Tolo News: Afghanistan’s football team played against Indonesia in a friendly match on Tuesday in Turkey. The first half of the match ended with neither side scoring. In the second half, Afghanistan scored one goal to win the game. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The United States special representative Tom West for peace in Afghanistan has met with Zamir Kabulov the Russian envoy for Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes: Former U.S. diplomat Carter Malkasian in his recent book on the war in Afghanistan says Ashraf Ghani as president had felt “centralized reform” was the strategy to defeat the Taliban and raise the country into modernity. Malkasian also points out what turns out to be quite a prescient passage in Ghani’s own book, Fixing Failed States
8am: According to the embassy, Qomi will meet with Taliban officials to discuss regional issues, refugees, humanitarian aid, the formation of an inclusive government and other economic issues. Click here to read more (external link). Related US supporting Daesh terrorists following defeat in Afghanistan, says Iran’s special envoy Iran Concerned By Rise of Extremism In
Al Jazeera: The Taliban is acting as a mediator between the Pakistani government and the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister has said. In an interview to the BBC’s Urdu service on Sunday, Amir Khan Muttaqi said the Afghan Taliban had stepped in at the “request” of both parties. Click
Ariana: The closure of high schools for girls has raised serious concerns among Afghans. “We can’t accept the upgrade as a principle. We hope that Taliban (IEA) will allow girls to continue their education and higher education as girls do in the other countries,” said Shukria Barakzai, an activist. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: Sanaullah, a relative of the victims, said his father and younger brother were killed. “One of them was my father and the other one my younger brother. Daesh members were living in a house and there was an explosion, and they were killed in that explosion,” he said. Click here to read more
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 15, 2021 Afghanistan’s national currency has reached its lowest level in the past two decades against the U.S. dollar as the war-ravaged country’s economy struggles to stay afloat following the Taliban takeover. The November 14 exchange rate on the foreign-exchange market Sarai Shahzada was quoted at 95 afghanis for one dollar. Two
Protests in Frankfurt Germany in support of the National Resistance Front and its leader @AhmadMassoud01 Thousands of people around the world are protesting today in support of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan.#NRF #freedom #November14 pic.twitter.com/loeQu9RCBu — Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) November 14, 2021 📍London pic.twitter.com/lXDYtIwHDf — Maryam AhmadShah Massoud (@massoud_maryam) November 14, 2021 Speech by
