Navbahor Imamova VOA News April 14, 2023 WASHINGTON — A gathering of regional foreign ministers to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan this week brought little in the way of new initiatives but provided a forum for several of Kabul’s neighbors to blame the country’s economic plight on the United States and its Western allies. The United
GCR: A US military contractor was sentenced this week to three years and 10 months in prison for accepting bribes from an Afghan contractor. Orlando Clark, 57, of Smyrna in Georgia, was deployed to Afghanistan to evaluate bids for US-funded reconstruction contracts in 2011 and 2012. The Department of Justice said Clark and co-conspirator Todd
Patsy Widakuswara VOA News April 6, 2023 WHITE HOUSE — The White House pinned most of the blame for the chaotic U.S. military exit from Afghanistan in 2021 on the previous administration in a publicly released summary of classified reports sent to Congress on Thursday by the departments of State and Defense. President Joe Biden was
Akmal Dawi VOA News April 4, 2023 Inside a large building that was once used as a commercial guesthouse for foreign visitors in Kabul are numerous rooms occupied by families and individuals who are not allowed to go outside or disclose their exact location to anyone. Brought from different parts of Afghanistan, the residents are
AP: In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge on Thursday voided a U.S. Marine’s [Joshua Mast] adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. But her future remains uncertain. Click here to read more (external link).
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 29, 2023 When the United States pulled out its forces from Afghanistan in 2021, it left behind around $7 billion worth of military equipment and weapons, including firearms, communications gear, and even armored vehicles. The Taliban seized the arms following the fall of the Western-backed Afghan government during
Ariana: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, has called on the United States to reopen its embassy in Kabul. “Let us fulfill our responsibilities. Come and open your embassy. We take care of your security. When you come, other countries will do the same. Now, many countries are saying in private
USA Today: House Republicans who have pilloried President Joe Biden’s foreign policy revved up their push to obtain information about disagreements within the administration over 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. A subpoena scheduled to be served at the State Department on Tuesday seeks an internal cable reportedly written by 23 U.S. officials criticizing
Tolo News: The Chargé d’Affaires of the US Mission to Afghanistan, Karen Decker, said that in the past eighteen months the US has contributed nearly $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Following the political shift in Afghanistan, the majority of US aid has been sent in packages of $40 million in cash under the
Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s [Taliban] defense ministry says it has repaired almost nearly 300 military vehicles that were trashed by the United States during its withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Following the withdrawal, the US Department of Defense released a report stating that the US left behind around $7 billion worth of