A secretary-level Iranian officer posted at the Iranian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan was injured in what seems like a robbery attempt by armed gunmen in the western part of the capital, reported TOLOnews
Ghani fled Kabul with less than a million dollars, says report
The SIGAR report, compiled based on interviews of at least 30 former officials, including those close to Ghani, suggests a little over $500,000 million in cash on board the helicopters. Significantly, the fund that Ghani took away was not the government fund but was the leftover amount that the UAE government had provided to Ghani to support his 2019 presidential campaign.
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Leaked letter shows US pushing for participatory government in Afghanistan
A letter, written by the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last week, was leaked to media showing the US is pushing the Afghan government for a participatory government in the war-torn country
Three women media workers shot dead in Afghanistan
The targeted assassinations against journalists and human rights activists in Afghanistan continue unabated with three more women media workers of a local news channel were shot dead by unknown gunmen on Tuesday in two separate attacks, reported TOLOnews
US special envoy makes first trip to Kabul under Biden administration
In what is his first engagement to the region under the new Biden administration, US special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Zalmay Khalilzad reached the Afghan capital Kabul, on Monday to discuss the Afghan peace process, and the review of the 2020 Doha deal with Afghan leaders
Engage in meaningful talks, reduce violence: Russia to Taliban
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked the Afghan insurgent group Taliban to reduce violence in Afghanistan and engage in meaningful talks with the Afghan government to find a political solution to end the conflict in the country
Taliban orders commanders not to include foreign fighters in rank
Amid ongoing review of the US-Taliban deal by the new Biden administration in the United States, the Taliban has ordered its military commanders all across Afghanistan not toinclude any foreign fighters in its ranks
Taliban resumes talks with Afghan government in Doha
Almost after a gap of one month, the Taliban and the Afghan resumed their talks in Doha, Qatar
After a delay of two months, Afghan parliament passes budget
Afghan parliament on Monday passed the country’s budget for the current fiscal year, thus ending an almost two-month-long tussle between the country’s lawmakers and the government, reported TOLOnews
NATO troops to stay in Afghanistan
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that their troops would not leave Afghanistan before “the time is right”, adding the troops’ presence in the country is “condition-based”
Taliban hard stance not helping situation: Afghan chief peace negotiator
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, on Thursday said that the Taliban’s hard stance on talks was not helping the situation
Five Afghan soldiers killed guarding UN Afghan envoy
The convoy of the UN Afghan envoy came under attack by unknown gunmen in Kabul province, leaving five personnel of the Afghan Directorate of Protection Service, guarding the envoy, dead, TOLOnews reported
Eight government employees killed in attacks in Afghanistan
At least eight employees of the Afghan government were killed on Tuesday in different attacks in two provinces, Arian news reported
Afghan Hindu, among three, killed in three explosions in Kabul
Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday morning saw three explosions within two hours. The explosions killed three people, including an Afghan Hindu, TOLOnews reported
Forty percent Afghans suffer hunger daily
Around four out ten Afghans are suffering from hunger on a daily basis, an estimate by the United Nations said on Wednesday
Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should be conditioned with talks' progress: Germany
Germany has proposed that the foreign troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan should be conditioned with the progress in the intra-Afghan talks, rather than on the specific May end deadline this year
