Khaama Press: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar may return to Kabul even before sanctions relief or removal of party leaders’ name from the UN blacklist. According to a statement released by Hezb-e-Islami party, Hekmatyar has called on the government to enforce the peace deal, slamming certain countries that attempt to hinder the peace agreement signed
Tolo News: Russia is likely to obstruct the process of removing Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s name from the UN sanctions list, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report stated Tuesday. Quoting Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova the report stated that Russia has put the delisting on hold but hadn’t blocked it. She did not give reasons to why
Tolo News: A credible source told TOLOnews that the reason for France objecting to the removal of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s name from the UN’s blacklist has not been clarified, but some political commentators have linked their reluctance to the killing of ten French soldiers in 2013 by the Hizb-e-Islami group. Three years ago, militants reportedly associated with
Tolo News: Gerard van Bohmen, Chief of the UN sanctions committee on Monday night (Kabul time) briefed the UN Security Council on the Afghan peace process, and suggested the 15-member body ensure the complete implementation of sanctions against the Taliban within the legal framework that exists. Bohemen suggested that the UN sanctions committee and Afghanistan’s Central
Tolo News: The Afghan government has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to lift sanctions against Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who forged a peace deal with government early in September. In response about Hizb-e-Islami’s steps after sanctions are lifted against Hekmatyar, a Hizb-e-Islami spokesman, Hashmatullah Arshad, said it will take time but it will happen.
The Guardian (UK): The US military in Afghanistan is increasingly trying to control public information about the war, resulting in strained relations with western organisations offering different versions of events to official military accounts, the Guardian has learned. In a recent incident, the most senior US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John W Nicholson, considered banning or
VOA News November 30, 2016 The United Nations announced Wednesday that the conflict in Afghanistan has internally displaced more than a half million people in 2016, the highest number on record. The figure surpasses last year’s record of 471,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and is around 15 percent more than the figure at this time
Tolo News: In a meeting with the UN Security Council’s sanction committee on Monday, President Ashraf Ghani asked the organization to add a number of terrorists – including Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada’s name – to its sanctions list. According to a press release issued by the Presidential Palace on Monday, Ghani stressed the Afghan government’s
Hasib Danish Alikozai VOA News | November 10, 2016 Afghanistan will reportedly take in more than 1.5 million Afghan refugees by the end of the year, challenging the government at a time when Kabul is already struggling against resurgent Taliban militants and an emerging Islamic State group (IS). Based on figures compiled by the United
KABUL, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) was investigating airstrikes conducted by U.S. forces in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province that caused civilian casualties, the mission said in a statement on Sunday. On Thursday, a series of air strikes were carried out in Buz-e-Kandahari area of provincial capital Kunduz city, following