PTI: Ashraf Ghani, the former Afghanistan President who fled the country when the Taliban grabbed power in Kabul, was “a total fraud” solely focused on his own desire to stay in power and a big hurdle in any peace talks, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: The current government’s spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] was forced to take military action after being disappointed with the progress of the negotiations. These comments were made following the publication of a book by Mike Pompeo’s, the former US secretary of state. Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state
ANI: Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday released his memoir titled “Never Give an Inch, Fighting for the America I Love”. In his memoir, Pompeo said that Afghanistan’s former president, Ashraf Ghani, and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah “led cartels that stole millions of dollars in aid money from the United States.”
CBS News: A 3-year-old girl who was recovered as a baby after being injured in a military raid in Afghanistan is now at the center of court battles in the United States as two families say they want to care for her. An Afghan couple, now in the U.S., says they are the child’s rightful
Khaama: The US has been reaching out to armed groups that oppose the current Afghan government and secretly financing them, as per Russia’s Presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, media reports said. He also said that “the United States is contacting armed opposition in Afghanistan and covertly sponsoring Islamic State, who are aimed at undermining
Aamaj: Former vice president, Amrullah Saleh, reacting to remarks of former United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, stated that Ghani wanted “real peace”, but the US hidden decision delivered Afghanistan to Pakistan. Saleh calling Pompeo as “impostor” blamed the US for the fall of Afghanistan. Saleh claimed that the US was preparing for a
Tolo News: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Mohammad Ashraf Ghani stole the election just more effective than his competitor at stealing votes. Pompeo added that Ghani was never asked to step down from power. “He would think that I did, but I didn’t. I was incredibly frustrated with president Ghani, it
Akmal Dawi VOA News January 12, 2023 International aid agencies, frustrated with the failure of more than a year of international isolation to budge the Taliban from their hard-line and misogynistic policies, are saying it is time for Western nations to send their diplomats back to the Afghan capital, Kabul. All countries have refused to
Ariana: The US government spent nearly $1 billion to fund critical mineral surveys, mineral exploration, regulatory reforms and capacity development for the former Afghan government, according to the report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR. “US efforts in Afghanistan’s extractives industry presented one of the greatest opportunities for the Afghan government
Stars and Stripes: A former U.S. military contractor pleaded guilty this week to bribery and visa fraud in his management of millions of dollars worth of U.S.-funded reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan. Orlando Clark, 57, of Smyrna, Ga., was accused of conspiring with an analyst at another American company in 2011 and 2012 to receive approximately