Tolo News: Fazil was the Taliban’s designated chief of army staff during their regime in Kabul and the two know each other from the mid-1990s. According to reports, the verbal clash broke out when Dostum put his hand on Mullah Fazil’s shoulder to inquire about his health, but Fazil removed Dostum’s hand from his shoulder
Yahoo News: U.S. government agencies are again looking at a long-standing proposal to release an Afghan drug kingpin [Bashir Noorzai] in exchange for concessions in peace talks, which would include the release of an American held [by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network] in Afghanistan, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Click here to read
Ariana: Abdullah Abdullah, the High Council for National Reconciliation chair, on Saturday voiced his dissatisfaction over President Ashraf Ghani’s move Friday to dismiss Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi. Abdullah stated the move was in violation of the power-sharing agreement he signed with Ghani in May last year – a deal that signaled the end of a
Frud Bezhan March 19, 2021 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Afghan special forces stormed an isolated mudbrick house in a Taliban-controlled district of Ghazni Province in October, killing six suspected militants — including Husam Abd-al-Ra’uf, the No. 2 figure in the Al-Qaeda terrorist network. The Egyptian national, also known as Abu Muhsin al-Masri, was on the FBI’s Most Wanted
Tolo News: Afghanistan has had eight constitutions in the last 100 years that have been prone to violations by the different governments throughout the century. Lawyers said the constitution ensures law and order but even the 2004 Constitution that was seen as one of the best constitutions in the last 100 years, was faced with
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s national cricket team the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe at the first opportunity when they coasted to a 47-run win in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, 20 March. Click here to read more (external link). Related Nabi upbeat about T20 World Cup after series win against Zimbabwe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 19, 2021 A senior Afghan official says the government and the Taliban have agreed at a meeting in Moscow to try to accelerate talks aimed at ending decades of war in the country. The March 19 meeting followed an international conference in the Russian capital on the intra-Afghan peace process,
Ariana: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Friday appointed former Kandahar Governor Hayatullah Hayat as Acting Interior Minister and Chief of Army Staff General Yasin Zia as Acting Defense Minister, the National Security Council said in a statement. Click here to read more (external link).