Jeff Seldin VOA News March 22, 2018 WASHINGTON — Top Afghan officials see a genuine chance for peace with elements of the Taliban and the Haqqani network but worry the latest effort at reconciliation could be undermined, both by internal rivals and by Pakistan and other foreign influences. Afghan officials believe those insurgent leaders who seek
Tolo News: Afghans on Friday launched big demonstrations in many provinces against the recent decision made by the United States President Donald Trump about the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Trump on Wednesday announced that he officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. His decision raised worldwide concern. Click here to read
1TV: Afghan government on Thursday expressed ‘deep concern’ over U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of Jerusalem as Israeli capital. On Wednesday, Trump announced that his administration would begin a process of moving the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Click here to read more (external link). Related Trump’s Move On Jerusalem Is An ‘Irreparable Mistake’:
Press TV / November 16, 2017 The US Department of Defense has announced about 3,000 additional American troops have been deployed to Afghanistan under President Donald Trump’s new war strategy for the country. The Pentagon had previously said about 11,000 US forces were stationed Afghanistan. The new deployment has raised the number of American troops
Press TV February 16, 2017 The United Arab Emirates says its ambassador to Afghanistan has died of injuries he sustained in a last-month bomb attack in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar. The UAE state media announced Juma Mohammad Abdullah al-Kaabi’s death on Thursday. He had been targeted in a spate of bomb attacks in three Afghan cities
Reuters: The Afghan Taliban has sought to reassure the United Arab Emirates that it was not behind an attack in the southern city of Kandahar that killed five UAE diplomats and injured the ambassador, senior Taliban officials said on Thursday. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 18, 2017 The United States on January 17 confirmed that 10 prisoners had been released from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transferred to Oman. Oman’s Foreign Ministry said on January 16 that it had accepted the prisoners at U.S. President Barrack Obama’s request and that they had
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 11, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The United Arab Emirates has confirmed the killing of five of its diplomats in Tuesday’s bomb attack in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar. The blast killed a total of at least 11 people and wounded 16 others, mostly top Afghan government officials. Provincial governor Homayun Azizi and
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 8, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban has demanded official recognition for its political office in Qatar, direct talks with the United States and removal of senior members from a U.N. blacklist, describing these as preliminary steps to peacefully ending its insurgency. A Qatar-based Taliban spokesman, Sohail Shaheen, has asserted the presence
Tolo News: As the country battles a resurgent Taliban, without the assistance of foreign combat troops, one country appears to hold the key to whether Afghanistan can cling to democracy or succumb to the Taliban, that country being Saudi Arabia. According to a New York Times report, Saudi Arabia is backing both sides. It has reportedly