Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 17, 2020 Rohullah Anwari Sharifullah Sharafat Abubakar Siddique ASADABAD, Afghanistan — Every day brings a new challenge of survival for Saima, an Afghan widow in her 30s. She struggles to keep her four children warm and fed in the bitter cold that has descended in eastern Afghanistan, where winter snows
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 17, 2020 Farangis Najibullah Mumin Ahmadi Tajikistan has deployed additional troops along its southern border with Afghanistan after Afghan authorities claimed a group of militants from Tajikistan played a major role in the Taliban’s capture of an Afghan district last month. Afghan officials said the majority of the militants who
By Radio Mashaal December 16, 2020 Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the continuation of the war in neighboring Afghanistan was not in the Taliban’s “interest anymore,” after holding talks with a Taliban delegation in Islamabad. The Taliban delegation, led by the militant group’s top political leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, arrived in the Pakistani
By Radio Free Afghanistan December 16, 2020 Afghan officials say at least 13 police officers have been killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in the northern province of Baghlan. Three more police officers were wounded in a separate attack on a checkpoint in the same province. Both attacks occurred in areas of the provincial
By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 15, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The deputy governor of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was killed in a targeted attack Tuesday morning when someone stuck a magnetic mine, also called a sticky bomb, to his car. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the attack on Mahbubullah Muhibbi also killed his secretary and wounded
By Mansoor Khosrow and Mustafa Sarwar Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 14, 2020 FIROZ KOH, Afghanistan — Nasima, an Afghan woman and claimant, often travels more than 125 kilometers to pursue her divorce case in Ghor, a remote rural province in western Afghanistan. The 22-year-old, who like many Afghans goes by one name only, says
Radio Free Afghanistan December 14, 2020 Taliban militants have killed at least 10 members of the Afghan security forces in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said on December 14, as the government announced that peace talks will resume next month. The attack occurred in the Imam Sahib district of the province, local counsellors Ghulam
Tolo News: US and NATO’s Resolute Support forces commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller on Sunday said that he “has orders to reduce the US military presence to 2,500” and that “part of this is in line with US-Taliban agreement.” He said that the troop reduction will be done “in accordance with conditions.” Click here
Ariana: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Saturday on his Facebook page – after his daily 6.30am security meeting – that “Daesh Taliban” had warned government against executing any prisoners and said if this happened they would turn “Kabul into a Shia slaughterhouse”. Click here to read more (external link). More Security News Ten rockets
1TV: Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said on Saturday that the peace talks, which are currently happening in Qatar, should be held within Afghanistan. Mohib said that the government is ready to hold talks with the Taliban in any area of the country the group wants. Click here to read (external link). Related Next