Thousands joined a rally in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif on February 7 to demand the authorities do more to free a kidnapped child. Abdul-Rauf, a 9-year-old ethnic Turkmen boy, has been held captive for more than three months by kidnappers who are demanding a ransom. The family accuses the authorities of
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 24 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,793 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry says the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 55,359, the total number of reported deaths is 2,413, and the total number of recoveries is 48,041. Click
Ariana: Former Pakistani ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, said the agreement between the US and the Taliban has no element of peace and is basically a withdrawal pact for American troops from Afghanistan. “Taliban’s definition of peace is very different from that of the US or the Afghan government. The Taliban believes that once
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2021 Afghan police say at least three people, including members of the Afghan Hindu community, have been killed and four others wounded in three separate blasts in the capital, Kabul. The first explosion took place inside a shop in the Bagh-e Qazi area west of Kabul in the morning,
Lisa Schlein VOA News February 6, 2021 GENEVA – A report by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights finds torture, which is prohibited under international law, is widely practiced in Afghan prisons. The report covers the period from January 2019 through March 2020. The
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 5, 2021 Frud Bezhan Daud Khattak Families, traders, and guerrilla fighters have for generations moved freely across the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The disputed 2,670-kilometer frontier traverses some of the world’s most forbidding terrain, snaking through desolate deserts and towering mountains more than 4,000 meters high. Drawn by
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 5 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,151 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The ministry says the cumulative total of known COVID-19 cases is 55,335, the total number of reported deaths is 2,410, and the total number of recoveries is 48,027. Click
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 5, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Taliban insurgents have killed at least 21 government troops in new attacks in Afghanistan as U.S.-brokered peace talks between the two warring sides remain stalled. The fighting comes as the United States is reviewing a February 2020 agreement with the Taliban, which required remaining American and