Category: South East Asia

Khalilzad meets with key Afghans, explains US position

Zalmay Khalilzad met with a number of influential figures in Kabul on Monday including Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, members of the Jamiat Party, and others. Some political figures in Kabul said that during the meetings, Khalilzad explained the position of the new US administration on peace in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, US House of Foreign Affairs […]

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Taliban’s largest ‘command and control center’ falls to gov’t forces

Ministry of Defense in a released statement on Tuesday said that Afghan commandos conquered and captured the Taliban’s largest command and control center in a raid in Nangarhar province.

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Ex-US Defense Officials Urge Longer Afghanistan Presence

Former US president Donald Trump’s last defense secretary Mark Esper and former president Barack Obama’s first defense secretary Robert Gates both said they would advise President Joe Biden against pulling all US troops out of Afghanistan in time to meet a looming May 1 deadline, according to the Washington Examiner report.

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Govt Wants Peace, But Committed to Defense: Andarab

Minister of Interior Massoud Andarabi said that the Afghan government strongly believes in peace and has not declared a war against anyone; however, it’s up to to the Taliban to decide on a path of peace or war this spring. “The Afghan government has not declared any operation for the month of Hamal (March), because we are still committed to […]

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Watchdog: Political Pressure Caused Attorney General to Resign

Afghanistan’s Attorney General Farid Hamidi stepped down from his post “for personal and family reasons,” according to the Presidential Palace. President Ashraf Ghani accepted his resignation, the Palace said.

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Well known cleric shot dead in Kabul while on his way to mosque

Faiz Mohammad Fayez, former head of the Ulema Council in Kunduz province, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in PD17 of Kabul city early Wednesday morning, Kabul police confirmed.

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Dozens rescued from Taliban prison in Herat

The Afghan forces have rescued 34 people from a Taliban prisoner in western Herat province, the Defense Ministry (MoD) said Wednesday.

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Khalilzad discusses ‘transitional period’ as an option: Sources claim

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has reportedly discussed the formation of a transitional period in Afghanistan in order to move towards a future political structure. This was reportedly discussed during his recent meetings with prominent Afghan political leaders in Kabul.

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UK Supports Afghan Govt’s Fight against Taliban: Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a telephonic conversation with President Ashraf Ghani on Friday reiterated his country’s continued support to the Afghan government’s fight against the Taliban, according to a statement by the British government.

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Two People Killed in Kabul, Nangarhar Blasts

Two people were killed and three more were wounded in two blasts in Kabul and Nangarhar provinces on Saturday, local officials and police confirmed.

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