Tolo News: Following the appointment of Chief of Staff Shakir Kargar on Monday, President Ghani appoints former economy minister and head of Hezb-e-Islami political party Hadi Arghandiwal as acting finance minister. Presidential adviser Waheed Omer in a tweet said the process of appointing new cabinet members will continue, and they will be sent to the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 29, 2020 The Afghan government has slammed the Taliban after the militant group rejected Kabul’s negotiating team for upcoming intra-Afghan peace talks aimed at ending the nearly 19-year war. Waheed Omar, President Ashraf Ghani’s adviser, told reporters in Kabul on March 29 that the Taliban “should not make excuses any
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 28, 2020 Taliban forces have taken control of a district headquarters in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan, an overnight development that was followed on March 28 by an announcement that the militant group will not negotiate with a team recently unveiled by the Afghan government. The district headquarters in Yumgan
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has finalized a list of 20 representatives to negotiate with the Taliban, an important step towards the much-awaited intra-Afghan talks. These are the names on Ghani’s peace negotiating team, released on Wednesday night: Masoom Stanikzai Zakia Wardak Click here to read more (external link). Related Political Parties React to
Press TV March 8, 2020 Afghanistan’s defense minister says the government forces would switch from ‘defense mode’ to offensive if the Taliban militant group does not stop attacks by the end of the week. “Afghan forces will remain in defense mode until the end of this week under the guidance of President Ashraf Ghani
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 6, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump says the Taliban could “possibly” overrun the Western-backed government in Kabul after the United States withdraws from Afghanistan. Trump was speaking to journalists at the White House on March 6, days after the United States signed a deal with the Taliban aimed at putting
1TV: Afghan Acting Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi has ordered the ministry’s personnel not to give interviews to press or remark on social media. If needed, necessary procedures should be made following instruction by the ministry’s leadership and in coordination with the general directorate of strategic communications, according to the order. Click here to read more
1TV: Afghan government is a corrupt government, US Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said on Friday. “What has all these years of war brought us? Right now, the Afghan Government controls less than 60% of the land. People don’t have faith in it. It’s a corrupt government. The opium trade is higher than ever,” Senator
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2020 Considering he is a fugitive Afghan warlord, Nizamuddin Qaisari has done little to conceal himself. The militia commander fled arrest in December following deadly clashes between his fighters and government forces in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif. Since that December 16 incident, which killed eight
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 5, 2020 An Afghan media watchdog has urged the government to take note of a demand for more media freedoms after numerous local media outlets issued a joint statement denouncing the “deterioration” of access to government-related information in the country. Sayed Ikram Afzali, the head of Integrity Watch Afghanistan, said