NOVANEWS New report finds U.S.-backed Afghan government still committing widespread torture by: Sarah Lazare The United Nations revealed Wednesday it has “credible and reliable” evidence that people recently detained at U.S. military prisons in Afghanistan have […]
NOVANEWS Painting a bleak picture in the divided country, a U.N. report said civilian deaths increased by 22 percent between 2013 and 2014. | Photo: Reuters Children have been the worst affected by soaring rates […]
NOVANEWS Afghan security officials check people at a road side as part of increased security measures in Helmand Province following the death of Islamic State recruiter Mullah Abdul Rauf in a military operation on February […]
NOVANEWS With a majority of the victims children, unexploded ordnances in war-torn Afghanistan are claiming more than one life every single day by: Jon Queally Children at Kandahar airfield being educated about unexploded ordnances in 2009. […]
NOVANEWS The White House on Thursday declined to describe Afghanistan’s Taliban as a terrorist group, prompting consternation from the right, which accused President Barack Obama’s administration of being out of touch. “They do carry out […]
NOVANEWS By Sajjad Shaukat During his recent visit to Pakistan, the newly-elected President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani said that his government and the people of Afghanistan desire to further strengthen bilateral relations with Pakistan […]
NOVANEWS Neo-Imperialism “Afghanistan is no closer to controlling its institutions than Washington is to defeating terror. Afghans have inherited a disbanded mercenary army which the state cannot possibly maintain on its own,” a political analyst […]
NOVANEWS New Rolling Stone article provides more evidence that, despite public claims, U.S. war in Afghanistan is nowhere near over by: Sarah Lazare The ISAF color guard marches during the ISAF Joint Command (IJC) and XVIII Airborne Corps […]
NOVANEWS 6 Killed in US Drone Strike in Afghanistan-Main Victims Civilians Washington carryies out continual drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Somalia, killing people. A US-led assassination drone strike has killed at least 6 […]
NOVANEWS New Year’s Eve incident that killed as many as 26 sparks protest, investigation by: Andrea Germanos, staff writer U.S. military conducting training for Afghan National Army Soldiers in 2010. (Photo: isafmedia/flickr/cc) The U.S.-trained Afghan army was […]