Ayaz Gul VOA News March 7, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban says its peace pact with the United States does not alter the status of the insurgent group’s supreme leader as the “lawful ruler” of Afghanistan, saying he is duty-bound by religion to establish an “Islamic government” after foreign “occupation” troops exit the country. The
By Freshta Jalalzai Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 7, 2020 Less than 48 hours before the Taliban signed a conditional peace agreement with the United States, I telephoned the spokesman of the Taliban’s Doha office to discuss the terms of the pending accord. “I am driving at this very moment,” Suhail Shaheen told me when I
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 6, 2020 A U.S. media outlet reported Friday that the U.S. government had intelligence that the Taliban did not plan to abide by promises they made in the recent peace agreement with the United States. NBC News cited three U.S. intelligence officials, who remained anonymous in the report, saying the
BBC Sport: Ireland fell to an 11-run defeat on the DLS method in a rain-affected opening Twenty20 international against Afghanistan in Greater Noida, India. Ireland will need to win Sunday’s second game in Greater Noida to keep the series alive going into Tuesday’s final match. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 6, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump says the Taliban could “possibly” overrun the Western-backed government in Kabul after the United States withdraws from Afghanistan. Trump was speaking to journalists at the White House on March 6, days after the United States signed a deal with the Taliban aimed at putting
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 6, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan say at least 27 people were killed and 55 injured Friday when gunmen opened fire on a gathering in Kabul, with high-profile opposition politicians in attendance. Witnesses said the shooting started when a former vice president, Karim Khalili, was delivering his speech to
1TV: Afghanistan’s health minister warned on Thursday that the arrival of 50,000 people from neighboring Iran over the past one week has put the country at a very high risk from the deadly coronavirus. Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said that they cannot prevent the arrival of Afghans, but there
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 5, 2020 U.S. defense chiefs have told lawmakers that the initial results from the Taliban peace deal have been mixed, but they insisted that the extremist group is adhering to much of the agreement despite a flare-up of deadly violence in Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told a Senate panel