Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty By Rabia Akram and Frud Bezhan June 2, 2016 KABUL — Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansur in a U.S. drone strike has damaged the prospects of a negotiated peace settlement with the militant group. Karzai, in an interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal in Kabul
Khaama Press: Russian Foreign Ministry has said loyalists to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are as active as ever in Afghanistan. There are concerns that the loyalists of the group will attempt to expand activities and foothold across Afghanistan and into the Central Asia. Click here to read more (external link). Related
DNA India: The 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was a “tragic mistake”, Russia’s Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Y Dedov has said, but claimed that its not similar to Russia’s support for the “legitimate regime” of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. Click here to read more (external link).
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, April 27 (Xinhua) — One civilian was killed and two others injured as a bomb blast struck a car in the eastern Ghazni province on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Fahim Amiri said. “A magnetic bomb attached in a car of tribal elder Hajji Mirza Mohammad exploded at around 01:00 p.m. local time today
VOA News Fatima Tlisova, Noor Zahid April 26, 2016 For decades, Afghanistan’s Abdul Rashid Dostum has been a powerful player in the remote north of the restive country. As an army general and warlord, he aligned himself with America’s CIA when the Taliban was in power and helped the U.S. oust the militant group in 2001.
Press TV April 25, 2016 Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan dismisses speculation that Moscow has been backing Taliban in order to curb the Daesh Takfiri terrorists operating in some areas of Afghanistan. Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy told reporters in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday that “Russia has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan.” “We do not provide any
Khaama Press: The Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan are looking to expand to Central Asia and Russia. Kabulov, who is also the head of the Asia and Middle East department of the Russian foreign ministry, said the
VOA News Noor Zahid, Fatima Tlisova April 18, 2016 Russia is increasing diplomatic contacts with the Taliban insurgent group in Afghanistan as Moscow looks to counter Islamic State (IS) gains in Central Asia and increase its influence in the nation it once occupied. “We and the Taliban have channels for exchanging information,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
Khaama Press: Russia has agreed to turn a long-standing debt payable by Afghanistan into a non-refundable aid, the Afghan finance officials said Thursday. Finance Minister Eklil Ahmadi Hakimi welcomed and hailed Moscow’s commitment to strengthen and expand trade, economic and social relations between the two nations. Click here for more information (external link).
VOA News / February 24, 2016 Russia delivered 10,000 Kalashnikov rifles, along with millions of rounds of ammunition, to the Afghan government as part of a security agreement between the two nations. The rifles were delivered at a ceremony Wednesday at Kabul’s military airport. “The respected government of Russia has provided weapons along with its