Ayaz Gul VOA News February 5, 2020 ISLAMABAD – U.S. President Donald Trump in the State of the Union address has endorsed peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying his administration is working to end America’s longest war to bring troops back home from that country. The Afghan insurgent group swiftly responded to Tuesday
Wuhan, China, home to the quickly spreading coronavirus is also a major university town that hosts thousands of foreign students including many Afghan students. Getting them home is tricky but Afghanistan’s health minister says, an isolated 100-bed hospital has been setup for returning students. VOA’s Haseeb Mawdoodi and Rahim Gul Sarwan have more in
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 5, 2020 An Afghan media watchdog has urged the government to take note of a demand for more media freedoms after numerous local media outlets issued a joint statement denouncing the “deterioration” of access to government-related information in the country. Sayed Ikram Afzali, the head of Integrity Watch Afghanistan, said
Ariana: On February 4th, 2020, the first special care center to fight coronavirus was established in Afghan-Japan Communicable Disease Hospital in Kabul. Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz says that the center offers 100 beds, and is dedicated to diagnose and cure coronavirus patients. The minister adds that if need be, they will establish such centers,
1TV: Speaking at a Heritage Foundation event this week, Jack Keane, a former vice chief of staff of the US Army, said that Pakistan’s intelligence service and its army have been supporting the Taliban. He said that Pakistan was harboring the Taliban at Miramshah and Quetta and it supported two fertilizer factories where 85 percent
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 4, 2020 KABUL — Dozens of Afghan media outlets have joined their voices to denounce the “deterioration” of access to government-related information in the country. In a joint statement issued on February 4, 30 media outlets including privately owned national TV channels, local broadcasters, and newspapers blamed the “carelessness” of the government
Press TV February 3, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has demanded “demonstrable evidence” from the Taliban that they have the capacity to reduce violence before signing a deal to end America’s longest war, even though official military figures show that in the last quarter of 2019 the US dropped a record number