Tag: Afghanistan

Reasons Why the Global South Shouldn’t Trust India

Asia and the Global South are the future, but I’d like to warn that relationship with India should be approached with utmost caution, as far as Asian countries and the Global South are concerned. Personally I have nothing against India or Indians, but there’ certain facts about this nation and its current leadership that might […]

Afghanistan Urges Removal of UN Security Council Sanctions

AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan on Monday urged for the removal of the UN Security Council sanctions on its top government officials. Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Security Council’s move to update the sanctions list “violates individuals’ rights and is ineffective,” local broadcaster Tolo News reported. The latest sanctions list includes the prime minister, the […]

Pakistan Conducts Airstrikes Inside Afghanistan

PAKISTAN – Pakistan said on Sunday that it had carried out overnight airstrikes inside Afghanistan, targeting military installations and what it said were terrorist hideouts. State-run Pakistan Television said the military “effectively” destroyed technical support infrastructure and an equipment storage facility in southern Kandahar province, which were being used “by Afghan Taliban and terrorists against […]

Pakistani Airstrikes on Kabul Afghanistan Kills 4

AFGHANISTAN – Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul, Afghanistan, killed at least 4 people and injured 15 others, according to authorities on Friday. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said “civilian” houses were hit in the Guzar area of Kabul’s 21st district, “leaving four people – including women and children – dead and 15 others injured.” There was […]

Afghanistan Designated as State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention by US

AFGHANISTAN – Afghanistan was on Monday designated as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention, due to what the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said was ongoing practices of the Afghan government. “Today, I am designing Afghanistan as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention. The Taliban continues to use terrorist tactics, kidnapping individuals for ransom […]

Pakistan and Afghanistan Border Conflict Kills Over 78 as Confrontation Continues

AFGHANISTAN – According to an Afghan official on Saturday, the Pakistan and Afghanistan border conflict have killed at least 52 civilians in Afghanistan. Hamdullah Fitrat said that since Thursday, “52 civilians, majority of whom are women and children, have been killed, 66 have been injured, eight houses have been completely destroyed.” The casualties were reported […]

Calm Reported After Overnight Afghanistan-Pakistan Cross Border Strikes

PAKISTAN – Calm was reported on Friday morning following an overnight Afghanistan-Pakistan cross border strikes that left at least 10 soldiers from each side dead and several others injured. Authorities in Islamabad and Kabul confirmed that fighting continued late into the night across multiple border sectors. Afghan officials announced a halt to hostilities at midnight. […]

Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions: Pakistan Strikes Inside Afghanistan as Kabul Vows Response

PAKISTAN – Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions flared up after Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan’s southeastern territory on Sunday, with Kabul vowing appropriate and measured response. Pakistan’s Information Ministry said the cross-border strikes hit “seven terrorist camps and hideouts” belonging to the Pakistani Taliban and the ISIS Khorasan group. The ministry said it had “conclusive evidence” that […]

Pakistani Strike in Afghanistan Kills 10

AFGHANISTAN – At least 10 people were killed in a Pakistani strike in Afghanistan according to the Afghan interim government on Tuesday. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson of the Afghan Taliban, said that Pakistan allegedly hit a civilian house in the Gorbuz district of Khost province last night, killing nine children, including five boys and four girls. […]

Afghanistan Earthquake Today Kills at Least 27

AFGHANISTAN – Death toll from the Afghanistan earthquake today (November 3) have risen to 27, with hundreds of others sustaining injuries after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the northern parts of the country on Monday. Most of the casualties were reported in northern Samangan and Balkh provinces, according to the official Bakhtar News Agency. Search […]

4 Militants Killed in North Waziristan, Pakistan

PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Friday that 4 militants were killed when they attacked a military installation in North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan. He said that the forces foiled the attack and “four terrorists were sent to hell” in North Waziristan, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan. […]

Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes Continue

AFGHANISTAN – On Wednesday, the Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes were reported along the border in the Spin Boldak area of Afghanistan in Kandahar province, which borders southwestern Balochistan province in Pakistan. The Pakistani army in an official statement claimed that the Afghan Taliban launched a pre-dawn attack at four locations in Balochistan. The statement claimed that […]

Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes, What We Know

AFGHANISTAN – Cross-border shelling and firing of heavy artillery was on Saturday witnessed as Pakistan-Afghanistan border clashes escalated to direct armies engagement. On Sunday, Afghanistan claimed to have killed at least 58 Pakistani military personnel. Pakistan said it took control of 19 Afghan border posts from whence the attacks were being launched from, with dozens […]

11 Pakistani Military Personnel Killed in a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Operation

PAKISTAN – At least 11 Pakistani military personnel were killed by militants during an intelligence-based operation in Orakzai district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday. During the conduct of the operation, 19 terrorists were killed due to “effective engagement” by the troops, but during the exchange of fire, Lt. Col. Junaid Arif, 39, along with […]