Press TV September 19, 2019 The administration of US President Donald Trump has accused Afghanistan’s government of corruption and financial mismanagement, and said it would cut more than $160 million in direct funding to the war-torn country. “We stand against those who exploit their positions of power and influence to deprive the Afghan people of
By Ken Bredemeier VOA News September 8, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that President Donald Trump “made the right decision” to call off peace talks with Taliban leaders at his presidential retreat because of the terrorist group’s on-going attacks in Afghanistan. “We need to see them capable of delivering on their
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News September 8, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The Afghan Taliban have denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to call off peace talks with the insurgent group, claiming American interlocuters were happy with a deal both sides had negotiated in Doha, and that September 23 had been decided as a date to move to the
1TV: Afghanistan’s acting minister for hajj and religious affairs, Abdul Hakim Munib, has claimed that he was physically assaulted by strongmen in president palace on Friday. Munib was humiliated and physically assaulted by six strongmen including former member of parliament, Mullah Tarakhil Mohammadi, and two incumbent MPs, a statement from haj ministry said. Click here to
Tolo News: The former head of the Electoral Complaints Commission, Abdul Aziz Aryaee, and two former members of the commission, Humaira Haqmal and Abdul Basir Fayiz, were accused of reducing or adding to parliamentary candidates votes in Kunar province and misuse of authority. Meanwhile, seven former members of Independent Election Commission including Abdul Badi Sayyad, Wasima
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 2, 2019 KABUL — The Taliban has agreed “in principle” that any Afghan territory it controls in the future will not be used as a safe haven for terrorists to launch attacks against the United States and its allies, U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has told RFE/RL.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 28, 2019 Amid “escalating violence” in Afghanistan, its human rights community is under “intensifying attacks” from both the authorities and armed groups, according to Amnesty International. Human rights defenders and activists in Afghanistan have been largely ignored by the Afghan government and the international community as they face “intimidation, harassment,
Press TV August 19, 2019 A series of explosions have hit the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar during the country’s 100th anniversary of its independence, wounding dozens of people including women and children. Afghan officials said at least 10 bombings struck restaurants and public squares in the provincial capital of Jalalabad on Monday, leaving at
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 18, 2019 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned as “barbaric” an attack on a wedding party in Kabul that killed at least 63 people and left 182 others injured and called an extraordinary security meeting to discuss ways to avoid such “lapses.” The radical militant group Islamic State (IS) has
Tolo News: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami party who runs for president, says the incumbent government is “weak” and cannot decide on major issues in the country and that it will “collapse” if the US forces leave the war-ravaged Afghanistan. “There is no doubt in US forces withdrawal [from Afghanistan]. They will definitely leave [the country],”