TimeLine Layout

August, 2015

  • 2 August

    Pakistani police held 22 Afghans

    AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  As many as 22 Afghans have been detained by police in Pakistan’s Punjab province during a campaign conducted by the government of Pakistan against undocumented refugees in the country. According to local media outlets, the Afghan refugees were held in Kot Momin area of Sargodha district on …

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  • 2 August

    Afghans celebrate Mullah Omar’s death

    “Government shall not talk to minions of the United States and Pakistan. Peace process will not yield positive results. The bloodshed will continue without any pause as the US and Pakistan want to destabilize the region,”—SPA By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Hundreds of Afghans, including women, young and elderly people, on Sunday …

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  • 2 August

    A 23-year-old Afghan woman sexually assaulted in leading New Delhi hospital

    In a shocking incident, which bears testimony to how insecure Indian capital city has become for foreign women, a 23-year-old Afghan woman was sexually assaulted at a leading New Delhi hospital. The victim, who was attending to her mother at Max Hospital in Saket area of New Delhi, was sexually …

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  • 2 August

    US drone attack kills four Taliban in Logar

    AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Four Taliban insurgents were killed late Saturday night in a US drone strike in Baraki Barak district in central Logar province, official said. Maulvi Habib-u-Rahman, a senior Taliban commander, and his three associates were killed in drone attack later Saturday night in Chalozai area of the province, …

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  • 2 August

    2 security personnel dead in internal fight

    MAIMANA: Two Afghan security personnel have been killed and four others wounded as a result of internal clash and a mortar shell in Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said Sunday. The district police chief Maj. Sayed Juma said the firefight between special police units and intelligence forces …

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  • 1 August

    Afghan Taliban to elect new leader following disputed pick

    The Afghan Taliban’s Supreme Council was not consulted over the election of a new leader following the death of founder Mullah Omar, the BBC has learned. Taliban sources said on Thursday that his deputy Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been chosen to head the militant group. But a spokesman told the BBC …

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  • 1 August

    MoRR devises 5-year plan for IDPs repatriation

    AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said that it has devised a draft of a 5-year strategic plan to return internally displaced people (IDPs) to their homes. The draft was presented to a session of directors of refugees and repatriation of 34 provinces. The Minister Refugees …

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  • 1 August

    US hopes peace talks will resume soon

    AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Daniel Fledman, during a meeting with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif, hopped that peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban would resume soon. The two men discussed regional security. Feldman appreciated Pakistan’s role in …

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  • 1 August

    The US junked $160m in equipment meant for ANSF: SIGAR

    AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a recently released report that the US forces in Afghanistan scrapped nearly $160 million of military equipment, which were meant to be given to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). The SIGAR in its quarterly report to Congress …

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  • 1 August

    SERC drafts suggestions on electoral reforms

    Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Special Electoral Reforms Commission (SERC) has drafted comments, proposals and suggestions submitted by different segments of the society. To bring reforms in the electoral system, the commission has approached election observers, civil society groups, political parties, tribal elders, religious scholars, and national and international experts. The …

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