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Helmand Peace Activists Claim Ghani ‘Criticized’ Them
Tolo News: Members of the Helmand peace convoy on Thursday blasted President Ashraf Ghani for having reportedly criticized the activists. “The president criticized us and said that we (peace activists) were not polite and spoke in a colorful way. But we told him (Ghani) that we conveyed to him what the people wanted,” said Mohammad
Over 10 Troops Killed in Taliban Attack in Northern Afghanistan – Lawmaker
MOSCOW, June 21 (Sputnik) – The Afghan radical movement Taliban attacked on Thursday army checkpoints in the northern Faryab province, killing 14 security forces personnel amid the government’s unilateral ceasefire, a provincial lawmaker told the Xinhua news agency. “Taliban rebels launched multi-pronged offensives on the checkpoints of national army on a road in Khawja Sabzpush
Will Australia Provide Justice for Afghanistan War Crimes?
Human Rights Watch: The accounts are both shocking and horribly familiar. Soldiers acting as if they were above the law assault and murder civilians in a barbaric competition to outdo each other. New recruits compelled to prove themselves by killing. The victims are not enemies in battle but the elderly, men with disabilities, a farmer
18,000 Afghans returned home from Turkey in six months
Tolo News: Some of the returnees were deported by the Turkish authorities. Currently, there are 100,000 Afghans living in Turkey, according to Alima, deputy minister of refugees. Rights groups have criticized Turkey for deporting migrants back to conflict-torn countries, including Afghanistan, saying it was putting their lives at risk. Click here to read more (external link).
Govt Accused Of ‘Engineering’ Next Election
Tolo News: “I want to ask the people not to sacrifice their lives for this election and neither vote for me nor should they let their children be sacrificed for this process. This process (elections) is a rigged process,” the first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, Humayun Humayun, said. Click here to read more (external
Tajikistan ready to provide training for specialists of Afghanistan
AKIPress: President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon today met with CEO of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah… “Tajikistan is ready to train specialists of Afghanistan in health care, agriculture, irrigation, construction, architecture, technologies and other spheres,” Rahmon stressed. Click here to read more (external link). Related Uzbekistan, Afghanistan sign memo on establishment of business council
US Wastes $249Mln on Failed 12-Year Afghan Road Project – Inspector General
WASHINGTON, June 20 (Sputnik) – The US government has spent at least $249 million over the past dozen years on an Afghan road project that is only 15 percent complete and more money is expected to be wasted going forward, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a new report on Wednesday.
1TV Afghanistan Dari News – June 20, 2018
US Claims About Russia Supporting Taliban in Afghanistan Groundless – Moscow
SAMARA, June 20 (Sputnik) – The US claims that Russia allegedly supports the Taliban movement in Afghanistan are groundless and seek to divert attention from Washington’s failures in the Asian nation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. Earlier on Wednesday, the Khaama news agency cited Lt. General Austin Scott Miller, the newly