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.
Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have killed many al-Qaeda fighters in military operations in the past days mainly in the Taliban influenced Farah province, Tolonews quoted Afghan army chief Gen Yasin Zia as saying on Thursday
Afghan Defense and Security forces’ chief Gen Yasin Zia on Thursday said Zherai and Panjwai districts in Kandahar province which came under attack by Taliban two weeks back, have been cleared of the Taliban, TOLOnews reported
Just days after arresting 13 police and security officials for negligence caused in the security of Kabul University, Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan’s first Vice President, ordered their release as the investigation into the attack goes on, TOLOnews reported
The Taliban has denied any presence of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and said the group will not allow anyone, “including Al-Qaeda,” to “exploit” and use Afghanistan’s territory against any nation
Even eight months of a peace process pushed by the US, the intra-Afghan talks have not only not yielded results but failed to check violence in the war-torn nation
Just two days after the gruesome attack on Kabul University, the Afghan government on Wednesday arrested 13 police officials of PD3 district in Kabul for negligence, Tolonews reported
Afghanistan first Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Tuesday morning blamed the Taliban for the Monday attack on Kabul University which killed 19 students and wounded 22, reported Tolonews
A day after suspected IS gunmen stormed Kabul University which killed at least 19 people and wounded 22, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said the nation will observe day-long national mourning on Tuesday
At least three armed militants stormed the Kabul University in Afghanistan on Monday, Tolonews reported
The Taliban over the last weekend mounted several attacks on provincial centres of Kandahar, Badakhshan, and Kunduz
Nearly 40,000 children in the insurgency-hit northeastern province of Badakhshan in Afghanistan have been left without the polio vaccine, said Noor Kharwari, the provincial health director
NATO's senior civilian representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, speaking on the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325, said Afghan women’s rights are not negotiable and durable peace should protect these rights, Tolonews reported
The Taliban asked for the release of more Taliban prisoners as part of the US- Taliban deal in a meeting with US special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday evening, the group’s Doha office spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Naeem said in a tweet
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani asked the Taliban to make the Holy Quran and Sharia as the basis for intra-Afghan talks in Doha, TOLOnews reported
In a stern message to Afghan warring parties, the European Union has called for “immediate, comprehensive, nationwide, and unconditional” ceasefire in Afghanistan
