KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: “The authorities shifted me from Pul-e-Charkhi jail to Bagram prison which was in Afghan army control but virtually the Americans were the rulers of the prison and they beat me badly,” former detainee Abdul Qadir Hijran recalled. A resident of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, 29-year-old Hijran was captured in 2011 in Takht-a-Pul area … Read more
The United States has spent $83 billion over 20 years to build a modern Afghan army, which is Rs. 35.95 trillion and 1.6 million in Pakistani rupee. According to the French news agency AFP, the United States provided the Afghan army with warplanes, helicopters, drones, armoured vehicles, goggles that see in the dark, in recent … Read more
The Pakistan Army provided shelter and safe passage to 46 Afghan National Army (ANA) and Border Police soldiers. A statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said a local ANA commander across Arandu, Chitral, had requested help for 46 troops, including five officers. According to the commander of the Afghan National Army, “they cannot maintain control … Read more
