By: Arwin Rahi in PAKISTAN TODAY, Dec 3, 2020The writer is a former adviser to the Parwan governor in AfghanistanThe US invasion of Afghanistan is destined to go down in history as one of the former’s major failures. The failure will continue to be a topic for students of various disciplines for decades to come. The invasion has further complicated the equations of war and peace in Afghanistan. As an Afghan, who lived in Afghanistan…
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report in Khaama Press, 02 Dec 2020 at 02:25 PMDG. Asad Durrani, the former head of Pakistan’s ISI, said that despite the pressures, he used to support the Taliban in any way he could. In a recent interview with the BBC, Asad Durrani said he also had links to the mujahedin and helped them drive the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan. He says that just as he had influence over the Mujahideen, he did the…
report in Khaama Press, 02 Dec 2020 at 01:06 PMAmrullah Saleh, the First Vice President says, that the National Directorate of Security has deeply penetrated inside terrorism core. In the 6 am morning meeting, he added, that five individuals were arrested in the past 24 hours for plotting terrorist acts in Kabul. According to Saleh one of the men was arrested while trying to gain a remittance from Pakistan at Sarai Shazada, Capital’s known exchange…
report in Khaama Press, 02 Dec 2020 at 03:22 PMMod reports, 20 Taliban were killed and 4 others were wounded in Zherai and Panjwai districts of Kandahar province. The incident occurred, when Taliban militants attacked ANDSF outposts but were targeted by the Afghan Air Force. A large amount of their ammunition and weapons were destroyed during the Afghan security offensives. On the other hand, the Afghan National Army repelled Taliban attacks in Zherai and Dand…
by Tahir Khan in Daily Times, Dec 2, 2020Pakistani security officials have arrested a senior Afghan Taliban leader in Quetta, two Taliban officials said on Tuesday. The Taliban officials, who did not want to be quoted, told Daily Times that Qari Salahuddin, the Taliban’s deputy governor for northwestern Badghis province, along with seven other Taliban were arrested from a house in Nasrullah Khan chowk on Saturday. Salahuddin was Taliban’s governor for Faryab province until recently…
report on ToloNews, Dec 2, 2020 at 9:04 AMNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the first session of the NATO foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday, said: “We call on Taliban to reduce violence, but of course, that’s only the first step.” “What we need to see is a lasting peace agreement. And part of that has to be a ceasefire. So, the reduction of violence should only be the first step,” Stoltenberg said, adding that…
report in The Frontier Post / Dec1, 2020KABUL: Afghan forces have killed the Taliban mastermind of a suicide car bomb attack that left at least 30 security personnel dead, officials said Monday. Hamza Waziristani was killed in an airstrike overnight in the eastern province of Ghazni where the bomber struck an Afghan military base on Sunday. “The mastermind behind yesterday’s terrorist attack on the (Ghazni) base was killed along with seven other terrorists,” the defence…
report in The News, Dec 1, 2020KABUL: Kabul witnessed 10 magnetic IED blasts and a rocket attack between November 20 and November 30, which caused the death of 14 people and wounded 70, according to data collected by TOLOnews. Two people were wounded in an explosion in PD7 of Kabul on Monday morning, according to police. An attack on an NDS official, a blast targeting a police vehicle in Kabul’s PD10, a public protection unit…
report on ToloNews, Dec 1, 2020 at 3:21 PMNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that the military alliance faces a difficult dilemma over its future in Afghanistan. “Whether to leave, and risk that Afghanistan becomes once again a safe haven for international terrorists. Or stay, and risk a longer mission, with renewed violence,” Stoltenberg said. “Whatever path we choose, it is important that we do so together, in a coordinated and deliberate way,” he…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 1, 2020 at 01:50 PMMAIDAN, Afghanistan – At least 28 civilians who were kidnapped allegedly by the Taliban insurgents in Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, are freed on Tuesday, local authorities confirmed. Abdul Rahman Tariq, Maidan Wardak governor, told Khaama Press in a phone interview that Taliban have let go of all those passengers who they have abducted last weeek, after the religious scholars and local elderlies made a…
Joe Biden and the Afghan conundrum : by Inam Ul Haque in The Express Tribune, Dec 3, 2020
The writer is a retired major general and has an interest in International RelationsThe longest conflict in the United States’ military history, in Afghanistan, is in its 20th year with no end in sight. Joe Biden’s administration promises an institutional approach towards this decades-old US military involvement. As cited previously, the president-elect has supported and opposed US foreign military interventions. While supporting overseas employment of forces, he favours a lighter footprint and narrow objectives disliking…