Officials said the announcement of preliminary results has been delayed due to problems with the transparency of the process, delays in transferring ballot papers and delays in transferring data from a biometric system into the main server. . Esper planned to meet with his top commanders in..…
About 9.6 million of Afghanistan's 34 million people are registered to vote for one of 14 candidates. . The two main candidates are incumbent President Ashraf Ghani, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah. . ..…
But the main objective was accomplished. The Soviets left Afghanistan. ... With regard to Chechnya, the main rebel leaders Shamil Basayev and Al Khattab were trained and indoctrinated in CIA sponsored camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ..…
Taliban have never tried to launch or inspire terrorist attacks against United States or West, they did allow, in the 1990s, Qaeda to establish its main basis of operations Afghanistan and plan 11 and other anti- American attacks.. ..…
Finally U.S has now realized that there is no military Afghanistan therefore negotiating peace with Taliban is the key to ending Afghan war. The main aim behind authorizing of additional troops to Afghanistan was to blunt Taliban's momentum and to convince them that victory was..…
He said that Iran is the in the detection of drugs, considering that it neighbors the main drug manufacturing centers, that by entering Afghanistan and causing in drug production, U.S had ma... ..…
This summary outlines the main findings from surveys we conducted Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Haiti, Lebanon, Uganda and Somalia. ..…
In reality, this congressional resolution limited the use of U.S military force against only the main Qaeda group then primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan and Afghan Taliban, then in control of Afghan government. ..…
The focus of the peace talks has been Taliban demand for the withdrawal of foreign forces and U.S demand Taliban that Afghanistan will not be used as base for militant attacks.. Two other main issues in the process are ceasefire and talks between Afghan sides - the insurgents and..…
China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and India are its main members, and Iran, Mongolia, Afghanistan and Belarus are observers.. ..…
The main signatories were the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan the US and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were guarantors. ..…
The American College of National Security Leaders, group of retired flag officers, ambassadors, and government executives committed to strengthening our security, supports ending Afghanistan for three main reasons it has gone on too long, soaked up too many resources, and become..…
He described the United States' other goal of creation of insecurity as justification of its presence in the region, and said, 'The Americans, themselves, are the main cause for insecurity in Afghanistan and the killings in this region since 20 years ago under the name of religion were..…
When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan their main commitment and mission was to eradicate global terrorists that caused 9/11, overthrow the Taliban government, found a democracy in Afghanistan and ensure Afghanistan achieve stable and efficient economy. ... Similarly, you can agree on..…
But the main objective was accomplished. The Soviets left Afghanistan.” . ..…
That seems to be the main lesson to be drawn from Afghanistan, where a so-called victory seems ever more unreachable. ..…
While the number of asylum requests came from Afghan, Albanian, Ivory Coat, and Georgian nationals, the main nationalities to actually receive asylum were from Afghanistan, Syria, and Sudan. ..…
Sanitized globalist doctrine is infused everywhere: climate alarmism, generic anti-racism, generic gender equity, generic human rights, political correctness of language and attitudes… Meanwhile, actual genocidal military campaigns of economic blockades (“sanctions”), regime change, conquest, and nation..…
Situated on the main narcotics transit route that stretches from Afghanistan to Central Asia and Eastern Europe, Iran acts as bulwark against international narcotics trafficking, when it chooses to do so. ..…
Its 900-kilometer common border with Afghanistan “has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins in Europe,” Tasnim reported in May 2018. . ..…
Mogherini insisted on the need for the main actors in the Middle East region to constructively engage in political solutions to the two crises. . . . Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah says the Taliban militant group is not serious in peace talks aimed at ending hostilities..…
After killing and maiming over 507,000 people, the US has failed to achieve its obvious objectives in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. If the main objectives were to establish democracy, the rule of law, protection of human rights, extermination of terrorists, what the US has achieved after a..…
Attacks on the Press in 2011: Afghanistan . 10th deadliest nation for press . ... Press Freedom Index 2011-2012: Afghanistan . Violence, main concern for journalists . ..…
An Afghan man stands next to his damaged vehicle after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on December 28, 2015. . © 2015 Reuters . As in other years, the Taliban are the main culprit. Despite Taliban claims that protection of civilians was one of their core objectives, the armed group..…
John Edwards, made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows, where the election in Afghanistan was among the main topics. . ..…
This is a particularly chronic problem in Afghanistan. It is one of the main factors behind electing corrupt ...Read more . . ... This is a particularly chronic problem in Afghanistan. It is one of the main factors behind electing corrupt ...Read More . . ..…
America's perpetual engagement in overseas wars and the lack of adequate care for veterans returning home are frequently cited as the main reasons behind such alarming suicide figures. . US troops have been at war since 2001 in Afghanistan, and fought in the Iraq war from 2003 to 2011. . . ...…
Inspector General of Intelligence and Security Cheryl Gwyn announced in June she would conduct her own investigation into New Zealand’s possible involvement with the CIA’s detention and interrogation program in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2009. . Gwyn’s review could include the involvement of..…
Helmand, Taliban southern Afghanistan that borders Pakistan, remains the main opium poppy-cultivating province.. ..…
Currently, more than ten terrorist groups who are sent from outside Afghanistan with the goal of creating obstacles from our state building efforts and preventing the establishment of peace and stability are fighting against us in Afghanistan. One of their main objectives is to suppress..…
According to the United Nations, Afghanistan accounts for an estimated 85 percent of the world’s opium production, most of which is trafficked through Iran, the main transit point connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan to Europe. ..…
Abdul Hassib Seddiqi, the spokesman for the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency, confirmed the Taliban leader’s death to The Associated Press (AP), saying he died in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan back in April 2013. . ..…
Journalist Nicky Hager’s 2011 book Other People’s Wars revealed that intelligence agents from NZ’s Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) also worked throughout the war under US commanders, helping to select targets for assassination by ground troops or air strikes across Afghanistan..…
That is particularly disturbing considering the attention and resources dedicated to the war in Afghanistan, especially over the last ten years. After all, early in 2018, a Pentagon spokesman stated that “Afghanistan has become CENTCOM’s main effort.” ..…
In India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, marijuana plants are cultivated into three main products: bhang, ganja, and charas. ... The world’s most productive provider of marijuana is Afghanistan. . . ..…
The main problem is that Afghanistan has no way to generate its own revenue. ..…
It was the main reason for Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, and it appears to play in the saber rattling by West against Syria especially Iran. ..…
American officials in Afghanistan declined to comment specifically on Karzai's criticism, but one military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said tracking the movement of insurgent fighters and weapons into the city was a task that would have mainly come under the purview of Afghanistan's..…
The city, the main population center in Afghanistan's south, was the one-time stronghold of the Taliban. ..…
In Khyber agency, insurgents recent weeks had taken control of main roads, including vital routes for supplying Western forces Afghanistan. ..…
Many of those arrested by U.S. forces are detained for indefinite periods at U.S. military bases or outposts.While held, these detainees have no contact with relatives or others, although some detainees receive visits from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Detainees have no opportunity to..…
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