A house roof collapsed in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, killing a woman and two children, highlighting dangers of substandard housing amid harsh winter and widespread poverty.
The episode could have turned dramatic had Atal Bihari Vajpayee not woken up from his afternoon siesta, claims a new book Atal Sansmaran by Ashok Tandon ....
Accounts of the creatures have been circling among veterans but photographs taken on remote edges of the mountains last week have reignited interest ....
His cooperation with the CIA has been confirmed by the spy agency’s director, John Ratcliffe, who said Lakanwal worked “with the US Government, including CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar.”.
The C.I.A. and an Afghan intelligence official said that the shooter had been part of an Afghan “partner force” trained and supported by the agency in the southern province of Kandahar... .
Rahmatullah Nabil said the potential reopening of India’s consulate in Kandahar could mark a major strategic shift in southern Afghanistan, reshaping regional political and security dynamics.
The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world ... .