Gunmen killed at least 19 people in a Monday morning attack on Afghanistan’s Kabul University, the nation’s Ministry of Interior announced.”Several terrorists and enemies of knowledge entered Kabul …
19 killed at Kabul University in Afghanistan as gunmen storm book fair
Gunmen stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving at least 19 dead and 22 wounded at …
Business in discarded US military goods is booming as Kandahar base empties out
Nearly every day, workers sort through shipping containers from Kandahar Airfield in hopes of finding anything that U.S. and NATO troops withdrawing from Afghanistan don’t want that Afghans can sell.
Bala Hissar — the ancient citadel of Kabul that India is helping Afghanistan to restore
India signed an MoU with Afghanistan in August for restoration of Bala Hissar fortress, pledging approximately $1 mn. Aga Khan Trust for Culture plans to compete project by 2022.
India helps Afghanistan Renovate Kabul’s Bala Hissar Fort
This is the second project where India has helped renovate Afghanistan’s heritage precincts through the Aga Khan Development Network …
Sri Lanka to support Afghanistan in sports and youth exchange programs
(MENAFN – Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL wok): Sri Lanka and Afghanistan talked on … and Investment (ACCI), which he said should help business communities on both sides to explore and take advantage …
Pak-Afghan relations: keep business and politics separate
“Our emphasis in Afghanistan is to improve the general situation … Delegates also underlined the need for keeping business activities insulated from politics. “Without separating the two, it will be …
Rights Groups Urge Australia to Release Inquiry Into War Crimes in Afghanistan
The inquiry comes amid a volley of investigations by Australian media outlets into the alleged war crimes and the “culture of impunity” that enables such violations.
Al-Qaeda still ‘heavily embedded’ within Taliban in Afghanistan, UN official warns
Qaeda is still “heavily embedded” within the Taliban in Afghanistan, in spite of a historic US-Taliban agreement earlier this year, a senior United Nations official has told the BBC. Earlier this year …
The U.S. is torn between two goals in Afghanistan
In our 19 years in Afghanistan, we have been torn between counterterrorism goals and counterinsurgency goals. During my time as ambassador, I attributed the lion’s share of popular and official Afghan …