By Radio Free Afghanistan February 10, 2021 KABUL – Afghan officials say a district police chief and his bodyguards were killed after multiple bomb blasts rocked Kabul early on February 10. One of the attacks struck a police car in a western Kabul neighborhood, killing the city’s Police District 5 chief and his three bodyguards, a police source
By Radio Free Afghanistan February 9, 2021 KABUL — Afghan officials say unidentified gunmen have shot dead four government employees in the capital. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told reporters that the gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying staff from the Rural Rehabilitation and Development Ministry, killing four of them. A spokesman for the
Jeff Seldin VOA News February 9, 2021 WASHINGTON – The Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan – seemingly pushed to the brink last year following unrelenting pressure from the U.S. and Afghan militaries, and by multiple Taliban offenses – appears to have recovered and may soon look to strike further afield, according to U.S. military and
Tolo News: The Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on Tuesday said that up to 200 Afghan refugees are being sent back to Afghanistan from Turkey on daily basis. Noor Rahman Akhlaqi, minister of Refugee and Repatriation said that the Taliban is the main source of displacement of the people and that tens of thousands
1TV: The Afghan people are tired of war but they are not ready to sell their soul, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has said. Speakimg in an interview with US broadcaster PBS, Saleh said that US committed mistake by bypassing Afghan government and directly reaching out to Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Vice President Amrullah Saleh claimed Sunday that 85 percent of Taliban prisoners who were released as part of the US-Taliban deal have “re-assumed roles in unleashing violence.” “In a brazen act of noncompliance and defiance to the Doha agreement some 85% of the 5,500 released Taliban have re-assumed roles in unleashing violence and campaign
Tolo News: Some Afghan politicians have expressed different views about a draft outline of a future government, which they claim to have seen recently. Mohammad Ismail Khan, former mujahideen leader and former minister of energy and water, said the draft includes only the views of the United States and the Taliban; therefore, it is not
Thousands joined a rally in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif on February 7 to demand the authorities do more to free a kidnapped child. Abdul-Rauf, a 9-year-old ethnic Turkmen boy, has been held captive for more than three months by kidnappers who are demanding a ransom. The family accuses the authorities of
Ariana: Former Pakistani ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, said the agreement between the US and the Taliban has no element of peace and is basically a withdrawal pact for American troops from Afghanistan. “Taliban’s definition of peace is very different from that of the US or the Afghan government. The Taliban believes that once
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2021 Afghan police say at least three people, including members of the Afghan Hindu community, have been killed and four others wounded in three separate blasts in the capital, Kabul. The first explosion took place inside a shop in the Bagh-e Qazi area west of Kabul in the morning,