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Mass Graves: Massacre of Hundreds but no Criminals
By Killid reporters Thirty years ago, when the Communist regime was still in power, hundreds of Herat residents were captured and disappeared. With the fall of that government in 1991 to the Mujahiddin, mass graves were discovered just north of the city of Herat. Locals say the remains ... More
Obama's Visit and Afghanistan's Corruption
Killid Commentary Unannounced and under the cover of darkness, United States President Barack Obama made his first trip as President to Afghanistan Sunday 28th April. He arrived at Bagram Air Base after dusk and was immediately ushered on to a convoy of armed helicopters for the 50 ... More
Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power PlantBy Pratap Chatterjee (IPS News Service) A diesel-fueled power plant, nearing completion just outside Kabul, demonstrates that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its contractors have failed to learn lessons from ... More
Kabul: India and Pakistan's Battlefield
Killid CommentaryOn Friday morning, Feb 26, all of Kabul was greeted by violence, death and mayhem.It started with a massive suicide bombing near City Center and the sound of explosions, gun-shots and rocket propelled grenades hitting concrete and glass soon filled the entire neighborhood.A ... More
The Battle for Baghlan Taliban vs. Hekmatyar
Killid CommentaryViolent clashes between men loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Taliban groups rattled Baghlan province last Saturday.The fighting left more than 50 of Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami (Islamic Party) fighters and an unknown number of civilians dead. The sound of bullets and exploding ... More
- Public Concerns about Karzai's Remarks
- Stabbings on the Rise, Opaque Law
- Water: Fountain of Life or Death?
- U.S. and Iran contest, Bring Negative Points over Afghans
- Public Concerns about Karzai's Remarks
- The Battle for Baghlan Taliban vs. Hekmatyar
- Kabul: India and Pakistan's Battlefield
- Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
- Pakistani Taliban Willing to Join Afghan War
- Abdullah Plays For Time
- Pakistani Offensive, Afghanistan’s Risk
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Water: Fountain of Life or Death?
According to Afghan Health Ministry official, approximately 70 percent of Afghans do not have proper access to sources of drink water.
Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, millions of dollars have been spent to supply access to healthy drinking water across Afghanistan and particularly in ... -
Stabbings on the Rise, Opaque Law By Ezazullah Zaland and Najib QaneUnsurprisingly, the violent use of knives and other sharp tools is against the law in Afghanistan. More surprising perhaps is the fact that Kabul police recorded 422 cases of sharp tool attacks in the Afghan capital last year. Two hundred of which were ... -
Mass Graves: Massacre of Hundreds but no Criminals
By Killid reporters
Thirty years ago, when the Communist regime was still in power, hundreds of Herat residents were captured and disappeared. With the fall of that government in 1991 to the Mujahiddin, mass graves were discovered just north of the city of Herat. Locals say the remains ...
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Call (Up) To Duty President Hamid Karzai has recently announced that he is considering putting forth a law that would require all young, able-bodied Afghan men to serve in the Afghan security forces. Reactions to the proposal have been strong on both sides, with critics saying that it would weaken the army, while ... -
Razor Wire, Thorny Issue Pakistan has announced that it would like to lay razor wire across the Durand Line, in an attempt to formalize what has been a porous and heavily trafficked line in the sand. The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs says they have not been informed. Even before Afghanistan plunged into the ... -
Karzai’s London Lobbying Killid ExclusiveKarzai’s London Lobbying By Hashim QiamThe focus of last week's London International Conference on Afghanistan was security. President Hamid Karzai seeks to reinforce his political role by leading the peace process, while the international community wants to quit a war that it ...
