by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 2, 2017 | Middle East
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday strongly condemned the suicide bombing attack carried against mosque in the Afghan city of Herat which killed some 30 people, reported the Saudi state-owned news agency SPA. More than 1,700 civilians have been...
by Ali M Latifi | Jul 2, 2017 | Opinion
BAMIAN, Afghanistan — War and poverty have scattered Afghans across the globe like pieces of shrapnel. Millions of Afghans came of age in refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran or as workers in the Persian Gulf nations. The migration continues. The past few years have...
by Erin Cunningham | Apr 17, 2017 | Features
KABUL — US forces in Afghanistan have not yet assessed the impact of a massive strike on ISIS militants in the eastern part of the country, a military spokesman said Friday, raising questions about the already controversial decision to deploy a 22,000-pound bomb on...
by Ghassan Charbel | Apr 17, 2017 | Opinion
“Mother of all bombs” is really scary, it weighs ten tons and has unprecedented explosive capabilities, if we exclude the nuclear bomb. The bomb is designed to penetrate barricades and invade dungeons and tunnels. There is no hope for anyone in the targeted place. It...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 4, 2017 | World
An ISIS offshoot based near the Afghan-Pakistan border is expanding to new areas, recruiting militants and widening the reach of attacks in the region, members of the movement and Afghan officials said. Some members of the so-called “Khorasan Province” of...
