Press TV May 3, 2020 Tehran says a recent incident befalling a number of Afghan citizens at a border region close to the Iranian soil took place on the Afghan side of the border and Iran’s border guards had no part in it. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi made the comments on Sunday after some
Press TV May 2, 2020 The United States and Afghan militant group Taliban have engaged in a war on Twitter over the peace process. Sonny Leggett, the spokesman for the US forces in Afghanistan, warned his Taliban counterpart on the social media website on Saturday. “Attacks generate attacks, while restraint produces restraint. If the violence
Press TV May 2, 2020 The Taliban militant group has conducted more than 4,500 attacks in Afghanistan, marking a sharp rise in violence only in the 45 days since it signed a deal with the United States that paves the way for American troops to wind down their presence in the war-ravaged country, a report
Tolo News: The Ministry of Public Health spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said on Saturday that in the past 24 hours, 179 positive cases have been recorded across the country, and the country total is 2,469. The number of reported recoveries in the country is 331, while 72 have died. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: So far, the details of Abdullah’s proposed plan have not been made public, but sources told TOLOnews recently that Abdullah has accepted the leadership of the High Council of Peace and Reconciliation but he has asked for 50 percent share in the cabinet and executive authorities in the appointment of governors and police
1TV: An Afghan delegation will investigate claims that Iranian guards threw a group of migrants crossing the border into river, an official told 1TV on Saturday. Preliminary reports suggest the migrants were thrown into river after crossing the border from Gulran district of Herat province. Click here to read more (external link). Related Iranian consulate
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal May 2, 2020 Pashtun rights activist and political leader Sardar Arif Wazir has died of injuries sustained in a shooting attack in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal district. The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), a rights group that Wazir helped lead, confirmed to RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal that Wazir died in Islamabad on May 2.
Michael Hughes: The Taliban continuing attacks amid the coronavirus outbreak reveals not only a total disregard for life but a suicidal mentality given all of humanity’s real enemy is an invisible indiscriminate killer – it chooses no sides, sees no jersey colors. An escalation in Taliban attacks comes just as the rest of the world is at
By Ayaz Gul VOA News May 1, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The U.S. military said Friday its withdrawal from Afghanistan is continuing and that it expects troop levels to drop to 8,600 by mid-July under terms of a peace-building deal with the Taliban. The “conditions-based” military withdrawal began within days after the signing of the landmark