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Pakistan Played Role in Afghanistan’s Eid Cease-Fire
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News July 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan played a key role in the June cease-fire Afghanistan made with the Taliban designed to allow the country to celebrate the holy festival of Eid peacefully, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Islamabad said Thursday. “The recent cease-fire … I should acknowledge that Pakistan did have a role to
Playing cards in Helmand under the Taliban’s nose
BBC News: People in Helmand Province might be exhausted and desperate after many years of war and violence. But every Friday night, they still gather in dimly-lit rooms for a laugh and card games – right under the Taliban’s nose. Click here for more (external link).
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – July 5, 2018
Breakthrough made in fight to end virginity testing in Afghanistan
The Guardian (UK): New policy will stop clinics and hospitals from performing examinations that lead to imprisonment and exclusion – Condemned by the World Health Organization as degrading, discriminatory and unscientific, the practice of virginity testing has been widely used to ascertain whether a woman has committed adultery or had sex before marriage. Click here to read
Thousands affected by ongoing drought in Afghanistan
International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies: The drought which struck [Badghis] province earlier this year resulted in a shortage of grazing land and drinking water, affecting almost 95% of the farmers who rely on agriculture and livestock as their main source of income and food. Children living within these communities are also affected,
Faryab protesters block road to key port on border with Turkmenistan
1TV: Protesters in northern Faryab province on Thursday blocked road to key port of Aqina on border with Turkmenistan and threatened to block more roads and government offices. Hundreds of residents took to streets in Faryab after Nizamuddin Qaisari, a district police chief close to First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum, was detained by the
Pakistan Rejects US Call to Single-Handedly Push Afghan Taliban Into Peace Talks
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 5, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has urged the Taliban to accept the Afghan government’s unconditional offer of peace talks and rejected once again U.S. demands to single-handedly bring the insurgents’ leaders to the negotiating table. At a weekly news conference Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal reiterated Pakistan’s “full support” for
Car bomb kills 3 including Taliban commander in E. Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 5 (Xinhua) — Three militants including a Taliban senior commander were killed and four others injured in a car bomb in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Attaullah Khogiani said. “It was a car bomb and the explosive device, planted on the car, exploded in Nokar Khil area of
IS-Taliban Clashes Displace Hundreds in E. Afghanistan
VOA News July 4, 2018 Zia Urahman Hasrat Mohammad Habibzada WASHINGTON / NANGARHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN — Islamic State militants and Taliban insurgents have been fighting fiercely in eastern Kunar province for the past three days, displacing hundreds of families, Afghan officials told VOA. The displaced families, mostly women and children, are forced to take refuge in