls to a hospital this week — and officials suspect the incidents were deliberate. On Thursday, 115 girls from a school in Herat city were hospitalized after they were poisoned with some type of gas, Herat Regional Hospital spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai said. The […]

Suicide Bomber Training And Bomb Producing Factories Operate From Pakistan Says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Suicide Bomber Training And Bomb Producing Factories Operate From Pakistan Says Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has accused Pakistan of sending “messages of war” and harbouring bomb-making camps, after a wave of devastating blasts in Kabul killed at least 56 people. Ghani said on Monday that Pakistan has failed to rein in the Taliban, as peace talks falter and armed groups step up attacks that are testing […]

Taliban suicide attack kills 20 Afghan cadets

Taliban suicide attack kills 20 Afghan cadets

A suicide attacker has struck near the Kabul police academy, killing at least 20 cadets and wounding 27 others, officials said, in the second major attack in the Afghan capital in 24 hours. The bomber managed to place himself in a queue as police trainees were waiting to be searched before entering the academy, a […]

World’s least peaceful nations – top 6 all in Middle East region

World’s least peaceful nations – top 6 all in Middle East region

If the world seems a more violent place to you than it was five years ago, you may be right. In a new report, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) wrote that global peace has declined 5 percent since 2008, mostly because of the growing number and intensity of internal conflicts around the world […]

U.S. conducts first drone strikes against ISIS in Afghanistan, 49 dead

U.S. conducts first drone strikes against ISIS in Afghanistan, 49 dead

The first US drone operation targeting purported Daesh fighters in Afghanistan has killed at least 49 fighters in eastern Afghanistan, officials confirmed Tuesday. The first of two strikes targeted fighters in Nangarhar province’s Achin district, killing at least 12 militants at midday on Monday, said the provincial governor’s spokesman Ahmad Zia Adulzai. Abdulzai said initial […]

India On Alert As ISIS Expands Its Territory to Afghanistan, Pakistan

India On Alert As ISIS Expands Its Territory to Afghanistan, Pakistan

The Indian intelligence agencies have sounded an alert following reports suggesting that the Islamic State (Isis) has been spreading its territory to the Afghanistan-Pakistan (AfPak) region as it poses great security threat to India. The presence of Islamic State caliphate in Afghanistan’s Farah and Nangarhar provinces is reported to be growing recently. And, as the […]

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