Ariana: An airstrike in Moqor district of Badghis province last night, killed all six members of a family. A member of Badghis provincial council, confirms that a residential place was attacked. He adds that it is not yet known whether the Afghan or foreign air forces have conducted the attack. Click here to read more (external
1TV: Afghanistan’s exports to China have been affected as the only airline that used to carry the country’s goods to the neighboring country suspended its flights due to the coronavirus outbreak. The airline used to carry 20 tonnes of Afghan goods mostly pine nuts through air corridor to China daily, but it didn’t happen on
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Kabul and the two held discussions on the Afghan peace process. “The US envoy briefed the president about his recent discussions with the Taliban and meeting with Pakistani officials, the Presidential Palace said on Saturday. Click
Press TVJanuary 31, 2020 A US government watchdog has announced a surge in violent attacks in its war in Afghanistan, saying they climbed to record levels in the last quarter of 2019. “Enemy-initiated attacks” rose sharply last year, with the fourth quarter seeing a total of 8,204 attacks — up from 6,974 in the same
AP: Afghanistan will need vast amounts of foreign funding to keep its government afloat through 2024, a U.S. agency said Friday, even as foreign donors are increasingly angry over the cost of debilitating corruption and the U.S. seeks a peace deal with Taliban to withdraw its troops from the country. International money pays for roughly
Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyJanuary 31, 2020 Two militants pushing a handcart were killed January 31 in western Kabul when explosives in the cart detonated accidentally, Afghan officials say. One bystander was wounded. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said investigators have not been able to link the two to any militant group. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws
Ayaz GulVOA NewsJanuary 30, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A senior Iranian diplomat has cast aspersions on U.S.-led efforts aimed at finding a negotiated settlement to the war in Afghanistan, and refuted allegations Tehran gives military aid to Taliban insurgents to hurt the peace process. Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan, Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, insisted while delivering a
1TV: Iran-trained militias could become a threat to Afghanistan, Mahmoud Saikal, Afghanistan’s former ambassador to the United Nations, said on Thursday. He said that US-Iran tensions could delay the Afghan peace process. According to Saikal, it was Taliban violence that dragged US to Afghanistan. “Therefore, it is important that instead of using Taliban as a tool, there