The Taliban has announced a ceasefire with the Afghan government that will take effect when then Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha
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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One killed, two injured in Kabul blast
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Tajikistan reduces power provision to Afghanistan
De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, a government power producing company, has said that Tajikistan reduced electricity supply to Afghanistan
Violence needs to come down in Afghanitan: Gen. Miller
Gen. Austin S. Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, on Monday in a video message said that the violence needs to come down for an opportunity for peace to be maintained
US not to withdraw fully from Afghanistan
The United States is not going to totally pull back its soldiers from Afghanistan, says Karim Khorram, a former government official
Civilian casualties increase 35% in Ghor
Officials in the mountainous province of Ghor in the center of the country say that civilian casualties have increased 35 percent there since a February peace agreement between the United States and Taliban under which the latter pledged to reduce violence
Taliban will 'make necessary decisions' if US delays pullout
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Dead body of kidnapped female police officer found in Ghazni
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Afghanistan coronavirus: 9,796 Active Cases
Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 106 new positive cases of the coronavirus from 471 samples tested over the last 24 hours
Khalilzad embarks on new trip to press for intra-Afghan talks
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on a new five-nation trip to press for intra-Afghan talks, the State Department said
Kashmir-centric Pakistani terror group Jaish active in Afghanistan
Pakistani terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, which runs its terror activities in Indian Kashmir, has become active in Afghanistan
Saudi to build 600 schools in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan embassy in Riyadh in a statement said that Saudi would build 600 schools in Afghanistan
President Ghani: Government will enter talks from strong position
President Ashraf Ghani, who visited the western province of Nimroz on Sunday, said the Afghan government will not enter negotiations with the Taliban from a position of weakness, and that the republic and the national security and defense forces will not be compromised in the talks
Afghan air corridor exports decrease by 70%
The export of Afghan goods via air corridor has 70 percent decreases, according to the chamber of commerce
16 civilians killed per day in Afghanistan, human rights body
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission claims that the recent increased insecurity has caused the killing of averagely 16 civilians each day across the country
