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Pakistan faces black list of countries financing terrorism
October 15, 2019

Pakistan faces black list of countries financing terrorism

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is trying to avoid getting blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog, when it meets Wednesday in Paris.…READ MORE

Taliban say Afghanistan has freed several of their prisoners
October 8, 2019

Taliban say Afghanistan has freed several of their prisoners

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban officials say several of their group’s members have been freed from Afghan jails, including former shadow governors, just days after a U.S. envoy met top Taliban leaders in the Pakistani capital following the suspension of U.S.-Taliban talks last month.…READ MORE

Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces
October 7, 2019

Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The workers were sleeping on the mountainside where they had spent a long day harvesting pine nuts in eastern Afghanistan. Some were in tents, others lay outside under the stars, when the U.S. airstrike tore into them.…READ MORE