Ayaz Gul VOA News December 16, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The U.S. military told VOA Monday it has not received orders to reduce troop levels in Afghanistan and remains fully committed to Afghan partners to achieve security objectives. However, officials in Afghanistan have confirmed to VOA that the United States plans to withdraw thousands of troops
Ariana: Abdullah’s electoral campaign warned that if the votes of 27 provinces are not recounted, they will not accept the preliminary results of the election. They insist that Independent electoral complaints commission should cooperate with them in this process. Meanwhile, the IECC stressed that this ‘demand’ will create problems. Younus Nawandish, a member of Abdullah’s
Tolo News: Afghan Muay Thai fighters got three gold medals at a competition hosted by the Uzbekistan Muay Thai Federation which was held in Tashkent from December 11 to 14. A team of five Muay Thai fighters from “Team B” of the national squad attended the event. The athletes also got a silver and a bronze
Tolo News: A clash in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, started late Saturday night and ended on Sunday night, nearly 20 hours after security forces surrounded the residence of Nizamuddin Qaisari, the former police chief of Faryab’s Qaisar district. The house was in Police District 5 (PD5) of Mazar-e-Sharif. Gen. Mohammad Ajmal Fayez, the provincial police chief, claimed
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 16, 2019 At least three Afghan police officers have been killed in an attack in the western city of Herat, officials say. Provincial police chief General Aminullah Amarkhil said a group of gunmen launched the assault late on December 15. Two attackers were killed in the ensuing battle and a
Tolo News: A former Afghan politician, Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, pled guilty in a US federal court on December 11 to “theft of public money,” admitting that he received over $100,000 in government benefits by concealing foreign travel and residency between July 2015 and December 2018, according to a statement by the US Department of Justice. Click
Tolo News: A clash that started late Saturday night in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province, is still ongoing. Security forces have surrounded the house of Nizamuddin Qaisari, the former police chief of Faryab’s Qaisar district, police officials confirmed. Afghan helicopters targeted the house of Nizamuddin Qaisari, and “special forces have arrived at the scene,” said police
1TV: Addressing an annual anti-corruption conference, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday ordered the acting interior minister to immediately arrest Zmaray Paikan, a former commander Civil Order Police. Paikan had been sentenced by the country’s anti-corruption court to over eight years in prison in late 2017, but he has not been arrested yet. Click here to