カテゴリー: Afghanistan
Preliminary results point to slim majority for incumbent in presidential pollAfghanistan’s incumbent president, Ashraf Ghani, won a slim majority of votes in September’s election, according to preliminary results, after a poll that plunged the country …
While heavy snow makes life unbearable for migrants, a dangerous nightly ‘game’ has led to alleged assault and injuryPhotography by Alessio MamoIn a room in the intensive therapy unit of a hospital in the port city of Rijeka, Croatia, Farouk fights for…
Justice to rule on 19 charges against Joshua Boyle and weigh credibility of competing testimony from him and Caitlan ColemanA Canadian judge is set to determine the fate of Joshua Boyle, the former hostage who spent five years in Afghanistan with his f…
The Afghanistan papers revealed the same kind of US official groupthink that prolonged the Vietnam war – but where, over 18 years of bloodshed, is the outrage?It’s coincidental – but fitting – that the so-called Afghanistan papers were published in the…
Bill will allow refugees from nearby states to become Indian but not if they are MuslimsIndian lawmakers have approved legislation granting citizenship to migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan – but not if they are Muslim. Critics of the g…
The tranche of documents show that in trying to paint the best pictures, those involved delivered the worstDuring the Vietnam war, the daily US military briefings were known to journalists as the Five O’ Clock Follies, described by one of the AP report…
Interviews with key insiders reveal damning verdict on conflict that cost 2,300 US livesHundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistentl…
Photojournalist Stefanie Glinski visited Khagyani, Nangarhar and Pekha village in Achin district and found communities devastated by US drone strikes Not a single family was spared in Javari village. Just behind the brown, mud-brick houses, seven grave…
Japanese prime minister among those to pay tribute after Tetsu Nakamura is killed in deadly ambush on carThe head of a Japanese aid agency and five other people have been killed in an ambush in eastern AfghanistanAmong the victims was Tetsu Nakamura, 7…
Australian teacher thanks those who helped free him and says he formed tight bonds with some of his captorsFreed Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks says he never gave up hope he would be rescued during three “long and tortuous” years in captivity in Afghani…
Trump claims US-Taliban talks are back on but it is unclear if key disputes have been settledDonald Trump says talks with the Taliban are back on but it is unclear if the disputes that hobbled the last attempt to reach a peace deal – cancelled by a pre…
Wagga Wagga man held captive in Afghanistan for three years landed at Sydney airport on Thursday nightAustralian teacher Timothy Weeks, held captive by the Taliban for three years after being abducted at gunpoint in Kabul, has returned home to Australi…
President makes Thanksgiving visit to airbase near KabulConfirms talks with extremists have resumedDonald Trump made an unannounced visit to US troops in Afghanistan on Thursday, his first visit to the country where the US has been at war since late 20…
Human rights defenders alleged that teachers and social workers were involved in abuse of more than 500 boysTwo people have been detained by Afghanistan’s intelligence services after they exposed a paedophile ring operating in some of the country’s sch…
Timothy Weeks and Kevin King had spent more than three years in captivity The Taliban have released an American and an Australian held hostage since 2016 in exchange for three prominent members of the militant group who were set free by the Afghan gove…