Ayaz Gul VOA News June 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s President, Ashraf Ghani has announced his forces will halt offensive operations next Tuesday until June 20 to encourage the Taliban to seek a peaceful resolution to the war. In a nationally televised speech Thursday, Ghani explained he has taken the unilateral move in response to an
VOA News | June 6, 2018: A group of Afghan female deminers is being trained in Bamyan province in central Afghanistan. Many civilian casualties in Afghanistan are attributed to explosive remnants of war and other improvised explosive devices. The Danish Demining Group pledges to train more women in this field, if the initiative is approved in
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Anti-corruption efforts in Afghanistan continue to face challenges of capacity, resources, lack of action against powerful individuals, and the presence of “unqualified and potentially corrupt actors” in key government institutions combating corruption. Those findings are part of a report conducted by the U.S. Special Inspector General for
Tolo News: The Independent Human Rights Watch has found that more than 64,100 civilians were killed and wounded in wars and suicide attacks in the country in the past nine years. A new report states that 23,130 civilians were killed and 40,974 were wounded of which 52 percent were men, 18 percent were children, 7 percent
The Diplomat: The concept of special economic zones in Afghanistan is not intentional, rather accidental. The scheduled withdrawal plan of U.S. and NATO forces in 2014 left a huge amount of infrastructure to Afghan forces. This included $2 billion worth of infrastructure and equipment at eight strategic airfields in the country, equipped with sophisticated machinery and a well-developed
Ariana: NATO is discussing ways to extend funding for the Afghan forces beyond 2020, the alliance Secretary General said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted that around 3,000 more trainers have been sent to Afghanistan in the past few months, and that discussions are underway to extend funding
Press TV June 6, 2018 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to send troops to Afghanistan for what is said to be a training and support mission in the war-torn country. The Afghan National Security Council (NSC) announced in a statement that it had approved a proposal by the Emirates to send the forces at a
Press TV June 6, 2018 Authorities in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region have expanded a 24-hour curfew to avert further clashes between tribesmen and militants. An unnamed senior government official in the city of Peshawar said on Wednesday that the curfew had been “tightened and extended” to the entire South Waziristan region along the Afghan border.
Tolo News: Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets on Tuesday in the second of three T20I matches in India. Chasing a target of 135 runs, Afghanistan went over the line with more than one over to spare. Rashid Khan was named player of the match while Nabi and Shenwari were also lauded for their performance. Click