The writer heads the independent Centre for Research and Security Studies, Islamabad “Welcome to this gathering in nice weather but heated environment.” This is how Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the embattled Afghan Chief Executive, welcomed his supporters in Kabul on Monday. With this he encapsulated the heightened tensions unleashed by his tug of war with President Ashraf Ghani over delays in constitutional reforms and political appointments. The National Unity Government (NUG), as described on Sunday by…
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The Taliban militants have executed at least six people on charges of supporting the Afghan government in western Farah province of Afghanistan. Local security officials said Tuesday the men were executed in Bakwa district on Monday, days after they were kidnapped by the militants. According to the preliminary reports, at least five of the victims were members of the security institution while the 6th victim was an ordinary civilian. Provincial police chief Mohammad Ghaus Maliar…
Mullah Baz Mohammad, the shadow governor for Daesh for northern Jawzjan province was arrested by security forces while he was recruiting at a mosque on Tuesday, local officials said. Baz Mohammad reportedly traveled from eastern Nangarhar province to Jawzjan to start up activities and recruit people, a spokesman for the provincial governor, Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, said. “He wanted to increase Daesh activities in the north of Afghanistan,” Ghafoori said. On Sunday, the United States Defense…
Thousands of Pakistani refugees in Khost province, who recently returned from north Waziristan, have said that Pakistan’s intelligence agency (ISI) has been issuing false propaganda against Afghanistan and its people. About 10,000 families are living in a refugee camp in Gurbuz district in Khost, which borders Pakistan, after fleeing Waziristan following the launch of Zarbe Azb military operation in Pakistan in late 2014. According to one return refugee, Amir Khan: “There was propaganda in Pakistan…
A loyalist of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has admitted he received terrorist activities training in Pakistan. The loyalist of the terror group was arrested by the Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives from Nangarhar province. The militant was among three people arrested by the NDS operatives and admitted that he received training in Kuchlak area, located near Quetta city, the provincial capital of Balochistan province. The man…
The government has blamed India once more for not adhering to the Indus Waters Treaty by building the Kishanganga and the under-construction Ratle hydroelectric water power projects in Indian-Held-Kashmir on the Chenab river. It is not that the treaty does not allow for the upper-riparian state to create hydroelectric projects along the shared river; the Indus Waters Treaty only delineates how much water should pass through to the lower-riparian state (Pakistan), and India’s decision to…
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has denied that its flight from Peshawar to Kuala Lumpur had been barred from entering into India’s air space on Tuesday. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-894 was flying from Peshawar to reach Kuala Lumpur when it was told to change its route by the Indian aviation authorities, media reports had claimed earlier in the day. The plane was then landed at Lahore airport and passengers were asked to wait for…
Army mounts Khyber-III to secure Pak-Afghan border Report in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2016.
ISLAMABAD: Fighter jets on Tuesday targeted hideouts of terrorists in a mountainous region of Khyber Agency right on the border with Afghanistan as army launched an operation to reinforce deployment of troops along the Pak-Afghan border to effectively check movement of terrorists. Most terrorist-infested regions of Khyber Agency – including the strategic Tirah Valley – were cleansed in two previous operations, codenamed Khyber-I & II. And security officials say Operation Khyber-III launched on Tuesday would…
The United States reaffirmed support to National Unity Government amid concerns followed by Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah’s remarks for calling President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani as unfit for the office. The US State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau was responding to a question regarding the latest upheavals and whether US would send a delegation to help resolve the issue. “So we’ve seen Chief Executive Abdullah’s public remarks regarding President Ghani and the Government of National Unity.…
As the rift between Afghanistan’s two leaders continues to deepen, CEO Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday met with Jihadi leaders, MPs, and cultural and political figures in Kabul. At the meeting at the CEO’s compound in the capital, Abdullah addressed the crowd and thanked them for their support. He said the “formation of the NUG was the result of sacrifices which you made two years ago, sacrifices which were very heavy and difficult. If these sacrifices…
he NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan rejected claims by the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group regarding the alleged killing of a US military commander in Kabul. “There is no truth to any claims that a U.S. military commander was killed in today’s #Kabul explosion, several ANA members were wounded only,” the alliance said. An explosion took place in the vicinity of Makroryan area of the city…