Ayaz Gul VOA News October 20, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The United States has lost $19 billion in Afghanistan since 2002 due to “waste, fraud and abuse,” the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a new report released Tuesday. SIGAR monitors all U.S. spending in the 19-year war in Afghanistan, America’s longest. The
Tolo News: Amid reports of a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Herat in western Afghanistan, the government is facing mounting criticism over alleged misuse of international fund to battle the pandemic in the country. A Kabul-based anti-corruption organization, Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), on Friday said the government is not ready to provide
1TV: According to the State Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs, 24 cabinet nominees will be presented to the parliament for conformation within one week. Click here to read more (external link). Related Critics Seek End to ‘Caretaking Trend’ in Govt Institutions
NYT: In Panjshir, one of the last holdout regions against the Soviets and the Taliban, some would prefer to go their own way rather than support a government negotiating peace with the insurgency. Deputy head of the upper house of Parliament who represents Panjshir: “…don’t trust the government anymore.” Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 22, 2020 A senior U.S. envoy for Afghanistan on September 22 warned that violence there remains unacceptably high and Washington expects more setbacks in ongoing peace talks between Taliban militants and the Afghan government. Veteran diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad’s comments come as the warring sides remain far apart on even basic
CBS News: “He, in effect, is partnering with the Taliban against, in many ways, the Afghan government,” McMaster said of the president’s plan in Afghanistan. See the full interview with the former national security adviser, Sunday on 60 Minutes. Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and partnering with the Taliban has made the United States less safe,
Al Jazeera: Fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban left dozens dead in a restive eastern province as negotiators from both sides pushed ahead with peace talks in Qatar. Overnight clashes erupted in three districts of Nangarhar province when Taliban fighters attacked several checkpoints of Afghan forces and pro-government fighters, Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the
Tolo News: Flood-hit residents in Nijrab district of Kapisa province on Friday blamed the government for not providing any aid to those affected due to recent flooding in the province. The residents said they have lost all their belongings. Roads and infrastructures were also badly damaged in Nejrab, according to residents. “They took our phone
Ariana: Afghanistan will transfer seven ‘hardcore’ prisoners to Qatar, officials from the Afghan government and members of the Taliban told Reuters on Thursday. According to one official, the prisoners would be released soon although government did not want to free them on the grounds that they had killed foreign soldiers, Reuters reported. The officials told
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 1, 2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Taliban insurgents have staged a suicide car bombing and armed assault against a police base in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three security officers and injuring several others. Tuesday’s attack in the border province of Paktia came hours after U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien