Economic Times: The US military is allegedly allowing members of the ISIS, which have suffered serious defeats in Syria and neighboring Iraq, to infiltrate Afghanistan even as US is engaged with peace talks with Taliban for sake of stability in the landlocked country. There are allegations that weapons are often transferred to the territory of Afghanistan
Ariana: According to government officials, President Ashraf Ghani is expected to inaugurate the National Assembly in the upcoming week. However, electoral observers and experts criticize the decision of opening the National Assembly, saying the move will create a new crisis if the new parliament is opened before the announcement of the final result of parliamentary elections
1TV: Civilian casualties have increased by 19 percent in Afghanistan, the country’s Independent Human Rights Commission said on Tuesday. A total of 3,032 civilians were killed while nearly 8,200 others were wounded during the last solar year 1397, the commission said in an annual report. The report attributed 53 percent of the casualties to the Taliban.
PYMTS.com: Afghanistan is looking to boost its ailing economy with bitcoin. At the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Khalil Sediq, governor at the Central Bank of Afghanistan, told The Asia Times that Afghanistan might issue a sovereign crypto bond that uses blockchain technology. The
1TV: The editor-in-chief of 1TV and senior journalist, Abdullah Khenjani, said that he was beaten up and briefly detained by the security guards of President Protective Service (PPS) as he was supposed to attend an off the record discussion at the Government Media Information Center on Monday. Click here to read more (external link). Related Video
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 22, 2019 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to express disappointment over the postponement of talks with the Taliban and to condemn the insurgent group’s recent announcement of a “spring offensive.” Some 250 Afghan politicians and civil society figures had been due to meet
Tolo News: The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has approved the extension of President Ashraf Ghani’s tenure until the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for September 28. Based on the Constitution, Ghani’s tenure ends on May 22. A number of presidential candidates described the court’s decision in defiance to the spirit of the law and accuse the president
Press TV April 21, 2019 A highly-placed member of the Taliban militant group says the next round of negotiations between the outfit and the United States will focus on the timetable for the pullout of all foreign troops from Afghanistan. In an interview with AFP in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday, the Taliban’s political spokesman Suhail