Afghanistan
Afghanistan: terror targets Hazara —again
ISIS militants opened fire on Hazara Shi'ite worshipers celebrating Ashura at shrines in Kabul and Balkh, leaving nearly 50 dead and scores more wounded.
Tag: Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Germany: no compensation in Afghan air-strike
Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled that relatives of the victims of a 2009 air-strike in Afghanistan are not entitled to compensation under international law.
Afghanistan
UN condemns US drone strike in Afghanistan
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan condemned an air-strike launched by an unmanned aerial vehicle that struck a civilian home, killing 15 and injuring 13, including a child.
Afghanistan
Hekmatyar: Afghanistan’s ultra-ironic peacemaker
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has gone from being a CIA-approved Mujahedeen commander to an officially designated "global terrorist" to a partner with the US-backed Kabul regime.
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Civil society responds to Pakistan hospital blast
Lawyers went on strike and journalists staged demonstrations after scores were slain in a Taliban terror attack on a hospital in Quetta, capital of restive Balochistan province.
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Afghanistan: civilian casualties reach record high
Civilian casualties have reached a record high in the first half of 2016, with 5,166 civilians recorded killed or maimed, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reports.
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Afghanistan: ISIS claims massacre of Hazaras
ISIS claimed responsibility for twin suicide blasts that killed at least 80 and wounded 230 Shi'ite Hazaras who were gathered in Kabul for a protest demonstration.
Afghanistan
What was behind Af-Pak border clashes?
Pakistan and Afghanistan saw deadly border clashes and a tense stand-off over Islamabad's plan to build a barbed-wire separation barrier at its Torkham crossing.
Afghanistan
Mullah Mansour death: blow to Pakistan?
The killing of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mansour in a US drone strike actually took place in Pakistan—without consent of Islamabad, signaling a break between the two allies.
Afghanistan
1,000 Afghans flee fighting every day
About 1,000 Afghans have fled their homes due to fighting each day since the beginning of the year, and aid workers can't reach many of them, the UN says.
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US: Afghanistan hospital attack not a war crime
The Pentagon's Central Command released its final report on the October air-strike that hit a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, finding that the strike was not a war crime.
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US anti-opium effort in Afghanistan: total failure
Despite at least $7 billion in counter-narcotics spending, Afghan opium production hit 3,300 tons in 2015—exactly the same level it was in 2001 when the US invaded.