Khatir Pardes Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty KABUL — Mohammad Younas is nostalgic about his time fighting with Azerbaijani forces in the war against Armenians for the Nagorno-Karabakh territory in the early 1990s. “If possible, I would again join the Muslims of Azerbaijan to defend them against non-Muslims,” he said, alluding to the predominantly
Tolo News: Flights from Kabul to Turkey have been stopped until October 17 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority said. However. the flights to Kabul from Turkey have not been stopped so far, according to Mohammad Qasim Wafaeezada, head of the aviation authority. Click here
Arab News: Solar photovoltaic and wind power projects signed by Afghanistan under a $160 million international deal on Wednesday evening will add 110 megawatts to the country’s grid in the next 16 months, officials said. The projects will be developed in Kabul, Balkh and Herat by a local company with partners from Turkey, India and
AA: Turkey’s state-run aid agency delivered sports and office equipment to the Herat Paralympic Federation in western Afghanistan on Tuesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Ali Ergun Cinar, coordinator for the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), said the agency also renovated the federation’s sports equipment store. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 25, 2018 Turkey says nearly 30,000 Afghans have entered the country since the start of the year, in what Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu called “a new refugee wave.” Soylu said on April 25 that 29,899 Afghans had crossed into Turkey since January compared to 45,259 people in the whole of
Sputnik: This figure represents a 400-percent increase in migrant arrivals compared to the same period in 2017, the Haberturk newspaper reported, adding that the issue was raised during a meeting of the cabinet. According to the information provided at the meeting, the asylum seekers view Turkey not only as a transit country on their way to the European Union but as a target country as well. Click here
Press TV April 8, 2018 Turkish authorities have kicked off deportations of hundreds of Afghan refugees who had come to the country in their thousands recently with the hope to cross into Europe. The Dogan news agency said Sunday that a first group of Afghan refugees, some 227 people, had boarded a charter flight provided
Hurriyet: Turkey has decided to increase its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan and will soon open a new consulate in the country, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 25, citing the Afghan Foreign Ministry. In a statement, the ministry said Ambassador Oğuzhan Ertuğrul called upon the Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, during which both sides discussed ways