KHAAMA PRESS – Sun Nov 20 2016 A top Afghan military general and former chief the military attorney of Kabul was jailed by anti-corruption tribunal that held its first open trial last week. Abdulhai Jurat was jailed for 30 months besides the court awarded a fine of AFN 50,000 after he was convicted of involvement in corruption during the special tribunal. The court announced its verdict after hearing the statements of the convict, prosecutor and…
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A top leader of the Haqqani terrorist network was arrested by the operatives of the Afghan intelligence in southeastern Paktika province of Afghanistan. The Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said the Haqqani network commander, Syed Rahman also famous as Khyber was arrested from the vicinity of Zurmat district. NDS further added that Syed Rahman was involved in major terrorist activities including explosions, assassination of government officials, target killing of the tribal elders. According…
At least 9 Taliban insurgents were killed and 11 others were wounded in an airstrike in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the airstrike was carried out in Chora district of Uruzgan, targeting the militants belonging to the Taliban insurgents. The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far. Uruzgan is among the relatively volatile provinces in southern Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgents are actively operating in…
A suicide bomber was shot dead by the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces before he manage to target a market in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the incident took place late on Saturday in Baharak district as the suicide bomber was looking to detonate his explosives among the people in a busy market. MoI further added that the suicide bomber was identified by the police forces who were aware…
QUETTA: The Frontier Corps Balochistan has announced it will hold flag-lowering ceremonies at the Pak-Afghan Friendship gate in Chaman every Friday. The pattern of the ceremony would be similar to the flag-lowering ceremony held at the Wagah border. The first ever flag-lowering ceremony at the Pak-Afghan Friendship Gate was held on Friday. The ceremony was attended by senior officials of FC, including the Sector Commander FC North Brigadier Nadeem Sohail and Commandant FC Chaman. Brigadier…
KABUL — Almost every morning, the front page of the Afghanistan Times features a long excerpt from Zalmay Khalilzad’s memoir, “The Envoy,” accompanied by a prominent photo of the Afghan-born former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations. Many passages are dramatic accounts of his role in Afghan policy as a U.S. official after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. One describes him challenging then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who advised him…
Iraqi forces trying to retake the crucial city of Mosul are now running into classic urban guerrilla resistance warfare bottlenecks, hence progress is understandably slow. The squeeze has been on for a month now, yet government forces have barely really entered the city. The biggest problem is ISIS’s use of civilians as human shields. With more than a million people inside Mosul, the problem is formidable. Perhaps Iraqi forces are (rightly) taking a leaf out…
ISLAMABAD: Even as it is increasingly losing territory in Iraq, the Islamic State is growing its presence in Pakistan by using local terrorist groups and recruiting Uzbek militants, attracting disgruntled Taliban fighters and partnering with one of Pakistan’s most violent sectarian groups, according to police officers, Taliban officials and analysts. Its latest atrocity was an attack on last Saturday on a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan+ that killed at least 50 people and wounded 100…
WASHINGTON: Working with Pakistan is a better option for fighting terrorism in South Asia than declaring it a state sponsor of terrorism, says US State Department. The statement follows a move in the US Congress for declaring Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism because of its alleged links with certain militant groups. Reports in the US media suggest that the incoming Trump administration is considering proposals to back the congressional move. The issue was raised…
WASHINGTON – The White House has brushed aside a petition calling for designating Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, but said Islamabad “can and must” take more effective action against terror groups operating from its soil. “While recognising the sacrifices of the people and the security forces of Pakistan in fighting some militant and terrorist networks – a fight which we support – President (Barack) Obama has emphasised that Pakistan ‘can and must’ also…
LAHORE: NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has said CPEC and Gwadar projects have more ‘internal’ threats than external. “The CPEC and Gwadar projects have external threats but they have more internal. Our agenda should be Pakistan and not a personality. Media should boycott those defaming Pakistan,” Mr Sadiq said. At a seminar here on Saturday, he said the army, media and other institutions had played their role in strengthening the country. He said the PTI’s boycott…