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Pakistan Upbeat About Prospects of Afghan Peace Talks
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 26, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Tuesday it was “hopeful” about prospects of U.S.-backed peace talks between Afghanistan’s warring parties to end the country’s long conflict. The optimism stemmed from a meeting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi held Tuesday with a visiting Afghan Taliban delegation led by the insurgent
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – August 25, 2020
Illegal mining costs Afghanistan millions annually: UN
AA: In its latest National Human Development Report on mineral extraction in Afghanistan, the UN Development Program said the war-ravaged country could have collected over $100 million from minerals in royalties and export duties alone on a yearly basis. It said control of mineral extraction by insurgent groups such as the Taliban and Daesh/ISIS as
More high-ranking officials face prosecution over COVID-19 funding fraud
Ariana: Two provincial governors and two former governors were on Tuesday referred to the Attorney General’s Office on suspicion of embezzlement of COVID-19 funds, sources have confirmed. The fraud suspects are Wardak Governor Abdul Yamin Muzaffaruddin, Badakhshan Governor Zakaria Sawda, former Nuristan governor Hafiz Abdul Qayum and former Herat Governor Abdul Qayum Rahimi. This comes
Afghanistan likely to play December Test against Australia
Ariana: Cricket Australia and the Afghanistan Cricket Board are reportedly in an advanced stage of negotiations and are expected to confirm a December Test in Perth between Australia and Afghanistan soon. ESPNcricinfo reported that the only question that remains to be resolved is whether the match can be played as a day-night Test. Click here
India to renovate Kabul’s Bala Hissar fortress
1TV: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between Indian Ambassador Vinay Kumar and diplomatic representative of Agha Khan Development Network in the presence of President Ashraf Ghani on Monday. Bala Hissar saw some of the worst fighting between Afghan forces and the invading British during the two Anglo-Afghan wars in the
Afghan central bank’s Ajmal Ahmadi under fire for blocking critics on Twitter
1TV: Criticism on Ahmadi mounted in recent days over reports that his salary was $500 per day at the time when he was an adviser to the ministry of finance. Ahmadi has also faced criticism over his meeting in the bank with a person convicted of embezzlement and also electricity outage for several hours in
Dozen Killed In Taliban Truck Bomb, Other Attacks Across Afghanistan
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 25, 2020 At least 12 people have been killed and scores wounded in attacks across Afghanistan, including in a Taliban truck bombing that targeted a military base used by Afghan commandos, officials said. The suicide truck bomber in the northern province of Balkh killed three people, including two Afghan commandos