The first-ever paper production factory with the objective to meet annual demand for paper in Afghanistan was opened in the capital city Kabul on Tuesday, reported Wadsam, a local online business news …
$19 Billion in U.S. Taxpayer Money Lost to ‘Waste, Fraud, and Abuse’ in Afghanistan, Watchdog Finds
SIGAR has identified $3.4 billion lost to “waste, fraud, and abuse” from January 2018 through December 2019 alone.
Deja vu in Afghanistan
The Oct. 13 news article “Trump tweet about early U.S. pullout worries Afghans” accurately described the grenade-like impact of the tweet. But Afghans have seen this movie before. In 1989, following …
Airstrike Kills 12 Children in Northeastern Afghanistan
The United Nations says it is investigating allegations that an army airstrike in northeastern Afghanistan killed 12 children and injured 18 others in a religious school. The deadly raid Wednesday in …
A Radical Cleric Ignites an Islamist Resistance in Afghanistan
The cleric’s supporters in Herat are enforcing harsh Shariah law reminiscent of the Taliban’s. Women are alarmed, and the government has been able to do little.
Airstrike Kills Nearly a Dozen Children in Northeastern Afghanistan
Local officials in northeastern Afghanistan say 12 people were killed, 11 of them children, in an airstrike that struck a religious school. The airstrike Wednesday in Takhar province came after …
Airstrike that hit mosque kills 11 children in Afghanistan: Officials
While some officials are confirming the report of children being killed, the Ministry of Defence has denied that the airstrike killed any civilians …
Billions of dollars lost in Afghanistan reconstruction efforts due to waste, fraud and financial abuse, according to SIGAR
In a report from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), billions of dollars worth of waste, fraud, and financial abuse was uncovered, suggesting that the …
NATO chief says conditions will determine alliance’s Afghanistan exit
U.S. and NATO allies were blindsided by President Donald Trump’s Oct. 7 tweet stating that American troops in Afghanistan would be home by Christmas.
Afghans jostling for visas to Pakistan spark stampede, killing 15
At least 15 people were killed in a stampede among thousands of Afghans gathered to apply for visas for neighbouring Pakistan in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, officials said.