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Afghanistan Will Not Attend Upcoming Moscow Conference: MoFA
Ariana: The Afghan government will not attend the upcoming multinational conference on Afghanistan which will be held early next month in Moscow, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry in a statement said that Moscow will host the second round of last year’s meeting on Afghanistan which will be
Afghan Wushu Athlete Wins Bronze Medal At Asian Games
Tolo News: Khalid Hotak, a Wushu athlete, says he succeeded to defeat his Pakistani and Laos rivals to achieve the bronze medal. Khalid Hotak was the first athlete from Afghanistan who got a medal at the 2018 Asian Games – from amongst 80 other athletes who are representing the country at the event in Jakarta. Athletes
Is South Asia Strategy Working in Afghanistan?
Hasib Danish Alikozai VOA News August 21, 2018 WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks one year since U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his South Asia strategy with a focus on Afghanistan. Since then, Afghanistan has seen some of the worst violence since the U.S.-led invasion almost 17 years ago. In 2017, while announcing the strategy, Trump put forth
US Does Not Intend to Join Moscow Meeting on Afghanistan on September 4 – State Department
WASHINGTON, August 21 (Sputnik) – The United States will not take part in a scheduled meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow on September 4 and believes the initiative will not yield any progress toward a peace settlement in the country, a US Department of State official told Sputnik on Tuesday. “The United States does not intend
IS Claims Mortar Strike on Kabul During Eid Festivities
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 21, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency issued a statement Tuesday claiming responsibility for what it called a mortar strike on the presidential palace earlier in the day. A barrage of rockets hit Kabul, just as President Ashraf Ghani was on television delivering his address for the Muslim holy
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – August 21, 2018
Moscow Denies Claims About Russia’s Plans to Use Taliban to Fight IS in Afghanistan
MOSCOW, August 21 (Sputnik) – The Russian Foreign Ministry denied on Tuesday the allegations by the Afghan ambassador in Russia that Moscow was planning to use the Taliban against militants from the Islamic State terrorist group (IS banned in Russia) in Afghanistan. “We paid attention to the recent statement by the Ambassador of the Islamic
Noor Threatens to Boycott Elections and Form Interim Gov’t
Ariana: Atta Mohammad Noor, the former governor of Balkh province and CEO of Jamiat-e-Islami party on Tuesday warned that if transparency of the upcoming elections was not guaranteed, they would boycott the elections and would announce an interim government. Addressing at an Eid ceremony in Mazar-e-Sharif city, Noor said the political parties have set a two-week
All Militants Involved in Kabul Rocket Attack Likely to Be Dead – Reports
MOSCOW, August 21 (Sputnik) – All militants who were involved in a major rocket attack on the presidential palace in Kabul have likely been eliminated, local media reported Tuesday, citing the Afghan Interior Ministry. Earlier in the day, Afghan media reported that the Taliban fired up to 22 rockets in Kabul during President Ashraf Ghani’s