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.
Some members of the Lower House of the Parliament on Tuesday criticized the government’s inaction against the fencing of the Durand Line in eastern Nangarhar province and asked authorities to take proper measures to stop the illegal acts of the Pakistani forces in the area
Afghan security agencies data seen by TOLOnews shows that 2,685 civilians were killed or wounded in five months--from Jan
Two months have passed since Abdullah Abdullah and President Ashraf Ghani signed a political agreement making Abdullah the head of the High Council for National Reconciliation
A US official in Kabul said on Tuesday that five American bases have closed in Afghanistan in compliance with the peace agreement it signed with the Taliban in February
The Afghan government tries to prevent people from gathering on the days of Eid
The US Chargé d’Affaires to Kabul, Ross Wilson, has stressed on maintaining of the last 19 years' achievements, including freedoms and women rights during direct negotiations between the government and the Taliban
Taliban fighters launched a complex attack on an intelligence compound of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) in northern Afghanistan—a first such big attack by the group since Eid’s ceasefire
The US-Taliban deal signed on February 28 in Doha has remained unimplemented as some parts of the agreement, a reduction in violence and intra-Afghan negotiations, should have happened 135 days after the accord
A prominent Afghan journalist died of COVID-19, an independent media safety group protecting reporters' rights, said on Monday
The Afghan government has asked the Taliban to provide a new list for the prisoners who have not been freed so far, but the militant group has insisted on the release of their inmates based on an existing list, sources said
Twelve policemen and four civilians were killed during Taliban attacks in Afghanistan's Kunduz and Badakhshan provinces, authorities said on Monday, adding that 11 insurgents also died
The Afghan government said that there were serious reservations about the release of over 500 Taliban prisoners within the countrys legal and judicial institutions, and most likely these detainees will not be released
Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned mine explosions and rockets attacks in the provinces of Wardak and Ghazni, in which a number of civilians were killed and wounded
Kam Air, a private airline in Afghanistan has restarted flights to foreign destinations
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that both regional countries and international community are unhappy with what it said “high level” violence by Taliban in Afghanistan
