By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 30, 2019 As a former intelligence chief and an outspoken opponent of the Taliban, Rahmatullah Nabil has long been a marked man. As a candidate in Afghanistan’s presidential election in September, the dangers facing Nabil have increased exponentially. The Interior Ministry spent nearly a year devising an
Tolo News: Afghan military forces face heavy turnover rates and a lack of quality equipment, shortcomings that are keeping the country from being self-sustaining even after 18 years of war and $83 billion in US security support, the US special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, said on Monday. Click here to read more
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 30, 2019 The United Nations says more Afghan civilians were killed by government and NATO-led troops than by the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the first half of 2019. The U.N.’s mission in Afghanistan released a report Monday that showed a combined 717 civilians were killed by government and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 30, 2019 An Afghan soldier has shot and killed two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, officials say. A spokesman for the Afghan military said on July 30 that the two soldiers were killed when a member of the Afghan National Army opened fire on troops inside a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 29, 2019 WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump wants combat forces of the United States and its allies reduced in Afghanistan before the next U.S. presidential election in November 2020. Pompeo made the remarks on July 29 during a talk on foreign policy hosted
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 28, 2019 The Taliban has rejected a statement from a senior Afghan minister who said he hoped direct talks would begin within two weeks between the militant group and the government in Kabul. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, said on July 28 that negotiations
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 28, 2018 KABUL — A bomb has targeted the Kabul office of President Ashraf Ghani’s running mate, Amrullah Saleh — wounding the vice presidential candidate on the first day of campaigning for Afghanistan’s September 28 presidential election. Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said two people were killed and
Press TV July 27, 2019 US special envoy to “peace talks” with Afghan Taliban militants says they have vowed not to let future Afghanistan be turned into terrorists’ hotbed, an ostensibly awkward pledge from a group whose terror attacks ceaselessly kill both civilians and government troops across the militant-infested country. “The world needs to be sure
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 27, 2019 Jamila Afghani, an Afghan women’s rights activist, says women in her country should have a voice in decisions that affect them and that their concerns must be addressed in any peace deal with the Taliban. “Afghan women must be able to meaningfully participate in decisions that affect them,”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 27, 2019 At least three police officers have been killed and 12 wounded in a Taliban suicide bombing in Afghanistan. A police spokesman said the July 27 explosion targeted a district police headquarters in southeastern Ghazni Province. He said the Taliban, who control much of the province, used a stolen