Tolo News: “If the Taliban continue to oppose that–this would be confronted but I want this confrontation to be political, not military,” Karzai said in an interview with Russia’s RTA. “They must agree to that or they will be defeated. The Afghan people will rise against them.” Karzai said the Afghan people are giving the
Jamie Dettmer VOA News August 2, 2021 Every day sees more Afghan refugees reach Turkey after a grueling trek across Iran. As far as they’re concerned their journey is far from over — they want to get to the countries of the European Union — for them the Promised Land. But it is a land
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, says the United States remains committed to promoting a political settlement between warring Afghans, stressing that neither side to the conflict can win militarily. In an interview with VOA that comes as the United States works
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani announced Monday that he finally has a clear plan to counter Taliban offensives across the country after his government was heavily criticized for its seeming lack of strategy in the last three months. The militants have made unexpectedly swift territorial gains,
TNN: While Islamabad has been denying that “jihadis” from Pakistan are going to Afghanistan, the country has been receiving dead bodies of its citizens from across the border on the Chaman-Spin Boldak and Torkhum border crossings. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 2, 2021 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on August 2 blamed Washington’s “sudden” decision about its troop withdrawal for the current insecurity in his country, as government troops battled Taliban militants for control of a southern provincial capital following weekend assaults on urban centers in a major escalation. Fighting raged in Lashkar
Washington Post: The 43-year-old Kabul native departs under a cloud, indicted in Kabul alongside two other Afghan officials on embezzlement charges – which she has denied and attempted to refute – that she says have more to do with gender and her country’s highly personalized and insular politics than any wrongdoing. Click here to read
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 587 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,642 samples tested in the last 24 hours. Data by the ministry shows that the total number of cases is 148,572 and the total number of reported deaths is 6,804. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News August 2, 2021 The United States announced Monday it is expanding eligibility for resettling refugees from Afghanistan who may be at risk of Taliban retaliation due to affiliation with U.S. entities. The State Department said thousands of Afghans and their immediate family members who worked for the U.S. government, a U.S.-funded project, the