1TV Afghanistan Dari News – May 25, 2021
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With Afghanistan’s Future at Stake, US Courts Pakistan
By Jeff Seldin, Nike Ching, Ayaz Gul VOA News / May 25, 2021 PENTAGON/STATE DEPARTMENT/ISLAMABAD – More than three weeks into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Washington’s plans to help ensure the country does not descend into chaos remain murky despite a ramped-up effort to get Afghanistan’s neighbors — Pakistan in particular — to do
Dozens Of Taliban Captives Freed In Western Afghanistan
By Radio Free Afghanistan May 25, 2021 Afghan officials say local commandos have released 41 people from a Taliban prison in the country’s western province of Herat. Jilani Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor, told RFE/RL on May 25 that 19 members of the Afghan security forces were among those freed during the overnight operation in
Australia To Shutter Embassy In Afghanistan Due To Security Concerns
By RFE/RL Gandhara May 25, 2021 Australia says it will close its embassy in Afghanistan this week, citing “an increasingly uncertain security environment” as international troops exit the war-torn country. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a May 25 statement that the embassy in Kabul would close on May 28 and that Australian diplomats plan to visit Afghanistan
Afghanistan: 840 New Cases of COVID-19, 19 Deaths Reported
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 840 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,887 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 67,743, the total number of reported deaths is 2,887, and the total number of recoveries is 56,518.
Initial Agreement Made to Recall Faryab Governor to Kabul
Tolo News: The Afghan government, facing widespread protests, has agreed to recall newly-appointed governor Mohammad Daud Laghmani to Kabul and to authorize the deputy governor to lead the province, for the time being, a member of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Junbish-e-Milli) said. Enayatullah Babur Farahmand said that the government has also agreed to
Amnesty International Warns Against Unraveling Of Afghan Women’s Rights
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 24, 2021 Amnesty International has warned that 20 years of “hard-won” progress by Afghanistan’s women and girls are under threat as intra-Afghan peace talks are at an impasse and international troops prepare to withdraw from the war-torn country later this year. “Afghanistan is drifting towards an outcome that threatens to
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – May 24, 2021
US ‘building’ military base along Pakistan border
Ariana: US forces have begun construction of a large military base across the Durand Line, as international troops continue to withdraw from Afghanistan, sources said. According to the sources, the base is being built at the Shalozan Kurram Agency area in the Tribal Area inside Pakistan – in the Zazai Aryub district which borders Paktia
Afghan MMA Champ To Auction Medals For Attack Victims’ Families
Afghan mixed martial arts champ Hussain Bakhsh Safari plans to auction some of his medals to raise cash for the families of students killed in attacks in Kabul and Logar Province.