Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for a deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan's Islamic State?
The Islamic State offshoot that Americans blame for Thursday's deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport coalesced in eastern Afghanistan six years ago, and rapidly grew into one of the more dangerous terror threats globally.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Mullah's rise charts Taliban's long road back to power
The Taliban's top political leader, who made a triumphal return to Afghanistan this week, battled the U.S. and its allies for decades but then signed a landmark peace agreement with the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Mullah's rise charts Taliban's long road back to power
The Taliban's top political leader, who made a triumphal return to Afghanistan this week, battled the U.S. and its allies for decades but then signed a landmark peace agreement with the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Mullah's rise charts Taliban's long road back to power
The Taliban's top political leader, who made a triumphal return to Afghanistan this week, battled the U.S. and its allies for decades but then signed a landmark peace agreement with the Trump administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Sweeping conquests test US hopes of more moderate Taliban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won’t be recognized internationally after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Sweeping conquests test US hopes of more moderate Taliban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Sweeping conquests test US hopes of more moderate Taliban
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won’t be recognized internationally after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Battle gains challenge US hopes of better-behaved Taliban
Taliban conquests in Afghanistan are challenging the Biden administration’s hopes that a desire for international respect — and for international aid and cash — may moderate the fundamentalist militia’s worst behaviors when the U.S. ends its war there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Battle gains challenge US hopes of better-behaved Taliban
Taliban conquests in Afghanistan are challenging the Biden administration’s hopes that a desire for international respect — and for international aid and cash — may moderate the fundamentalist militia’s worst behaviors when the U.S. ends its war there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won’t be recognized internationally after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Most European troops exit Afghanistan quietly after 20 years
BERLIN (AP) — Most European troops have already pulled out of Afghanistan, quietly withdrawing months before the U.S.-led mission was officially expected to end — part of an anticlimactic close to the “forever war” that risks leaving the country on the brink of civil war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Most European troops exit Afghanistan quietly after 20 years
BERLIN (AP) — Most European troops have already pulled out of Afghanistan, quietly withdrawing months before the U.S.-led mission was officially expected to end — part of an anticlimactic close to the “forever war” that risks leaving the country on the brink of civil war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Top US general foresees Afghan civil war as security worsens
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S.'s top general in Afghanistan on Tuesday gave a sobering assessment of the country's deteriorating security situation as America winds down its so-called “forever war.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Most European troops exit Afghanistan quietly after 20 years
BERLIN (AP) — Most European troops have already pulled out of Afghanistan, quietly withdrawing months before the U.S.-led mission was officially expected to end — part of an anticlimactic close to the “forever war” that risks leaving the country on the brink of civil war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Top US general foresees Afghan civil war as security worsens
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S.'s top general in Afghanistan on Tuesday gave a sobering assessment of the country's deteriorating security situation as America winds down its so-called “forever war.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Top US general foresees Afghan civil war as security worsens
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S.'s top general in Afghanistan on Tuesday gave a sobering assessment of the country's deteriorating security situation as America winds down its so-called “forever war.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of gains
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Monday and encircled the provincial capital, police said, as the insurgent group added to its recent battlefield victories while peace talks have stalemated.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of gains
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Monday and encircled the provincial capital, police said, as the insurgent group added to its recent battlefield victories while peace talks have stalemated.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Taliban take key Afghan district, adding to string of gains
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province Monday and encircled the provincial capital, police said, as the insurgent group added to its recent battlefield victories while peace talks have stalemated.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
US trashes unwanted gear in Afghanistan to be sold as scrap
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The twisted remains of several all-terrain vehicles leaned precariously inside Baba Mir’s sprawling scrap yard, alongside smashed shards that were once generators, tank tracks that have been dismantled into chunks of metal, and mountains of tents reduced to sliced up fabric.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US trashes unwanted gear in Afghanistan, sells as scrap
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The twisted remains of several all-terrain vehicles leaned precariously inside Baba Mir’s sprawling scrapyard, alongside smashed shards that were once generators, tank tracks that have been dismantled into chunks of metal, and mountains of tents reduced to sliced up fabric.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
US trashes unwanted gear in Afghanistan to be sold as scrap
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The twisted remains of several all-terrain vehicles leaned precariously inside Baba Mir’s sprawling scrap yard, alongside smashed shards that were once generators, tank tracks that have been dismantled into chunks of metal, and mountains of tents reduced to sliced up fabric.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and hair styling is the 24-year-old’s passion, and she discovered it, along with a newfound confidence, here in the salon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and hair styling is the 24-year-old’s passion, and she discovered it, along with a newfound confidence, here in the salon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and hair styling is the 24-year-old’s passion, and she discovered it, along with a newfound confidence, here in the salon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and hair styling is the 24-year-old’s passion, and she discovered it, along with a newfound confidence, here in the salon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Afghan Shiite leader in Pakistan after killings of miners
ISLAMABAD (AP) — An influential Afghan Shiite leader is visiting Pakistan where members of the minority sect are still reeling from the brutal killing of 11 Shiite coal miners, nine of whom were Afghan immigrants, earlier this month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
New round of Afghan-Taliban peace talks off to a slow start
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The latest round of peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators that began this week in Qatar has been off to a slow start as concerns grow over a recent spike in violence across Afghanistan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Pakistan court adjourns, no ruling on freeing Pearl's killer
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court adjourned on Thursday without deciding whether to free the man convicted and later acquitted of the 2002 murder of a American journalist Daniel Pearl.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Lawyer seeks to free man acquitted in Daniel Pearl's killing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The lawyer for a Pakistani man convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl said Wednesday that he will petition the Supreme Court to free his client.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
An 'orchard of bad apples' weighs on new Afghan peace talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan negotiators are to resume talks with the Taliban on Tuesday aimed at finding an end to decades of relentless conflict even as hopes wane and frustration and fear grow over a spike in violence across Afghanistan that has combatants on both sides blaming the other.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
An 'orchard of bad apples' weighs on new Afghan peace talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan negotiators are to resume talks with the Taliban on Tuesday aimed at finding an end to decades of relentless conflict even as hopes wane and frustration and fear grow over a spike in violence across Afghanistan that has combatants on both sides blaming the other.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Each year, 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to sing them last year when, at the age of 14, she was forcibly converted from Christianity to Islam and married to a 45-year-old man with children twice her age.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Each year, 1,000 Pakistani girls forcibly converted to Islam
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to sing them last year when, at the age of 14, she was forcibly converted from Christianity to Islam and married to a 45-year-old man with children twice her age.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Wars, instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations
DAR MANGI, Pakistan (AP) — Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Wars, instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations
DAR MANGI, Pakistan (AP) — Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A provincial court in Pakistan ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A provincial court in Pakistan ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Sickly dancing bears leaving Pakistan for new life in Jordan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A pair of sick and badly neglected dancing Himalayan brown bears will leave Islamabad’s notorious zoo Wednesday for a sanctuary in Jordan, closing down a zoo that once housed 960 animals.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Taliban team in Pakistan as calls grow for Afghan cease-fire
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban team, led by the co-founder of the insurgent movement, arrived Wednesday in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani government leaders amid growing calls for a reduction in violence in neighboring Afghanistan.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
COVID-19 runs unchecked in Pakistan's overcrowded prisons
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A human rights report released Monday harshly criticized Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of inmates stuck in overcrowded and often unsanitary prisons.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Afghan gov't, Taliban agree Islamic law to guide peace talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan government negotiators and the Taliban have agreed to have Islamic law and teachings guide them in peace talks now underway in Qatar, according to a document obtained Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
US envoy: Afghan, Taliban team ready to set talks agenda
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. envoy who brokered the ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban said Wednesday the two sides have overcome a three-month impasse and agreed on rules and procedures for the negotiations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
'World's loneliest elephant' Kaavan starts trip to Cambodia
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Kaavan, dubbed the "world’s loneliest elephant" after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was readied Sunday for his flight to a sanctuary in Cambodia and the much-needed company of other elephants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
'World's loneliest elephant' Kaavan starts trip to Cambodia
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Kaavan, dubbed the "world’s loneliest elephant" after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was readied Sunday for his flight to a sanctuary in Cambodia and the much-needed company of other elephants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Cher in Pakistan for resettlement of 'loneliest elephant'
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
'World's loneliest elephant' Kaavan starts trip to Cambodia
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Kaavan, dubbed the "world’s loneliest elephant" after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was readied Sunday for his flight to a sanctuary in Cambodia and the much-needed company of other elephants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
'World's loneliest elephant' Kaavan starts trip to Cambodia
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Kaavan, dubbed the "world’s loneliest elephant" after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was readied Sunday for his flight to a sanctuary in Cambodia and the much-needed company of other elephants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Cher in Pakistan for resettlement of 'loneliest elephant'
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Cher in Pakistan for resettlement of 'loneliest elephant'
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Cher in Pakistan for resettlement of 'loneliest elephant'
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Cher in Pakistan to help 'world's loneliest elephant'
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Cher to visit Pakistan to help 'world's loneliest elephant'
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iconic singer and actress Cher was set to visit Pakistan on Friday to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
IS attack hits Afghan capital as Pompeo joins peace talks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Mortar shells slammed into a residential area of Afghanistan's capital and killed eight people Saturday, hours before outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held what are likely his last meetings with the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators trying to hammer out a peace deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
IS attack hits Afghan capital; Pompeo joins peace talks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Mortars slammed into a residential area of the Afghan capital, killing eight people Saturday, hours before outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held what are likely his last meetings with the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators trying to hammer out a peace deal.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Rights group, Afghan envoy want more probes into war crimes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A leading international human rights group and an Afghan envoy on Thursday urged nations whose militaries have served as part of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan — including America and Britain — to follow Australia's example and probe their own soldiers’ conduct in the 19-year war.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
US withdrawal rattles Afghan allies and adversaries alike
ISLAMABAD (AP) — An accelerated U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, announced by Washington this week, has rattled both allies and adversaries. There are fears of worsening violence and regional chaos, which some say could embolden the local Islamic State affiliate to regroup and perhaps even try to build another “caliphate.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning on Tuesday to honor the 22 people killed in a horrific attack a day earlier on Kabul University, which was claimed by the Islamic State group. Most of those killed were students and another 27 people were wounded, some …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning Tuesday to honor the 22 mostly students killed in a horrific attack a day earlier on Kabul University, claimed by the Islamic State group. Another 22 people were injured, some of them critically.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
IS attack on Afghan university leaves 22 dead, 22 wounded
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Islamic State militants in Afghanistan stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving at least 22 dead and 22 wounded at the war-torn country's largest school.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Attack on Afghan university leaves 19 dead, 22 wounded
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen in Afghanistan stormed the Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving at least 19 dead and 22 wounded at the war-torn country's largest school. Most of the casualties were students.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Afghans say preventing next war as vital as ending this one
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At a Kabul museum honoring Afghanistan’s war victims, talking to visitors reveals just how many layers and generations of pain and grief have piled up during four decades of unrelenting conflict.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Afghans say preventing next war as vital as ending this one
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Taliban to suspend assault after US pledges to halt strikes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban said on Friday they have agreed to suspend attacks in southern Afghanistan that have displaced thousands this week — but only after the Americans promised to halt all strikes and night raids in keeping with the peace agreement the U.S. signed with the insurgents in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over Kashmir border firing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan summoned a senior Indian diplomat to its Foreign Ministry on Thursday to complain about what Islamabad says was “indiscriminate and unprovoked firing” by India in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Pakistan says roadside bomb kills 6 troops in border region
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military said seven troops were killed in separate incidents on Wednesday in the country’s northwest, in a region along the Afghan border that until recent years had served as a base for Pakistani and foreign militants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Pakistan says soldier killed by firing from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military on Wednesday said a soldier was killed and another wounded in the country’s northwest by fire from across the Afghan border, a sign of increasing violence in an area that until recent years served as a base for Pakistani and foreign militants.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Pakistan police arrest key suspect in shocking highway rape
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have arrested the second assailant in a gang rape of a woman whose car broke down on a deserted highway at night last month, when two attackers pulled her out of the vehicle and brutally assaulted her as her terrified children watched, helpless.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak
ISLAMABAD (AP) — China sent a plane loaded with medical personnel and supplies Saturday to help Pakistan fight the spread of the coronavirus in one of the world's most populous nations.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Political turmoil in Kabul dogs negotiations with Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After months of deliberation, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday announced his 21-member team to negotiate peace with the Taliban, only to have his political opponent reject it as not inclusive enough.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
US shames Afghan leaders' obstinance as pandemic looms
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Washington's unprecedented threat to cut $1 billion in Afghanistan funding — a response to the refusal of rivals in Kabul to work together to advance peace — comes at a time when the impoverished nation risks being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Pompeo leaves Kabul, no word on political power-sharing deal
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left Afghanistan on Monday without saying whether he was able to broker an agreement between the country's squabbling political leaders.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Pompeo leaves Kabul, no word on political power-sharing deal
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo left Afghanistan on Monday without saying whether he was able to broker an agreement between the country's squabbling political leaders.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Pakistan PM warns new virus may devastate developing nations
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister said Monday he fears the new coronavirus will devastate the economies of developing nations, and warned richer economies to prepare to write off the debts of the world's poorer countries.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
In Pakistan, criticism grows dangerous as dissent stifled
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Being a dissident — or even raising a critical voice — in Pakistan is growing more dangerous, regardless of whether the target is political parties, the judiciary or the powerful military and security agencies.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
In Pakistan, criticism grows dangerous as dissent stifled
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Being a dissident — or even raising a critical voice — in Pakistan is growing more dangerous, regardless of whether the target is political parties, the judiciary or the powerful military and security agencies.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
In Pakistan, criticism grows dangerous as dissent stifled
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Being a dissident — or even raising a critical voice — in Pakistan is growing more dangerous, regardless of whether the target is political parties, the judiciary or the powerful military and security agencies.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US starts troop pullout, seeks end to Afghan leaders' feud
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday, taking a step forward on its peace deal with the Taliban while also praising Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's promise to start releasing Taliban prisoners after he had delayed for over a week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US starts troop pullout, seeks end to Afghan leaders' feud
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday, taking a step forward on its peace deal with the Taliban while also praising Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's promise to start releasing Taliban prisoners after he had delayed for over a week.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
US starts troop pullout, seeks end to Afghan leaders' feud
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday, taking a step forward on its peace deal with the Taliban while also praising Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's promise to start releasing Taliban prisoners after he had delayed for over a week.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Pakistani Intelligence: Friend or foe?
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The twin towers in New York were still smoldering in September 2001 when Pakistan spy chief Gen. Mahmood Ahmed went to Afghanistan with the task of urging the Taliban to hand over al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Taliban allege medical team were spies, kill 10
KABUL, Afghanistan - They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains - unarmed and without security - to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
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