Social enterprise ISHKAR provides a retail platform for designers and makers in countries like Afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan. In this interview, co-founder Flore de Taisne says she hopes to change …
Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion aid for war-torn Afghanistan
The UN and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of life-saving assistance as a result of decades of conflict, recurrent natural …
National Guardsmen in DC to outnumber troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
The 10,000 National Guardsmen set to be deployed to Washington, DC, by the weekend in advance of Inauguration Day represent roughly double the amount of troops on the ground in Iraq and …
Sciutto: There will be more guardsmen at inauguration than in Afghanistan
CNN’s Jim Sciutto speaks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) about security as President-elect Biden’s inauguration draws near.
Prosperous, stable Afghanistan at peace is in Pakistan’s national interest: COAS
Army Chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that a stable and prosperous Afghanistan at peace with itself and its neighbours is in Pakistan’s national interest. He was talking to Chairman …
There will be more US troops in DC for Biden’s inauguration than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined, a stark reminder of the danger of homegrown extremism
Congressional lawmakers are now calling for the US to treat domestic terrorism as an existential threat to the country and its political system.
Al-Qaeda: Pompeo says Iran is jihadist network’s ‘new home base’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has publicly accused Iran’s government of allowing the jihadist network al-Qaeda to establish a “new home base” there. “Unlike in Afghanistan, when al-Qaeda was …
Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan
United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of …
Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan
United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of …
Why Afghanistan-Taliban peace talks have not reached breakthrough
It has been almost a week since negotiators arrived back in Doha to resume a second round of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, with a United States team talking separately to …