[26 Nov 2013] No bilateral interest in US-Afghan deal: Tighe Barry -...
Press TV has conducted an interview with Tighe Barry, activist with CODEPINK, about the increasing tension between Kabul and Washington as Afghan...
Press TV has conducted an interview with Tighe Barry, activist with CODEPINK, about the increasing tension between Kabul and Washington as Afghan President Hamid Karzai delays signing a security pact with the United States, setting new conditions.
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[23 Dec 2013] Afghan president defying US pressure to sign agreement -...
The United States is said to be backing away from a December 31 deadline for signing the controversial security deal with Afghanistan.
American...
The United States is said to be backing away from a December 31 deadline for signing the controversial security deal with Afghanistan.
American and Afghan officials say the Obama administration is going to wait in order to strike the deal that will allow it to keep its troops in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 withdrawal deadline. The decision, however, is being viewed as an embarrassing turn following weeks of threats by US officials that a complete withdrawal is possible if President Hamid Karzai refuses to sign the pact. The Afghan president came under additional pressure after NATO chief urged him to sign the deal with the US or there will be no agreement with the military alliance either. Karzai has warned that he will not allow continued foreign presence if it means more bombs and civilian killings.
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[03 Jan 2014] A group of US lawmakers visit Kabul to pressure the Afghan...
After a meeting with Hamid Karzai in Kabul, a group of American senators, including John McCain and Lindsay Graham, said they expect the agreement...
After a meeting with Hamid Karzai in Kabul, a group of American senators, including John McCain and Lindsay Graham, said they expect the agreement to be signed soon. They have also noted that such a failure would pose a threat to Afghanistan and the region. Karzai has so far delayed signing the accord with the United States. The Afghan president says he won\\\'t sign any agreement that allows continued raids on Afghan homes. Without a signed deal, all U-S and NATO forces would have to withdraw from Afghanistan. The U-S-led foreign forces are blamed for many civilian deaths in the country. The senators have also warned Karzai about the release of 88 Bagram prisoners in north Kabul. Afghanistan says it\\\'s found insufficient evidence to continue their detention. But, Washington says the prisoners pose a serious security threa
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[30 Jan 2014] Afghan refugee receives payout from UK Paper after Taliban...
An Afghan refugee who was granted asylum in the UK has accepted substantial libel compensation at the high court in London after the daily express...
An Afghan refugee who was granted asylum in the UK has accepted substantial libel compensation at the high court in London after the daily express newspaper falsely accused him of being a member of the Taliban.
Abdol Shazad who is 20 was recognized as a refugee by the Home Office last February after a four-year battle in which it was found that he was at fear of being persecuted by the Taliban. But a month later The express published a story saying that he was a member of the Taliban and posted an online version of the story under which hateful and abusive comments were posted causing great distress to Mr Shazad Journalists say this type of behavior is indicative of the lack of ethics of large segments of the right wing media.The Legal Counsel for the Express, Chloe Strong Said: \"The allegation in the articles was false and the defendant wishes to offer its sincerest apologies to the claimant for the damage, distress and embarrassment which the publication of the articles has caused him.\" The Daily Express has apologized and agreed to pay him substantial damages. The exact figure is undisclosed. But this type of behavior from elements of the right wing press is unlikely to stop as a result For Mr Shazid at least, there has been some kind of accountability for this unethical journalism.
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News - Militants Torch Afghan Bound NATO convoy - English
Pakistani militants set ablaze dozens of trucks carrying equipment and supplies destined for Afghan-based Western forces in the city of Peshawar on...
Pakistani militants set ablaze dozens of trucks carrying equipment and supplies destined for Afghan-based Western forces in the city of Peshawar on Sunday
- Hordes of Pakistani militants set on fire 96 trucks carrying Humvees and military vehicles for Western forces in Afghanistan in a raid in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, police said. Security guards said they were overpowered by more than 200 militants who attacked two terminals on Peshawar's ring road, where trucks carrying Humvees and other military vehicles were parked.
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US-led Afghan war is criminal - 03nov2010 - English
Renowned Jewish-American scholar Noam Chomsky says US invasion of Afghanistan was illegal since to date there is no evidence that al-Qaeda has...
Renowned Jewish-American scholar Noam Chomsky says US invasion of Afghanistan was illegal since to date there is no evidence that al-Qaeda has carried out the 9/11 attacks.
"The explicit and declared motive of the [Afghanistan] war was to compel the Taliban to turn over to the United States, the people who they accused of having been involved in World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist acts. The Taliban…they requested evidence…and the Bush administration refused to provide any," the 81-year-old senior academic made the remarks on Press TV's program a Simple Question.
"We later discovered one of the reasons why they did not bring evidence: they did not have any."
The political analyst also said that nonexistence of such evidence was confirmed by FBI eight months later.
"The head of FBI, after the most intense international investigation in history, informed the press that the FBI believed that the plot may have been hatched in Afghanistan, but was probably implemented in the United Arab Emirates and Germany."
Chomsky added that three weeks into the war, "a British officer announced that the US and Britain would continue bombing, until the people of Afghanistan overthrew the Taliban... That was later turned into the official justification for the war."
"All of this was totally illegal. It was more, criminal," Chomsky said.
The 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan was launched with the official objective of curbing militancy and bringing peace and stability to the country.
Nine years on, however, the American and Afghan officials admit that the country remains unstable and civilians continue to pay the heaviest price.
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Asian Caravan to Gaza Afghan Aid Worker Hussain Kazmi Epressing his...
Asian Caravan to Gaza Afghan Aid Worker Hussain Kazmi Expressing his Views before leaving to Gaza - Persian...
Asian Caravan to Gaza Afghan Aid Worker Hussain Kazmi Expressing his Views before leaving to Gaza - Persian
http://fars.tv/videos/2925/حسین-کاظمی-افغانی-کاروان
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***DISTURBING IMAGES*** US air raids kill 64 civilians in Afghan village...
The village of Heelgal in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar was once filled with joyful cheers of children, but now it is nothing more than a...
The village of Heelgal in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar was once filled with joyful cheers of children, but now it is nothing more than a graveyard after being bombed by U.S. air raids.
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