January, 2018
IN THE NEWS: GHANI REFUSES TO TAKE PAKISTAN PM’S PHONE CALL (JANUARY 31, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Ghani Refuses To Take Pakistan PM’s Phone Call SOURCE: TOLO News Wednesday, January 31, 2018 *The President has instead sent a delegation including NDS chief and interior minister to Pakistan to share with them evidence relating to the recent attacks President Ashraf Ghani would not take a […]
IN THE NEWS: ‘GIFT’ FOR BALOCHISTAN (JANUARY 31, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten ‘Gift’ for Balochistan SOURCE: Daily Times Wednesday, January 31, 2018 YET another government has announced a so-called package for Balochistan, a grand scheme to deliver equal development across the province’s districts. The announcement has come only months ahead of a general election and just weeks after the […]
IN THE NEWS: THE AFGHAN RETURN (JANUARY 30, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten The Afghan Return SOURCE: The Nation Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Afghan refugees, it is expected, are supposed to prepare for a return journey to their homeland as the one-month extension expires by the end of January. Given that this extension was the sixth one-time extension to Afghan […]
IN THE NEWS: PENTAGON RESTRICTS RELEASE OF AFGHAN WAR DATA (JANUARY 30, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pentagon Restricts Release Of Afghan War Data SOURCE: Gandhara Tuesday, January 30, 2018 The Pentagon has restricted the release of key information about U.S. war efforts in Afghanistan, an independent federal auditor says. In its latest quarterly report released late on January 29, the Special Inspector General […]
IN THE NEWS: GHANI: TALIBAN MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN ISLAM AND TERRORISM (JANUARY 29, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Taliban Must Choose Between Islam and Terrorism: Ghani SOURCE: TOLO News Monday, January 29, 2018 By SYED ZABIULLAH LANGAR Addressing a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart, the president said the Taliban must separate itself from barbarism. In his first public appearance since the Intercontinental Hotel […]
IN THE NEWS; WHO ARE THE HAQQANIS? (JANUARY 29, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten WHO ARE THE HAQQANIS? SOURCE: Newsweek Pakistan Monday, January 29, 2018 A LOOK AT AFGHANISTAN’S MOST FEARED INSURGENTS? Afghanistan on Saturday blamed a devastating suicide bomb attack in Kabul that killed at least 95 people and wounded 158 others on the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network, former CIA assets […]
IN THE NEWS: IN CASE I DIE: WHY AFGHANS KEEP NOTES IN THEIR POCKETS (JANUARY 28, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten In case I die: Why Afghans keep notes in their pockets SOURCE: Al Jazeera Sunday, January 28, 2018 By SHEREENA QAZI Tucked away in Mujeebullah Dastyar’s wallet is a piece of paper with several scribblings: emergency contacts’ phone numbers, his blood type and work address. “If I […]
IN THE NEWS: NEW PLAN TO ‘MAINSTREAM’ PAKISTAN’S MADRASSAS FACES HURDLES (JANUARY 28, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten New plan to ‘mainstream’ Pakistan’s madrassas faces hurdles SOURCE: Asia Times Sunday, January 28, 2018 By F.M. SHAKIL *The provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wants to bring seminaries under control, but Imran Khan’s party will find itself fiercely opposed The government of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province […]
IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN’S CHINESE UMBRELLA (JANUARY 27, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Pakistan’s Chinese umbrella SOURCE: Daily Times Saturday, January 27, 2018 By Babar Ayaz *The basic terms of the Pakistan-US relations policy, as laid by the Quaid, drastically changed after 9/11 US President Trump’s undiplomatic and harsh tweet that accused Pakistan of harbouring terrorists regarding Pakistan has provoked […]
IN THE NEWS: ARMED ANTI-MILITANT BANDS HOUND CIVILIANS IN RESTIVE AFGHAN PROVINCE (JANUARY 26, 2018)
Selected by Olivier Immig & Jan van Heugten Armed Anti-Militant Bands Hound Civilians In Restive Afghan Province SOURCE: Gandhara Friday, January 26, 2018 (Posted) By AJMAL ARYAN and ABUBAKAR SIDDIQUE KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Years of insecurity marked by constant battles between insurgents and Afghan security forces have paved the way for gun-toting militia to torment […]