1TV: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday left for the United Kingdom where he will attend Afghanistan’s World Cup match against hosts England. The match, which will be Afghanistan’s fifth in the tournament, is scheduled to held in Manchester city on Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Afghanistan beat Hong Kong
1TV: Addressing the fifth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday reiterated call on countries to deny safe haven to terrorists and tools that they use for their activities. For this, he said countries should increase cooperation, as “no country by itself alone
Tolo News: The national taekwondo fighters from Afghanistan topped the Asian Taekwondo Open Championship – G1 in India by getting nine medals, including four gold medals, three silver, and two bronze medals. Click here to read more (external link).
AFP: Two-year-old Farid should have been vaccinated against polio, but his family — like many in rural Afghanistan — believed the conspiracy theories and refused to have him inoculated. Militants and religious leaders tell the community that vaccines are a Western conspiracy aiming to sterilise Muslim children, or that such programmes are an elaborate cover for
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani, who spoke at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday said breakthroughs in the Afghan peace process will take time without a regional consensus and addressing Taliban’s independencies with their supporters. Ghani said that despite the uncertainty, the SCO member states have reasons for optimism, for adherence to
A tower in the ancient Ghaznain Fort in Ghazni’s old city collapsed on Tuesday. The fort had 32 towers, most of which have collapsed over the past few years due to “inattention” by relevant government departments. pic.twitter.com/fvo9ntb3Vo — TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) June 11, 2019 BBC News: An ancient tower in the Afghan city of Ghazni has collapsed,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 13, 2019 A senior U.S. general says the Islamic State (IS) extremist group remains a “very worrisome” presence in Afghanistan, but it is unlikely to mount an attack on the U.S. homeland because it is under strong military pressure. Marine General Frank McKenzie, who heads the U.S. Central Command, on