Tolo News: Former president Hamid Karzai held a press conference on Monday and urged the Afghan government and Afghan forces to defend the freedom of speech and the people’s rights in the country. Karzai, addressing President Ghani, said the country’s situation is deteriorating and “we must not let the situation worsen.” Click here to read
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 25, 2019 ISLAMABAD – An international rights group on Monday demanded authorities in Afghanistan immediately release two local human rights defenders who exposed an alleged pedophile ring involved in the abuse of hundreds of school children. In a statement, Amnesty International accused Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, National Directorate of Security (NDS),
Tolo News: A group of Farah residents gathered in Farah city on Sunday to protest the killing of nine civilians who they claim were targeted in an airstrike in Posht Rod district on Saturday. They brought the bodies on Saturday evening to the governor’s office and called for an investigation into the incident. Click here to
Ariana: An explosion hit the vehicle of the United Nations organization in the capital Kabul, the Interior Ministry confirmed. One foreign national was killed and five civilians including two staff members of the United Nations were injured after a grenade was thrown on UN vehicle, Rahimi added. Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News
1TV: Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission said on Saturday it invalidated votes from 1,179 polling stations in the recount and audit process. They are among 2,423 polling stations which were reported open on election day, but did not send any results, biometric devices or biometric data or only sent the results but no biometric devices/memory cards and
Tolo News: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) warned on Saturday that if the electoral teams continue to oppose the recount process, the commissioners will call for government intervention. According to IEC officials, provincial offices are currently closed in seven provinces because of boycotting election team members. Those provinces are:Faryab, Sar-e Pol, Jawzjan, Badakhshan, Panjshir, Baghlan and
1TV: China has not taken steps that would make it a real contributor to Afghanistan’s stabilization, a top US State Department official said on Thursday. “I see opportunities for the United States and China to be important partners in reinforcing the need for a negotiated political settlement you see ambassador Khalilzad regularly consulting with his Chinese
Tolo News: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, or AIHRC, in a new report claims that violence against women in the country has increased 8 percent with 2,762 cases this year. The report, which was made public at a gathering in Kabul on Saturday, compares 2,536 cases of violence against women over seven months of last