World Affairs

6/recent/ticker-posts
Showing posts with the label Politics of AfghanistanShow all
Afghanistan battles against cold and snow World

Afghanistan battles against cold and snow

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Heavy snow, rain, avalanches and cold in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan have killed dozens over the past three days. The weather condition…

Read more
Who is Mullah Akhtar Mansoor? World

Who is Mullah Akhtar Mansoor?

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Sunday, May 22, 2016

Mullah Mansoor was born in around 1965 in a small village called Kariz in the Maiwand district of Kandahar. He belongs to Afghanistan's Ishaq…

Read more
Polio campaign in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Women's rights

Polio campaign in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, April 07, 2015

An Afghan health worker gives a vaccination to a child during a polio campaign in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Read more
End of Afghan War United States

End of Afghan War

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, December 31, 2014

According to the news media, NATO has ended its 13-year-long combat mission in Afghanistan. NATO forces have handed over major security installat…

Read more