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.
Government forces in border areas of the country said foreign fighters, particularly Pakistani citizens, are fighting against them with the Taliban, adding that they have found many dead fighters with Pakistani identity cards
All schools were reopened in Afghanistan five months after they were shut down following the spread of COVID-19 in the country
US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad said there was "no legitimate reason" to delay the intra-Afghan negotiations that have been postponed over differences on the release of controversial Taliban prisoners by the Kabul government
Zemarai Paikan, a former commander of the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) who was sentenced to prison for corruption, has been arrested by security forces early Sunday morning in Kabul, a source said
Security and defense officials say that nearly 100 Taliban fighters were killed in clashes with army and police during the past 24 hours in different areas
Afghanistan's defense and security forces launched a military exercise on the occasion of Independence Day in Kabul
Nearly three months after the Ghani-Abdullah's political agreement, the leadership members of the High Council for National Reconciliation are yet to be appointed, something that critics say will affect the next phases of the peace process
Dozens of families have left their homes in Shakar Dara and Guldara districts north of Kabul over the last few weeks following a dramatic surge in security threats and amid intensifying Taliban activities, the displaced residents said
Taliban militants have shut down a health clinic in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, it was reported on Friday
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday said he sees “no legitimate reason” to delay the intra-Afghan negotiations that are expected in near future but have been postponed over differences on the release of high-value Taliban prisoners by the Afghan government
The intra-Afghan talks will be started three days after the completion of the prisoner swap between the Afghan government and the Taliban, sources within the Afghan government have said
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said that "all barriers and excuses have been removed" ahead of the intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban
Based on some reports a top government official has flown to Qatar to meet the Taliban representatives to ask them not to discuss the formation of an interim government and not put it on the agenda of the intra-Afghan negotiations
Sources in the Afghan government say that France and Australia are unhappy with the release of a number of 400 Taliban prisoners expected to be released from government custody
The Taliban who had vowed to cut all ties with the international terrorist organizations under a peace deal with the United States are still holding relations with the al-Qaeda, an Islamist terrorist network responsible for the 09/11 attacks in New York and Washington, President Ghani’s office alleges, citing reports by the United Nations and the Pentagon
