At least eight people died and another 12 injured in a riot that broke out Wednesday evening in the western city of Herat in Afghanistan, officials quoted by Tolonews said
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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Khalilzad calls for urgent reduction of Afghanistan violence
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Afghan forces undertake sweeping ops in Helmand districts
The Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday they have cleared some parts of Nara and Nad Ali districts in Helmand province and pushed the Taliban from the cities, as reported by Tolonews
Window for political solution won’t stay open forever: US special envoy
US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Tuesday asked the warring Afghan sides to urgently agree on “reduction of violence” in the country
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The Taliban was involved in various attacks and other violent activities around at least 22 provinces of Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the Afghan Ministry of Defense is quoted as saying by Tolonews on Tuesday
Four Afghan government negotiatiors return amid delay in Doha talks
Four negotiators representing the Afghan government in the Doha peace talks with the Taliban have returned to Kabul amid a delay in direct discussions between the two sides, sources said
Afghanistan: IED bomb kills three in Kabul
A magnetic IED bomb placed on a Toyota-Corolla model car exploded on Tuesday afternoon, killing three people in a downtown area of Police District 10 of Kabul in Afghanistan, as reported by Tolo news
Afghan security force foils car bomb attack in Khost
Government officials from Khost province in Afghanistan confirmed on Tuesday morning that a car bomb targeted a compound of a special unit and some attackers tried to enter the building, Tolo News reported
Get ready for tougher days, Afghan VP amid Taliban violence
Afghanistan’s second vice president, Mohammad Sarwar Danish, on Sunday blamed the Taliban for Saturday evening suicide attack on an educational centre in Kabul and called on the people to get ready for “tougher days” ahead
Afghan former warlord Hekmatyar calls for interim government in Kabul
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former Afghan warlord and leader of the Hizb-e-Islami party, demanded the formation of an interim government in Kabul, reported by Tolo news
US withdrawal risks instability in Afghanistan, says Putin
President of Russia Federation, Vladimir Putin, said US withdrawal from Afghanistan may spark instability in the country. Putin said we backed the “presence of US troops in Afghanistan” after the attack of 9/11
US conducts fresh airstrike targetting Taliban in Afghanistan
US forces in Afghanistan conducted a fresh airstrike on Taliban positions in Nerkh district of central Wardak province killing five Taliban fighters
Afghanistan: Suicide bombing kills 30 in Kabul
At least 30 people killed and 70 were injured in a suicide bombing near an educational center on Saturday evening in the western part of the capital city of Kabul
NATO presence in Afghanistan conditions-based: Stoltenberg
As peace negotiations continue, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the ongoing talks in Doha were "fragile" and that the presence of the international forces in the country was conditions-based
Taliban kills 20 Afghan soldiers in Mimroz
At least 20 members of the Afghan Narrational Army (ANA) were killed in a Taliban attack on their outpost in Khashrod district, Nimroz province, on Thursday evening, said Jalil Ahmad Watandost, the district governor of Khashrod
