Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 30, 2020 ISLAMABAD – An Afghan air force pilot was gunned down Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar. Police confirmed to VOA the killing of a member of the military but did not share any other details. A security source, who did not want to be named, said
Tolo News: Religious scholars and influential clerics from Afghanistan’s western provinces on Tuesday said that the Taliban’s narrative of establishing an Islamic political system in Afghanistan should not obstruct the peace process in the country. “The war is no longer justified, it has no meaning now, we must surrender to peace. The war is imposed
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 29, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan’s radical Taliban has angrily reacted to a rare fashion show held recently in Kabul, where young girls and boys, mostly in Western clothes, took part in the ramp walk. In a commentary published on its official website, the Islamist insurgent group condemned last week’s event
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 29, 2020 Reporters without Borders (RSF) says 50 people were killed this year in connection with their journalistic work, with Afghanistan and Pakistan being among the most dangerous countries for media professionals. The vast majority of those killed globally were deliberately murdered because they researched topics such as corruption, organized
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 28, 2020 Afghan police say two explosions in the capital Kabul have killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others. One blast targeted employees of the National Statistics Authority who were in a minibus in the Guzargah neighborhood. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said the explosion
Press TV December 27, 2020 A top Afghan official has said the next round of talks between the government and the Taliban will begin in Qatar next month, as President Ashraf Ghani’s calls to move the dialogue back home remains unanswered. “The second round of talks will begin on January 5 in Doha,” spokesman for
Tolo News: The Taliban has dug up the grave of a former police commander in Uruzgan and mutilated his body, the police commander’s family said. Shah Mohammad Shah, the district police chief for Dihrawood district, was killed in an attack by armed men in the district on June 30. His family members said this act
1TV: As many as 300 security checkpoints in southern Kandahar province have deliberately been evacuated to be seized by the Taliban, an investigation by the Senate reveals. The Senate team which carried out the probe did not say who ordered the security forces to evacuate their checkpoints. Hashim Alokozay, head of the delegation, said it
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 26, 2020 The war in Afghanistan — the world’s deadliest ongoing conflict — enters a crucial phase in 2021. The United States is set to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by May as part of a deal with the Taliban aimed at ending the 19-year war. But
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 26, 2020 At least two Afghan police officers were killed in a spate of bomb attacks in the capital, Kabul, on December 26. Two other officers and one civilian were reported injured when three so-called sticky bombs were detonated in different locations across Kabul. The attacks targeted police. The two