By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 16, 2019 Turnout in Afghanistan’s presidential election was already a record low, at around 26 percent. But it could sink more as election authorities sift through the votes cast in the September 28 poll. The election commission could discard more than 700,000 of the 2.7 million votes
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 16, 2019 At least three police officers were killed and about 36 people, including 20 children, were wounded when a vehicle bomb exploded near a police station in eastern Afghanistan on October 16. The explosion near the police headquarters in the Alishang district of Laghman Province also partially destroyed a
Tolo News: India’s national football team had a 1-1 draw against Bangladesh on Tuesday night in a qualifying match for both the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Afghanistan is in a group with Bangladesh, Oman, Qatar and India. Afghanistan will host India at Central Republican Stadium in Tajikistan on November 14. Click here
By Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 15, 2019 When Sakhidad started working as a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan at the age of 19, he hoped his “faithful and valuable” service would earn him a special U.S. immigrant visa and eventual U.S. citizenship. In 2011, after two years on the job,
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 15, 2019 ISLAMABAD – A United Nations investigation has found insurgent attacks targeting the recent presidential electoral process in Afghanistan caused nearly 460 civilian casualties, including 85 deaths. The special report by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released Tuesday, blames more than 80 percent of the casualties on
Tolo News: Gunmen associated with Commander Zalmay, a member of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami group, have killed three members of a family–including one child– in Baghlan province, security sources told TOLOnews. Security sources said that the gunmen killed the family following a brawl over 70,000 Afs in Khalazayee village in Baghlan province. Click here to read more
Tolo News: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday called for an investigation to be launched to assess a $255,000 salary received by Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, the acting Minister of Finance–and top adviser to President Ashraf Ghani–by the US-based Institute for State Effectiveness. Earlier this week TOLOnews obtained documents revealing that Qayoumi received a $255,000 salary from