US charges man over alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
By AFP and publiished by CNA Washington – US prosecutors announced charges on Friday (Nov. 8) in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist. The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to avenge the death of Iranian […]
Read MoreMinistry monitoring outbreak of unknown disease in Afghanistan
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said today (Oct. 9) that it is closely monitoring the outbreak of an unidentified disease in Afghanistan with airlines alerted to take action, TV Channel 7 said. This outbreak has claimed at least two lives and infected more than 500 others in eastern Afghanistan’s Parwan province, Afghan news website Afintl.com […]
Read MoreNo current talks with Taliban, Afghanistan’s Massoud says, promising guerrilla warfare
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Paris – There are no talks with the Taliban to negotiate a peace settlement, Afghan anti-Taliban leader said on Thursday (Sep. 28), vowing to step up “guerrilla warfare” to bring the hardline Islamists to the negotiating table. Speaking in an interview in Paris, Massoud, the exiled leader of […]
Read MoreAfghan women protest against Taliban killings of ex-soldiers
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Kabul – A crowd of women marched through the Afghan capital today (Dec. 28), accusing Taliban authorities of covertly killing soldiers who served the former United States-backed regime. Around 30 women gathered near a mosque in the centre of Kabul and marched a few hundred metres chanting […]
Read MoreBomb attack at Kabul mosque kills ‘number of civilians’, says Taliban
By France 24 with AFP and AP AN EXPLOSION outside a mosque in the Afghan capital killed “a number of civilians” on Sunday, a senior Taliban official said. The bomb targeted the sprawling Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul, where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who later […]
Read MoreTaliban eases stance as Iran condemns offensive in Panjshir
By AFP, published by The Straits Times Kabul – The Taliban today (Sept. 6) called on former members of the Afghan forces to integrate with the new hardline rulers, as Iran’s foreign ministry condemned the group’s military offensive in the holdout Panjshir Valley. “The Afghan forces who were trained in the past 20 years will […]
Read MoreAfghanistan: US says drone strike killed IS-K planner
By BBC THE US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group in a drone strike in the east of the country. The suspected member of the IS-K group was targeted in Nangarhar province. IS-K said it had carried out an attack outside Kabul airport […]
Read MoreUS braces for more Islamic State attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee new Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on today (Aug. 27) after an Islamic State attack killed 85 people including 13 US service members just outside Kabul airport. General Frank McKenzie, head of US Central […]
Read MoreISIS terror threat forces US military to establish alternate routes to Kabul airport
By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Nicole Gaouette, CNN THE US military is establishing “alternative routes” to Kabul airport because of a threat the terror group ISIS-K poses to the airport and its surroundings, as President Joe Biden met with senior officials on Saturday to discuss the security situation in Afghanistan and […]
Read MoreTaliban co-founder in Afghan capital as evacuation scramble continues
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Kabul – The Taliban’s senior leadership was gathering in the Afghan capital today (Aug. 21) to map out a future “inclusive” government, as desperation deepened for thousands still scrambling to leave the country via a chaotic evacuation operation. A senior Taliban official told AFP that Mullah Abdul Ghani […]
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