8am: Sources reported on Friday, 14 April, that the incident took place in the evening on the previous day near the village of Chanzi on the Takhar-Kunduz highway as the doctor was traveling from Kunduz to Takhar. Some sources, who wish to remain anonymous, claim that the doctor was targeted by the Taliban. The Taliban
Ariana: “I heard both condemnation and support for Taliban conduct and different recommendations for how the intl community should address challenges. But every Afghan participant voiced support for dialogue and opposition to armed conflict as a solution to the country’s challenges,” West said on Twitter. Click here to read more (external link).
Navbahor Imamova VOA News April 14, 2023 WASHINGTON — A gathering of regional foreign ministers to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan this week brought little in the way of new initiatives but provided a forum for several of Kabul’s neighbors to blame the country’s economic plight on the United States and its Western allies. The United
8am: According to local sources, after recent clashes between Taliban and the Freedom Front forces in Parwan, this group has detained at least 100 residents of Salang district. Sources on Friday, April 14, reported to Hasht-e Subh that individuals from various parts of Salang were arrested over the past two days on charges of collaboration
Khaama: The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Thursday that a Chinese Company, Gochin expressed its interest in investing $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium deposits. According to the statement, the acting minister for mine and Petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar, met with the Chinese company representatives in Kabul. Since the Taliban takeover of the country,
Hindustan Times: Pakistan Army has been reminded of its financial crisis and inability to fight Taliban after country’s defence minister Khawaja Asif threatened to bomb Afghanistan for hosting TTP terrorists. Noted Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary gave a reality check to Asif, reminding him of his own words that even a superpower like America could not
GCR: A US military contractor was sentenced this week to three years and 10 months in prison for accepting bribes from an Afghan contractor. Orlando Clark, 57, of Smyrna in Georgia, was deployed to Afghanistan to evaluate bids for US-funded reconstruction contracts in 2011 and 2012. The Department of Justice said Clark and co-conspirator Todd
Khaama: On Friday afternoon, an earthquake of 4.4 magnitudes struck the northeastern province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan province, Faizabad city. According to Indian National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremor of 4.4 magnitudes occurred at 1:43 pm local time on Friday with the epicentre of 124km South West of Faizabad, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. The earthquake had