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US to shift $600 million to border wall from account meant for Afghan forces
1TV: The United States will transfer $600 million to building border wall from an account meant for Afghan security forces, it has been reported. Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved the transfer of $1.5 billion from a variety of sources to build more than 80 miles of barriers on the border with Mexico. Click
Prominent Former Afghan TV Journalist Shot Dead In Kabul
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan May 11, 2019 KABUL — Afghan officials say prominent former television journalist Mena Mangal has been shot dead in Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Raimi said Mangal was shot dead in Kabul’s 8th district early on May 11 as she was waiting for a car. Witnesses to the shooting near
Cricket: Afghanistan Beat Scotland In Rain-Hit Game
Tolo News: Rahmat Shah hit 113 while Hashmatullah Shahidi and Mohammad Shahzad made half-centuries as Afghanistan defeated Scotland by two runs in a rain-hit ODI on Friday. Afghanistan are one of just 10 teams taking part in the World Cup which gets underway in England and Wales on May 30. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – May 10, 2019
U.S. Afghan Envoy Says ‘Faster Progress’ Needed In Talks With Taliban
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 10, 2019 The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan said on May 10 that “faster progress” is needed in peace talks with the Taliban as another round of discussions between the two sides came to an end. Zalmay Khalilzad said “steady but slow progress” was made in the round of discussions
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – May 9, 2019
Clandestine operations and CIA-backed forces endanger peace in Afghanistan
TRT World: It is doubtful that their operations in Afghanistan will stop, even after a possible peace deal with the Taliban. The CIA backs both militias and other ones similar to them, and as history taught us, the intelligence services often doing what they want. Click here to read more (external link). Related Top US General Suggests
Iran warns it may tell Afghan refugees to leave country
1TV: Squeezed by US sanctions, Iran on Wednesday warned that it may tell Afghan refugees to leave the country. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that more than 3 million Afghans are living in Iran with 2 million having been employed, IRNA reported. He said that the refugees remove 3 to 5 billion euros annually
German Police Accused Of Mistreating Afghan Resisting Deportation
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 9, 2019 A European Council watchdog committee has accused German police of mistreating an Afghan man being deported back to his homeland by squeezing his genitals. “To ill-treat a person by squeezing the genitals, a technique which is clearly aimed at inflicting severe pain to gain compliance, is both excessive