Following the deteriorating security situation in southern Kandahar province, the Afghan government on Sunday made changes in the top echelon of the state administration
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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A warring Afghanistan's future remains a question mark
The next round of the intra-Afghan talks will focus on modalities of the division of powers, said Abdul Hafiz Mansoor, a member of the Afghan government negotiation team. As the Afghan government sets to enter into the second crucial phase of the intra-Afghan talks, the violence-battered country has yet to form a consensus on the issue of an interim government, according to Afghan media reports
Pine nut processing unit to come up in Afghanistan
The Afghan government said that a pine nut processing unit is under construction in eastern Paktia province, TOLOnews reported
Locals block highway in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province over security concerns
Residents of Bati Kot district in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Saturday blocked the Jalalabad-Torkham highway over rising security concerns in the areas, TOLOnews reported
Journalist shot dead in Afghanistan
Bismillah Adil Aimaq, a journalist and human rights activist, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in western Ghor province of Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported
Perpetrator of Kabul University attack sentenced to death
Mohammad Adil, the mastermind behind the gruesome Kabul University attack which happened on 2 November last year, was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court, TOLOnews reported
We are prepared for talks, says Taliban
The Afghan insurgent group said they were prepared for the next round of intra-Afghan talks, Tolonews reported
Afghan killing fields: Taliban and its mentors have blood on their hands
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has asserted that his country is confronting a fierce psychological war, where repeated attacks on journalists and civil society members are directed at sapping national morale
Not inviting Taliban to Bonn Conference was a historic mistake
Masoom Stanekzai, the head of the Afghan negotiation team, said on Wednesday that the decision to not invite the Taliban to Bonn Conference 2001 was “a historic mistake” and it prolonged the conflict in Afghanistan
Afghan pilot killed in Kandahar
An Afghan army pilot was on Wednesday afternoon shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kandahar province, thus becoming the latest victim of the deadly spree of targeted assassinations in Afghanistan
“No guarantee of Success,” NATO chief on Afghan peace process
NATO director-general warned on Tuesday that the ongoing talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are only “a way to peace” and it is a “fragile process,” there is no guarantee of success
Afghan clerics denounce Taliban’s war
Clerics and religious scholars in the western Afghan province of Herat denounced the Taliban’s war and its vision of the Islamic Political System, TOLOnews reported
Three Afghan lawmakers arrested for taking bribes
Sending a strong message to the bureaucracy, the Afghan government arrested three members of the upper house of parliament for accepting bribes from custom officials in the country, TOLOnews reported
Afghan government to form technical group for talks
The Afghan government has decided to form a technical group to formulate the republic positions and views for the next round of the intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, Tolonews reported
Afghan capital Kabul to double its police personnel
Amid continued IEDs attacks and rising security-related incidents in the capital, the Afghan government has decided to double the number of police personnel in the city, TOLOnews reported
