RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal August 24, 2020 A Taliban political team arrived in Pakistan on August 24 amid ongoing efforts to start negotiations between the Afghan government and the militants. The talks, envisaged under a landmark peace agreement signed in February between Washington and the Taliban, had been expected to start earlier this month but were stymied by
PTI: Former captain Raiees Ahmadzai was on Monday appointed as the Director of Cricket of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), replacing Englishman Andy Moles. The 35-year-old Ahmadzai, who had played in five ODIs and eight T20Is for Afghanistan between 2009-10, took over from Moles, who was appointed for the dual role of Director of Cricket
Ariana: Afghan Special Forces on Sunday night failed to arrest the former president of Afghanistan Football Federation, Keramuddin Karim, in Panjshir province, officials said. Provincial officials told Ariana News that a ground and air operation was carried out in an attempt to arrest Karim but that it had been done so without coordinating with local
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 55 new cases of the coronavirus out of 149 samples tested over the last 24 hours. The number of total cases is now 38,054, the total reported deaths is 1,1389, and the total recoveries is 28,360. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Tolo News: Recent presidential decrees to appoint standing officials to new posts–while keeping the advantages of their previous assignments–has sparked reactions among legal experts who call such acts “beyond the law.” A presidential decree issued on Sunday indicates that Zia-Ul-Haq Amarkhil, a member of the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s high council, was appointed as a presidential
Khaama: Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani signs a decree appointing Ziaulhaq Amarkhil as his senior advisor to the public and political affairs and at the same time as the Nangarhar governor. In the public eyes he [Amarkhail] was involved in a systematic electoral corruptions filling thousands of ballot boxes with the fradulent votes. Click here
Tolo News: Government forces in border areas of the country said foreign fighters, particularly Pakistani citizens, are fighting against them with the Taliban, adding that they have found many dead fighters with Pakistani identity cards. Click here to read more (external link). More on the Taliban Key Taliban commander arrested in outlying area of Kabul
1TV: Zemarai Paikan, a former commander of the Afghan National Civil Order Police, has been arrested, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. Paikan had been sentenced by the country’s anti-corruption court to over eight years in prison in late 2017 over negligence and misuse of authority. Click here to read more (external link). Other Police
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 46 new cases of the coronavirus out of 221 samples tested over the last 24 hours. The number of total cases is now 37,999, the total reported deaths is 1,387, and the total recoveries is 28,211. Click here to read more (external link).