Bilal Sawary
Afghan officials disrupt imminent, potentially deadly terrorist attack on government compound
Afghan officials may have saved hundreds of lives Tuesday when they disrupted a planned terrorist attack that was believed to be imminent. At least 11 suicide vests were found. They were believed to be planned for use on commuter buses. At least a dozen people, Afghan soldiers mostly, have been arrested so far.
New Details on Karzai Assassination
Details continue to come in after Ahmed Wali Karzai was shot and killed by a trusted friend and member of his security detail in Kandahar this morning. Karzai was the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The BBC’s Bilal Sawary, who has met Ahmed Wali Karzai before, has the latest details of this developing story.
Ahmed Wali Karzai Assassinated in Kandahar
Ahmed Wali Karzai, the powerful half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was shot dead in Kandahar this morning, reportedly by a long-trusted member of his security detail. Karzai was the provincial chairman of Kandahar, making him the most powerful man in southern Afghanistan. For some time, American military officials believed Karzai to be involved in the […]
Afghanistan Reacts to ‘Three Cups’ Author’s Accounts of School Building
CBS “60 Minutes” is not widely broadcast inside Afghanistan or Pakistan, but you wouldn’t know it from the reactions from a story over the weekend. In a take down of the famous book, “Three Cups of Tea,” CBS disputed the veracity of Greg Mortenson’s his charity work. CBS also took issue with the finances of […]