Jeff Seldin VOA News May 11, 2021 WASHINGTON – The United States’ military footprint in Afghanistan is shrinking at a steady pace, according to U.S. military planners, though they are refusing to say how many troops are still in the country. U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday that it has completed “between 6-12% of the entire
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 11, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan ruled out Tuesday the possibility of again providing its military bases to the United States for future counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan after U.S. troops leave the conflict-torn neighbor by September 11. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi made the remarks to reporters in Islamabad, explaining that
Ariana: Afghanistan’s world-class MMA fighter Hussain Bakhsh Safari is selling two of his prized gold medals to raise money for the victims of Saturday’s deadly school bombing in Kabul city and the victims of last month’s guest house bombing in Logar province. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health Wednesday reported 370 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 908 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 63,088, the total number of reported deaths is 2,725, and the total number of recoveries is 54,570. Click here
Tolo News: The Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday that 15 suicide attacks and dozens of other attacks have been carried out “by the Taliban” since the start of Ramadan on April 13. The ministry said that 500 more civilians were wounded in the attacks during this period. The Interior Ministry said that the
Ariana: Saleh stated that the US “absolutely” legitimized the Taliban and that he does not trust the group. “The United States legitimized them. The [Taliban’s] Doha office is a creation of the United States. Getting Mullah Baradar out of the [Pakistan] jail is an invention of the United States. Click here to read more (external
Washington Post: A former Afghan militant who is one of the last 40 detainees held at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, asked a U.S. judge for his freedom on Monday, arguing that President Biden’s recent troop withdrawal announcement amounted to a declaration that the U.S. war in Afghanistan is ending and that all prisoners
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health Monday reported 305 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 2,439 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry reported that the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 62,718, the total number of reported deaths is 2,713, and the total number of recoveries is 54,503. Click
Press TV May 10, 2021 Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack targeting a girls’ school in the Afghan capital, noting that the massacre is part of an American plot to bring Takfiri terrorism back to life in the war-torn country. “This grave crime is a plot by Americans, which