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.
Experts say the most important medical equipment to combat severe cases of COVID-19 is an artificial respiration device, or "ventilator." When the lungs fail completely or have been significantly reduced in their capacity to take in oxygen, a ventilator can still provide oxygen to the body, giving the patient a chance to fight the infection and eventually recove
Former President Hamid Karzai expressed concerns over a delay in the negotiations between government and Taliban delegations over the prisoner swap
Anti-government militants have gunned seven civilians in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, local police said Wednesday
Afghanistan's acting minister of interior warned on Tuesday that Kabul city will be locked down completely starting from tomorrow morning (Wednesday) to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19
A Taliban commander and his bodyguard were killed after security forces foiled an attack in Afghanistan's Takhar province, an official said on Tuesday
The Taliban on Tuesday said that it was pulling out of prisoner swap talks with the Afghan government over the delay in the release of insurgent leaders that would have kick-started broader peace negotiations under an agreement with the US
The Taliban have asked for release of 15 of their prisoners, a demand that strongly brushed off by the Kabul administration, saying they were behind major attacks and cannot be released simply
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and the explosive remnants of war (ERW) kill or maim more than 120 people in Afghanistan every month, authorities said
Religious scholars in Afghanistan have called for a ban of any religious and political gatherings after the increase of coronavirus spread in the country
Due to a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in Kabul with one virus-related death, the Governor of the Afghan capital said authorities will impose more restrictions in the city to stop the spread of the disease
A Pakistani national and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) chief, Aslam Faruqi, responsible for the recent Kabul terror attack on Sikhs, was arrested by Afghan security forces in a special operation on Saturday
Unidentified gunmen attacked two Afghan Presidential Protective Service (PPS) members, killing one and injuring the other on the outskirts of capital Kabul, an official confirmed on Saturday
Political leaders in a meeting held in the residence of jihadi leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, emphasized on the political solution of the crisis came out after last year’s presidential election
Sediq Sediqqi, President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman, said that the talks between the technical teams of the Afghan government and the Taliban have not yet brought about a finalized agreement for the release to proceed
Exchange of prisoners between the Afghan government and Taliban militants has been postponed for the third time, local media said in a report
