Khaama Press: Thousands of residents of central Bamyan province participated in a demonstration on Friday to protest against the change of TUTAP power project route from Bamyan to Salang. The protesters demanded from the government to implement the 500kV project from Bamyan, accusing the unity government leaders for remaining reckless in development of Bamyan province. Click here
1TV: Mohammad Muhaqqiq, the second deputy for Afghanistan’s Chief Executive, has claimed that rejecting Bamyan as the route for electricity transmission from Central Asia is ‘discriminatory’. Afghanistan’s cabinet on Saturday decided that the 500 kV electricity grid TUTAP would pass through Baghlan province despite demonstrations that demanded it to pass via Bamyan. Click here to read
ABC News (AU): The empty Hindu Kush mountains along the fabled Silk Road trading route in central Afghanistan have served as both a lure for the adventurous and an effective barrier against the Taliban lurking beyond — until now. The extremists have steadily gained territory and influence throughout Afghanistan since most Western troops left in 2014. The progressive
Khaama Press: The First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum reaffirmed full support of Turkmen and Uzbeks to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. He was speaking during an international ceremony organized in ARG Presidential Palace to remember Ali Shir Navai. “We Turkmen of Afghanistan and we can say the Turkmen of Turkey and Uzbeks of Uzbekistan stand beside
Khaama Press: The Afghan government has brought changes in the controversial Article of Population Registration Act which was barring the distribution of electronic Identification (e-ID) cards. The changes in Article 6 of the Act have been incorporated during a meeting of the Law Committee of the Afghan Cabinet. The Office of the Second Vice President Sarwar Danish said
NBC News: KABUL, Afghanistan — Half of Kabul ground to a halt in celebration when the Afghan cricket team returned home this week after beating the West Indies at the World T20 tournament. Men on the streets danced the traditional attan, President Ashraf Ghani called the team to congratulate the players and a string of dignitaries met
Khaama Press: The former Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Rahmatullah Nabil has warned regarding ongoing attempts to create ethnic divisions among the Afghan people. Nabil issued an online statement amid intensifying tensions among the supporters of top political figures, General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Ata Mohammad Noor. Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 24, 2016 At least one person has died after a demonstration between supporters of two rival former warlords turned violent in northern Afghanistan. At least four people were also wounded in the March 24 violence in Maimana, the capital of Faryab Province. The clashes involved thousands of supporters of ethnic
VOA News March 3, 2016 KABUL—Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator says talks with Taliban-led insurgent groups are a “last opportunity” for accord, despite increasing violence during the past six months by armed opposition factions. Direct peace negotiations between Afghan government and Taliban delegates are expected to take place in neighboring Pakistan later this week. A four-nation
Khaama Press: The Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif met with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during a brief visit to capital Kabul. A spokesman for Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, General Asim Bajwa, said, Gen. Sharif had a brief stop over at Kabul to meet with