Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 27, 2019 Afghanistan’s electoral authorities said preliminary results from last month’s presidential election will be delayed for weeks. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said the preliminary results of the September 28 election will be announced on November 14. The preliminary results were originally meant to be released on October 19.
Steve Herman VOA News October 27, 2019 WHITE HOUSE – A U.S. military special forces operation in northwest Syria successfully targeted and “violently eliminated” Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Donald Trump announced in a nationally televised Sunday morning address. “Last night the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice,”
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 27, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The U.S. chief peace negotiator for Afghanistan met leaders in Kabul Sunday after arriving in the country on an unannounced visit, his first since President Donald Trump halted talks with Taliban insurgents on ending the Afghan war. Officials said Zalmay Khalilzad was accompanied among others by
NYT: WhatsApp has proliferated in the highest echelons of the Afghan government — as well as among the Taliban. In the last five years, WhatsApp has become second only to Facebook as a way for Afghans to communicate with one another, and with the outside world. The app, which is owned by Facebook, has now also fully
Ariana: An intra-Afghan meeting that was scheduled to be held in China [was] delayed for an unspecified period of time after representatives of United States, China, Russia, and Pakistan met in Moscow on Friday. The two-day conference was scheduled for October 28 between representatives of Taliban and Afghan politicians including Kabul government officials. Click here to
Tolo News: Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of US Forces in Afghanistan on Saturday commended the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces for their role in the recent elections and said that these forces are developing well and are upgraded. Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of NATO’s Defense Ministers’Meeting in Brussel, the top
Tolo News: The first round of female Under 18 rugby qualifying competitions will be Kabul on Saturday. In this one-day competition, 48 athletes from four schools from Kabul will participate and 18 players will be eligible to try out for the women’s national rugby team. Click here to read more (external link).
The Guardian (UK): In a deeply conservative society ravaged by years of war, Afghan women still want to be free to wear clothes with style -There’s a steady stream of customers coming through the doors of Rahiba Rahimi’s fashion studio. The 25-year-old’s bold, intricate designs are fitted on mannequins and hung on rails around her