Ayaz Gul VOA News September 15, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The U.S. peace envoy for Afghanistan says he secured a last-minute deal with the Taliban in mid-August to keep the insurgents outside Kabul while they negotiated a political transition. But, he says, President Ashraf Ghani’s decision to flee the country scuttled that plan. Afghan-born envoy Zalmay
Press TV September 15, 2021 The Taliban are considering the creation of regular armed forces in Afghanistan in the near future. The group’s Chief of Staff Qari Fasihuddin said during a press conference in Kabul on Wednesday that consultations on the matter were ongoing. The Afghan army reportedly had more than 300,000 service members, in
Hundreds of people marched in Kandahar on September 14 to protest against what they say are plans by the Taliban to evict them from their homes. Many of those said to be facing eviction are widows or wives of Afghan soldiers killed or wounded in action over the past 20 years in fighting against
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 15, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan military officials on Wednesday said at least seven soldiers were killed in a gunfight with militants in a remote district bordering Afghanistan. An army statement said security forces, acting on intelligence, raided a suspected terrorist hideout in South Waziristan and suffered the casualties in the
Jeff Seldin VOA News September 14, 2021 WASHINGTON – There are growing indications that supporters of both the al-Qaida and Islamic State terror groups have their sights set on Afghanistan, emboldened by the Taliban takeover of the country late last month. Initial reports over the past week or so have highlighted an uptick in chatter
Bernard-Henry Levi via The Globe and Mail: I maintain that the nobility, beauty and greatness of humanity belong, in this case, not to the conquerors but to the conquered. Not to the barbarians, but to Ahmad Massoud, whom I did not hesitate to praise last year in the presence of his commanders, saying that a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 14, 2021 The Taliban is denying reports that the former head of their political office in Doha has been killed in a shoot-out with another senior Taliban figure during an argument over how to divide power in a Taliban-led caretaker government. The denials come amid persistent rumors of internal divisions
اسماعیل خان: حکومت طالبان دوام نمیکند، مقاومت پنجشیر گسترش مییابد محمد اسماعیل خان چهره شناخته شده جهادی در گفتگو با رسانه ایرانی «انتخاب» گفته است که مقاومت پنجشیر تنها نیست؛ کم کم بقیه ولایتهای افغانستان هم همکاری خود را اعلام میکنند.#آماج_نیوز pic.twitter.com/joEwydGz24 — Aamaj News (@AamajN) September 14, 2021
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 14, 2021 Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he’s hopeful the Taliban-led government will eventually become inclusive and draw its strength from domestic legitimacy, which he says is the key to earning international recognition. Karzai said in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi that he continues to urge Taliban leaders
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service September 14, 2021 DUSHANBE — Dozens of Afghan women residing in Tajikistan have rallied at Afghanistan’s embassy in Dushanbe to protest against the erosion of human rights under the newly installed Taliban-led government and what they said was Pakistan’s support of the militants. The women chanted “Pakistan, go away from Afghanistan!,” “Stop