Nasir Shansab via The Washington Times: A recent international study finds that Afghanistan is the world’s most insecure country. What has gone wrong? After Soviet forces quit Afghanistan in February 1989, and the Mujahedin toppled the Afghan Communist regime in 1992, Washington was in a hurry to forget war-shattered Afghanistan. That policy of neglect and abandonment of a Cold War ally was the
Tolo News: The Afghan peace process “must be fully Afghan-owned and Afghan-led,” former President Hamid Karzai said at the 8th World Peace Forum in China on Tuesday, according to Xinhua report. “Progress is there between the United States and the Taliban, and hopefully, it is one that will ensure lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan,”
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 9, 2019 KABUL — The Taliban and a delegation representing Afghan society have agreed at talks in Qatar upon a road map for a future political settlement in what is seen as a major step toward ending Afghanistan’s nearly 18-year war. However, there are major discrepancies between different versions
By Zarif Nazar Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 8, 2019 DOHA — U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has described the latest round of U.S.-Taliban peace talks as the “most productive” ever, telling RFE/RL that “a lot of progress” has been made. Khalilzad made the remarks in an interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan on July 7
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 7, 2019 The Taliban set off a car bomb in central Afghanistan killing 12 people and wounding 179 others just as representatives of the militant group were taking part in a two-day conference in Qatar aimed at bringing peace to the troubled central Asian nation. The attack in Ghazni,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 7, 2019 Dozens of Afghan delegates, including political figures, women, and other stakeholders, are attending an Intra-Afghan Dialogue Conference in Qatar involving negotiators from the Taliban. Just hours before the gathering began in Doha on July 7, the militant group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the Afghan city
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 6, 2019 An Afghan delegation that includes dozens of members of the country’s political elites and civil society left Kabul for Doha on July 6 to attend all-Afghan talks focused on ongoing peace efforts. The delegation, which does not include Afghan government representatives, is expected to meet with Taliban officials
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 6, 2019 At least two people have been killed and some 20 others wounded in a bomb blast inside a Shi’ite mosque in the Afghan city of Ghazni, officials said on July 6. The explosion occurred late on July 5 when the Mohammadiya mosque in Ghazni’s Khak-e-Ghariban area was packed
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 5, 2019 More than 2,000 families who had left their villages in eastern Afghanistan amid military operations and militant attacks have returned home as the security situation improved, local authorities in the province of Nangarhar say. Ataullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, told RFE/RL that the