Ariana: The parliament audit commission says it will refer acting mayor of Kabul, Abdullah Habibzai to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) over corruption charges. Head of the commission Hafiz Mansoor on Wednesday said that based on residents’ complaints, the acting Mayor Habibzai has changed the master plan of Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi area, and that [he] embezzled a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 11, 2018 The German Interior Ministry says one of the 69 Afghan asylum seekers deported from Germany last week committed suicide on his return home. “We received confirmation from the Afghan authorities today morning that one of passengers on the repatriation flight was found dead in accommodation in Kabul,” the
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 11, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A pair of heavily armed suicide bombers Wednesday stormed an education department office in eastern Afghanistan and killed at least 11 people. Witnesses said the assailants fired indiscriminately at staffers inside the building in Jalalabad, capital of the eastern Nangarhar province. A provincial government spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani,
Tolo News: Head of Dostum’s office, Enayatullah Babur Farahmand, said the army soldiers bound the hands of Qaisari’s security guards, beat them and shot some during the arrest. “People in the north demand the trial of the president [Ashraf Ghani] himself, who issued the order of such a heinous act and those who practiced this order
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 10, 2018 Britain is planning to almost double its number of troops in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced. May on July 10 said the British military will deploy an extra 440 troops, bringing the country’s total to about 1,100 as it looks to assist Afghan forces in their
1TV: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s second Vice President Sarwar Danish met with First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum on Monday evening and invited him to Afghanistan. During the meeting, Dostum also said that the government should give satisfactory response to civilian movements in north northeast of the country and release Nizamuddin Qaisari, police chief of Qaisar district
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s U-16 Football Team beat Kyrgyzstan 4-0 in their Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) U-16 tournament match on Monday night in Uzbekistan. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said in a statement on Tuesday that by beating Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, the defending champions, walk away in second place. Afghanistan beat Tajikistan 1-0 on Sunday but the
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 10, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Islamic scholars from around the world opened a two-day conference in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to debate the Afghanistan war and urge the Taliban insurgency to seek a settlement through peace negotiations. But a Taliban statement issued just hours before the meeting has warned participants against declaring
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 10, 2018 A suicide bombing close to a security checkpoint In the Afghan city of Jalalabad has killed at least 12 people, with the extremist group Islamic State (IS) claiming responsibility for the attack. The dead in the attack on July 10 included at least eight civilians and two security