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US Hails FIFA Ban on Ex-Afghan Soccer Official
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 12, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The United States has hailed FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, for slapping a five-year ban on a former senior official of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) for failing to act on sexual abuse allegations brought by the country’s female players. “Survivors of sexual abuse deserve justice
Trump: It Is Time To Pull U.S. Troops Out Of Afghanistan
Ariana: U.S. President Donald Trump stressed that it is time bring U.S. troops back home from Afghanistan. Speaking at his campaign rally in Minneapolis, Mr. Trump said, “We were supposed to be in Afghanistan for a short period of time. We’re now going to be there for close to 19 years. It’s time to bring them
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – October 11, 2019
Kabul Closes Consulate In Peshawar Over Afghan Market Ownership Dispute
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal October 11, 2019 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Afghanistan says it has shut down its consulate in Peshawar in protest at a police raid at the northwestern Pakistani city’s Afghan Market. The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad on October 11 condemned the overnight raid in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province’s capital, and accused the provincial government
FIFA Bans Former Afghan Soccer Official For Violations Relating To Sexual-Abuse Complaints
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 11, 2019 FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, has banned the former general secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) for five years for violations concerning the abuse of female players. FIFA said in a statement on October 11 that Sayed Aghazada was guilty of “various violations” of the FIFA Code of Ethics
‘Evergreen’: Afghan Elvis’s legacy endures, decades after death
AFP: Sporting a black quiff and sideburns, Ahmad Zahir sang of love and heartbreak in liberal 1970s Kabul – a city now plagued by war and suffering, but where the popularity of Afghanistan’s “Elvis” remains undimmed 40 years after his death. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – October 10, 2019
Former Afghan Warlord Hekmatyar Claims Two-Thirds of Ghani Votes Fraudulent
By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 10, 2019 KABUL – Two-thirds of the votes cast for incumbent Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in last month’s presidential election were cast without proper biometric verification and fraudulent, a leading rival candidate, former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said Oct. 7, joining a chorus of candidates making similar accusations. “This election