Tolo News: The Afghan Olympic Committee on Tuesday announced that five athletes will represent Afghanistan in the Tokyo Olympics. Fahim Anwari in swimming, Mahdi Yovari in shooting, Kmimia Yosefi in athletics, Farzad Mansouri in taekwondo and Shah Mahmood Noorzahi in athletics are the Afghan athletes who will represent the country in the Olympics. The Olympics
By Radio Free Afghanistan June 29, 2021 The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has not ruled out conducting air strikes against the Taliban if the insurgents press on with their campaign to seize territory across the war-torn country. The Taliban has taken control of dozens of districts from government forces in recent weeks, raising
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 29, 2021 Afghan security forces have retaken control of three districts in the north of the country after days of heavy fighting with Taliban militants. The Taliban has taken control of dozens of districts from government forces in recent weeks, raising concerns that the Western-backed government in Kabul and the
Ariana: The Afghan government has accused the Taliban of being a proxy force for an intelligence agency which “provides the group with equipment and facilities.” His remarks come a day after Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed admitted that the families of Taliban live in his country, including in areas around the capital, Islamabad, and
Tolo News: On Tuesday, the Ministry of Public Health reported 1,501 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,799 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The total recorded cases are 118,659 and the total deaths are 4,871, according to figures by the Public Health Ministry. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 28, 2021 Another group of Afghan government soldiers has fled across the border into Tajikistan as Taliban militants press an offensive across swaths of northern Afghanistan. Tajikistan’s border service said that 17 Afghan soldiers fled into the country on June 27 after Taliban militants attacked a border checkpoint located in the town
Antiwar.com: The problem is not that the US is leaving. The problem is that American personnel stayed too long attempting to do the impossible. In the process they created a dependent state unable to stand on its own. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: Pakistan’s interior minister said Sunday that the families of the Afghan Taliban live in his country, including in areas around the capital, Islamabad, and the militant group’s members receive some medical treatment in local hospitals. Click here to read more (external link).