News Source: The Frontier Post
| 11 months ago
Officials in the southern Ghazni province say nine Taliban, a local commander among them, have been killed in a clash with the police on Thursday. Governor of Gilan district Mahbubullah Muslim told Pajhwok Afghan News they were on the way from their...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 11 months ago
Afghans, encouraged by President Hamid Karzai's decision to execute seven convicted criminals this month, are calling for a return to Taliban-era public executions to deal with a surge in crime. Rights groups and some of the governments funding post-...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
According to the Associated Press (AP), Karzai also issued a bold ultimatum to the United States and other foreign powers who have stationed some 65,000 troops in the country that he acknowledged could be controversial. "If I say I want protection...
News Source: Pak Tribune
| 11 months ago
President Karzais offer to protect the militant groups leader, Mullah Omar, if he agreed to hold peace talks with the Afghan government. The Taliban will refuse to talk to the government for as long as foreign troops remain in the country, the...