Ayaz Gul VOA News October 27, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The United Nations says the conflict in Afghanistan has killed and injured nearly 6,000 civilians during the first nine months of 2020, representing a 30% decline compared to the same period last year. The report compiled by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) comes as
By Radio Free Afghanistan October 27, 2020 A car bomb attack on an Afghan police base and an ongoing gun battle have killed three people and wounded dozens in a city bordering Pakistan, officials said October 27. The complex attack in Khost, the capital of the eastern province of Khost, was launched early in the morning.
Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 27, 2020 Years ago, Pakistan declared victory against the Taliban after large-scale military operations in a northwestern mountainous region. But the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the formal name of the Pakistani Taliban’s umbrella organization, is now back in parts of Malakand Division, an administrative region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Tolo News: Afghan athletes got 11 medals, including two gold, two silver and seven bronze medals, from International Jujitsu Tournament of the St. Petersburg Open 2020 organized by Russian Jiujitsu Federation on October 23-25. From Afghanistan, 13 athletes attended the event where 280 athletes participated from Central Asian and some European countries. Click here to
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 95 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 489 samples tested in the last 24 hours. According to the Public Health Ministry, the cumulative total is now 41,032, the number of total reported deaths is 1,523, and the total number of recoveries is 34,217. Click
By Jeff Seldin VOA News October 26, 2020 WASHINGTON – The United States is confirming the death of a high-ranking al-Qaida official in Afghanistan – only it appears the dead terrorist is not the group’s second-in-command, as has been reported. A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the death of al-Qaida’s Abu Muhsin
Nilly Kohzad October 26, 2020 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Aliakbar Sakhi is used to climbing the high peaks on the outskirts of his native northern Baghlan Province. His family are farmers, and being around mountains makes him feel right at home. “Afghanistan is the best playground for mountaineering because more than 75 percent of its
The Hill: The Trump administration has fallen prey to the pitfalls of ending long wars. In the American experience, exit strategies begin as conditions-based plans but quickly become irresistible departure schedules. To hasten withdrawal from war-torn Afghanistan, the United States has signed an unenforceable agreement with the Taliban and left our Afghan allies holding the