Tolo News: The third anniversary of the death of Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, an influential jihadi leader, was observed in Kabul on Wednesday. “After the Taliban regime was toppled, Marshal Fahim played a major role in formation of a new government and bringing peace to Afghanistan.’’ Click here to read more (external link). Related A Brief Look
Tolo News: February 15 marks the anniversary of the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan after a bloody nine-year war. The war lasted nine years and in that time an estimated one million civilians, including children, were killed, along with 90,000 Mujahideen fighters, more than 20,000 Afghan troops and over 14,000 Soviet soldiers. Click here
BBC News: Bright, busy and colourful, newly digitised pages of Zhvandun magazine – Life, in English – reveal the aspirations of Afghanistan’s elite during decades of political and social change. It rolled off presses through most of the second half of the 20th Century, mixing articles on global affairs, society and history with fun stuff on
Tolo News: Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani inaugurated Afghanistan’s first ever embassy in Greece on Monday and held talks with Greek officials during his trip to Athens. This was the first visit of a senior Afghan delegation to Greece. Rabbani said his meetings with Greek officials were aimed at strengthening political, economic and trade ties between
Newsweek: Researchers are using drones to identify archaeological sites across Afghanistan that external forces like the Taliban have made impossible to safely visit in person. They’ve more than tripled Afghanistan’s catalog of known archaeological features, according to Science, bringing the number above 4,500. These span roughly two millennia and include everything from massive shelters for caravan
Tolo News: Officials from Afghanistan Football Federation called the award as a historic achievement for the country. Afghanistan Football Federation won the award for aspiring member association of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for 2017. Afghanistan was nominated for the award in the same category with Guam Football Association. The ceremony was held in Thailand where
The Diplomat: Afghanistan has recently been the scene of a debate on what the real name of one of its official languages is. Afghanistan has two official languages, Pashto and Dari. However, most Dari speakers natively call their language Farsi or Persian. According to Radio Free Europe, the dispute over the name of the language was
Tolo News: For the first time in history, two Afghan athletes will take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Pyeong Chang 2018, in February. Alishah Farhang and Sajjad Hussaini will be the country’s first skiers to represent Afghanistan at a winter Olympics. Click here
Tolo News: Shaheen Asmayee, the 2016 Afghan Premier League (APL) champions faced off Simorgh Alborz, the fifth season third place winners, in the first of a two-leg semi-finals match at the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) stadium on Thursday might. Shaheen Asmayee beat Simorgh Alborz 1-0. This was the first night match in over 40 years in
VOA News / September 10, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Nancy Hatch Dupree, a prolific American expert on the history, art, and archaeology of Afghanistan, died Sunday at the age of 90 after battling an illness in a Kabul hospital, officials announced. Dupree arrived in the country in 1962 as a diplomat’s wife and dedicated the