Tolo News: In reaction to Moscow’s bid to host a meeting on Afghan peace, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the talks will help the peace process and that the Russian government should respect an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process. Reports indicate that the meeting will be held in Moscow on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Ramon Taylor VOA News February 1, 2019 NEW YORK — In the spring of 2016, Reshad, a 32-year-old Afghan, came to feel his life was on the line for “working with infidels” in his job as a civil engineer contracted to the U.S. military. “In a matter of seconds, I found myself being targeted, with four
1TV: Afghanistan’s public health minister Ferozuddin Feroz has been singled out as the best minister in the world by a high-powered international conference. The World Government Summit is due to present Feroz with the award on the first day of the three-day annual gathering in Dubai, which will kick off on 10th February. Click here to
Tolo News: A number of protesting candidates from different provinces of the country on Friday accused the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC) of influencing the final results of the parliamentary elections. The candidates who came to Kabul from Badakhshan, Kunar and Sar-e-Pul provinces claimed that there has been a widespread corruption
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 31, 2019 A spokesman for the Taliban, which now reportedly controls nearly half of Afghanistan, has said that the group is not seeking to rule Afghanistan alone in any future government structure and wants to co-exist with current institutions, according to the Associated Press news agency. The statement by spokesman
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 30, 2019 ISLAMABAD — The United States and the Taliban have agreed to establish two “technical teams” to determine details for the eventual withdrawal of all American and NATO troops from Afghanistan and for preventing terrorists from using Afghan soil against America and its allies, the insurgent group said Wednesday. Chief
Tolo News: The Afghan National Cricket Team’s googly master Rashid Khan on Tuesday said cricket had changed Afghanistan, adding that everyone now follows the sport. Speaking after the announcement of the fixtures of the ICC T20 World Cup 2020, Rashid said his team would give their best during next year’s tournament. Rashid, the No.1-ranked T20I bowler, said
The New York Times: Mr. [Archer] Blood’s newly published cable sheds light on what really drove the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan only two months after his meeting with Mr. [Hafizullah] Amin. Spoiler alert: It was not because of terrorism, as claimed this month by President Trump, who said the Soviets were right to invade. Among