Letter of the Islamic Emirate to the American people!
Letter of the Islamic Emirate to the American people! February 14, 2018 The American people, officials of independent non-governmental organizations and the peace loving Congressmen! With the hope that you will read this letter prudently and will evaluate the future of American forces and your profit and loss inside Afghanistan in light of the prevailing […]
Afghan Taliban’s Open Letter to Americans Calls for Dialogue
The Taliban, in an “open letter” to the American people has called for dialogue to end the prolonged Afghan war, claiming increased U.S. military airstrikes have not “retaken even a single inch of land” from the insurgency. Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, released copies of the 10-page document Wednesday in several languages, detailing insurgent gains and […]
Russia Says IS Turning Afghanistan Into ‘Resting Base’ for Regional Terrorism
Russia has warned Islamic State is turning northern Afghanistan into a “resting base” of international terrorism and a “bridgehead” for establishing its “destructive” caliphate in the region. The “international wing of Daesh” is spearheading the effort of terrorists spilling over the borders of Syria and Iraq and moving worldwide, asserted Russian ambassador to Pakistan, Alexey […]
US General: $50 Million Worth of Taliban Narcotics Destroyed in Afghanistan
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Saturday recently launched joint strikes against Taliban sources of revenue have destroyed more than $50 million worth of narcotics in southern Helmand province. Afghanistan produces about 85 percent of the world’s illicit narcotics. Income generated from drugs is providing 60 percent of the Taliban’s funding, according to U.S. […]
We’ve Lost the War in Afghanistan. We Should Get Out
In a recent meeting, President Trump correctly told his generals that they were “losing” the war in Afghanistan, rejected their proposed strategy, and sent them back to the drawing board to create a new one. Like chronic alcoholism, compulsive American meddling in the affairs of other countries can only be recovered from by admitting the […]
Elders calim airstrike in IS-controlled area kills Afghan civilians
Kabul (dpa) – Elders have claimed at least 11 civilians were killed after an airstrike hit a truck in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, while a district in south-eastern Paktia was retaken by the Taliban. The dead include four women and a child, Sazolay Shinwari, district chief of Haska Meena, where the incident took place on […]
Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team can’t get visas to come to the US
A group of teenage girls from Afghanistan who had planned to come to Washington, DC, for an international robotics competition won’t be coming after all, after the US State Department denied their visas. “This opportunity would allow us to invent, design, and create things that could possibly allow our community, our lives, and us,” the […]
Man and two sons killed by US troops in Nangarhar
US troops have killed an Afghan civilian and his two young sons after opening fire “indiscriminately” when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, local officials and witnesses said. The incident took place early on Monday in Ghani Khel, a district in the south of Nangarhar province, Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman […]
US Military Confirms Airstrikes Killed and Wounded Afghan Partners
The U.S. military confirmed Saturday that overnight joint counter-Taliban operations in southern Afghanistan have killed and wounded Afghan security forces, but gave no casualty toll. The confirmation followed local media reports that said airstrikes conducted late Friday in the insurgent-held Nad Ali district of embattled Helmand province killed at least eight local forces and wounded […]
Afghanistan: Deadly Kabul truck-bomb toll rises
At 150 people were killed in a massive truck-bomb explosion in Kabul on May 31, President Ashraf Ghani said, an upward revision making it deadliest single attack to strike Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of 2001 to topple the Taliban. The Afghan leader told an international peace conference in the capital on Tuesday that the […]