Ayaz Gul VOA News March 5, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Thursday that an investigation can go ahead into war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the United States and other warring parties to the conflict in Afghanistan The global court in the Hague overturned an April 2019 rejection of the
Tolo News: The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned recent statements by Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, calling them an “irresponsible interference” in Afghanistan’s affairs. Pakistan’s FM Qureshi gave opinions about َthe prisoner release, and a retired Pakistani general called for a regime change in Kabul [using Pakistan’s “asset” the Taliban]. Click here to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 4, 2020 The United States has conducted a “defensive” air strike against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province after a checkpoint manned by Afghan forces was attacked. “The US conducted an airstrike on March 4 against Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, who were actively attacking an #ANDSF checkpoint.
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 3, 2020 ISLAMABAD – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone Tuesday with a top leader of the Taliban insurgency about the landmark peace deal the two sides recently signed in Qatar that aims to end a nearly 19-year-old war in Afghanistan, America’s longest. A Taliban readout of what it
Michael Hughes: The newly-inked U.S.-Taliban “peace” agreement – a pact that excludes the actual sitting internationally-recognized government of Afghanistan – will never bring peace to the war-torn country because it was never really designed to. The agreement and February 29 signing ceremony in Doha are all part of a publicity charade that will weaponize President Donald
1TV: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday called on the Taliban to leave Pakistan and open office in Afghanistan. “If the Taliban talk prisoner release and have it as a condition, we also have conditions, they should tell me when will they leave Pakistan?,” Ghani asked during a visit to eastern Nangarhar province. The Taliban
Press TV March 3, 2020 The Taliban have carried out over a dozen attacks on Afghan military bases shortly after they signed a so-called peace deal with the United States. An unnamed Afghan Defense Ministry official told AFP on Tuesday that the militants had conducted attacks on government forces in 13 of the country’s 34
Tolo News: An estimated $2 billion in government revenue has been lost due to inactivity from a copper mine–the country’s largest–in the last 10 years, TOLOnews findings reveal, based on projections of the mine’s worth since a deal was made between the Afghan government and a Chinese company in May 2008. Click here to read