Ayaz Gul VOA News October 20, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The United States has lost $19 billion in Afghanistan since 2002 due to “waste, fraud and abuse,” the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a new report released Tuesday. SIGAR monitors all U.S. spending in the 19-year war in Afghanistan, America’s longest. The
1TV: Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib has warned that the country is facing real threat of civil war as US withdraws its troops. In an interview with BBC, Mohib said that the Afghan government is preparing for both peace and war and it will use all efforts to reduce the threat of a civil
Tolo News: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hizb-e-Islami party, at an Islamabad press conference on Tuesday said that the United States has been “defeated in Afghanistan,” adding that Washington has “no choice except to leave the country.” Regarding the current peace process between the negotiating sides in Doha, Hekmatyar said that the current talks
Tolo News: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has said that undocumented vehicles are one of the biggest challenges to tracking down criminals. He said that these vehicles should be registered within two months, otherwise the government will seize them as part of a new security plan for Kabul. Military analysts believe that criminals and mafia
Ariana: Star cricketer Rashid Khan has appealed to cricket bodies to give Afghanistan the chance to play more tournaments against leading cricket teams in order to improve their game. “To become a big player you have to play against the best,” Rashid told the TMS does the IPL podcast on Tuesday. Australia, England, South Africa
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 82 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 398 samples tested in the last 24 hours. According to the Public Health Ministry’s data, the cumulative number of total cases is now 40,369, the number of total reported deaths is 1,499, and the total number of
As the Afghan Taliban tries to negotiate a political settlement with the government, many musicians in the country are worried about the impact a deal will have on their ability to work, as VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem reports from Kabul.
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 87 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 523 samples tested in the last 24 hours. According to the Public Health Ministry’s data, the cumulative number of total cases is now 40,287, the number of total reported deaths is 1,497, and the total number of