1TV Afghanistan Dari News – January 14, 2022
Ariana: Da Afghanistan Bank (Central Bank of Afghanistan), said Thursday, said that Automated Teller Machine (ATM) services by commercial banks will be resumed in the country. Da Afghanistan Bank, so far, has not disclosed the amount of money people can withdraw from the ATMs. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Zainab, a young girl was shot dead at a security checkpoint while she was on her way home from a wedding party along with other relatives, her family claimed. Zainab’s family said their car was stopped at a checkpoint by the Islamic Emirate forces. The forces of the Islamic Emirate opened fire on
8am: Sources in Maimana confirmed that a civilian named Parwiz was killed and a woman was wounded during the clash among Taliban members in the city. Family members of the slain man stated that Parwiz has been killed by Pashtun Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS January 13, 2022 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to immediately inject liquidity into the Afghan economy and ensure the country’s central bank is preserved as millions face starvation and death. The global community, led by the United States, since the collapse of Kabul has made extensive efforts to bypass
Taliban's most senior Uzbek commander Makhdoom Alam has been arrested in Mazar-e-Sharif Wednesday based on an order by Mullah Fazel, Taliban's deputy defense minister.Following his arrest, hundreds of disgruntled people took to the streets of Faryab's Maimana city in protest. pic.twitter.com/aA9pw14Wq6 — Afghanistan Times (@AfghanistanTime) January 13, 2022 Taliban fighters of the Uzbek nation took
Fox News: The hundreds of millions of dollars that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged to send to Afghanistan will be going into the wrong hands, nonprofit rescue groups warn. The funds, over $308 million in all, “are not going to go in the hands of the average Afghan, it is
Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 13, 2022 When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, government officials, retired military officers, and hard-line clerics in neighboring Pakistan celebrated the militant group’s return to power. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Taliban had broken the “shackles of slavery” by toppling the Western-backed Afghan government. But
Bloomberg: The Afghanistan economy was already in bad shape, with heavy reliance on foreign dollars, prior to the collapse of the government and the takeover by the Taliban. Since the fall, things have gotten even worse, with inflation accelerating and GDP plunging. There are multiple factors driving the leg lower, though the main one is
