Every U.S. president since Bill Clinton has been elected with a mandate to focus on domestic issues and the economy, only to have reality intercede. Joe Biden, the apparent winner of the presidential …
Key Al-Qaida Leader Killed in Western Afghanistan
Authorities in Afghanistan said Tuesday an intelligence-led security operation had killed a key al-Qaida leader in a western region close to the Iranian border. The Afghan spy agency, the National …
Pakistan premier says no military solution to Afghanistan conflict
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In his address to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit on Tuesday, Khan said, ‘We are supporting efforts to solve the conflict in Afghan …
Biden to weigh keeping counterterror force in Afghanistan, analysts say
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden may look to keep a residual counterterrorism force in Afghanistan, a move expected to face resistance from the Taliban, analysts have said.
Afghanistan: Police woman shot and blinded for getting a job
The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province, shooting at her and …
New Acting SecDef Is a Former ‘Horse Soldier’ Who Played Key Role in Afghanistan Invasion
As a company commander, Miller helped to direct the first, covert invasion of Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. A small number of Green Berets from 5th Group, some of them on …
Iqbal in Afghanistan
If you had to pick one person from the Subcontinent in the 20th century who knew and loved Afghanistan more than most Afghans, it would be Hakeem-ul-Ummat Allama Mohammad Iqbal. Iqbal’s poetry is …
Ex-soldiers say it’s time for a Canadian to receive a Victoria Cross for Afghanistan
One of the country’s former top military commanders is helping to lead a push to honour some veterans of combat in the Afghanistan war with Canada’s highest military honour — the Victoria Cross.
Unlocking the lockdown gender-differentiated consequences of COVID-19 in Afghanistan
English Analysis on Afghanistan about Education, Gender, Epidemic and more; published on 08 Nov 2020 by IRC and UN Women …
Official: Suicide car bomber kills 4 people in Afghanistan
A suicide car bomber in Afghanistan killed at least four people and wounded 40 in an attack on a police base in the country’s southern Kandahar province, a provincial official said Monday.