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  • December 31, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Is Mr. Hartmann serious or joking with our people?
    RAWA.org: One of the outcomes of the US and NATO invasions in other countries, is the installation of the most corrupt figures and forces in power, and promotion of the culture of corruption. In Afghanistan too, after the US and NATO invasion, corruption and bribery has run its roots throughout the puppet government, making Afghanistan one of the most corrupt governments in the world.      Full news...

  • December 30, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Afghanistan’s Sikh, Hindu Minorities Demand Probe Into Sikh Killing
    RFE/RL: Sikh and Hindu communities in Afghanistan have demanded authorities investigate attacks against members of their communities, after a local Sikh community leader was shot dead in the northern city of Kunduz. Narmang Singh, a shopkeeker also known as Dilsoz, was killed by gunmen on his way to work on December 29, the second deadly attack against members of the Sikh community in Afghanistan since September.      Full news...

  • December 27, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Armed Men Linked with Taliban “Behead” Woman In Sar-e-Pul
    TOLOnews.com: A 30 year old woman was beheaded on Monday evening in Sar-e-Pul province by a group of armed men, local officials said Tuesday. Provincial governor spokesman Zabiullah Amani, confirmed the incident and said that the armed men were linked with Taliban. The incident took place in the remote village of Latti in Sar-e-Pul. Amani said that the women was beheaded because she visited the city alone without her husband.      Full news...


  • December 25, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Haven for drug smugglers
    The Killid Group: The government claims hundreds of arrests and destruction of opium fields but it has not even slightly dented the alarming growth in narcotics trade. An October report of the government and UNODC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime) announced a 43 percent increase in drug production. Last week, the ministry of counter narcotics (under the interior ministry) reported a 95 percent increase in the detection rate.      Full news...


  • December 21, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Husband Stabs Wife To Death
    TOLOnews.com: A Ghazni man has been arrested on charges of stabbing his wife to death, officials said Wednesday. According to Ghazni police the man beat his wife and attacked her with a knife. She died from injuries sustained during the stabbing, officials said. Ghazni police said the accused, Hamid, was arrested in the Tawohid Abad area of Ghazni city.      Full news...


  • December 10, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Ziauddin and Inayatullah, martyred by brutal German forces
    Hambastagi.org (Translated by RAWA): On November 10, 2016, at 11 pm, there was a huge blast in Mazar city. The blast occurred in front of the German consulate in Mazar Hotel. The blast was so powerful that the debris was scattered to over one kilometer from the area of the incident. Homes and trade centers around the consulate at a distance of 500 meters suffered great damage. The glass windows of many houses in the city were broken. Contrary to reports by the spokespersons of the filthy government, the number of dead stood at 20 with more than 200 people injured.      Full news...

  • December 7, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Afghan Children Targeted by Drug Gangs
    IWPR: Activists and officials in the Afghan province of Herat have warned that rising numbers of children are being recruited to work as drugs mules by local trafficking networks. Street children are particularly vulnerable, amid a massive rise in addiction among minors in the western province.      Full news...

  • December 3, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Afghanistan More Dangerous Today Than 15 Years Ago
    The Daily Caller: Nearly one in five terrorist organizations in the world are based out of Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson told reporters Friday. “This is the highest concentration of the numbers of different groups in any area in the world,” he elaborated. Nicholson’s comments come as the Taliban now controls more ground than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2001.      Full news...

  • December 2, 2016 :: RSS :: Print :: Email
    Afghan Taliban hang university student in public
    AFP: Taliban fighters publicly hanged a university student after accusing him of killing a senior intelligence officer. The militia took Faizul Rehman, a fourth-year student at Kabul Polytechnic university, from his car as he traveled home to visit his family in the Chak district of Maidan Wardak province, about 60km west of the capital Kabul on Thursday.      Full news...