Yearly Archives: 2020

Awareness Workshop Urges Women Presence in Peace Talks

(BNA): A one-day women rights awareness workshop urged for wide women representation in the process on Sunday. The workshop was held at National Gallery Hall of the Ministry of Information and Culture and attended by a number of cultural women and media journalists, mostly from Government entities, in which the role of women for restoration

TAPI Pipeline Project Faces More Delays in Afghanistan

(TOLO News): Work on the project in Afghanistan began in February 2018 and will include a 1,814-kilometer gas pipeline intended to pass through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India, with at least 816 kilometers of the pipeline passing through Afghanistan. The pipeline will pass through Herat, Farah, Nimroz, Helmand and Kandahar provinces in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan,

ASF Deadly Raids on Taliban Hideout in Kandahar

(BNA): Six assaulters were killed in an air raid of Afghan Security Forces on their hideout in Kandahar last night. The Taliban were targeted in Maiwand District while making bombs. Media office of Atal army corps in south of the country with releasing a statement said, a hideout of Taliban with all war equipment has

US, Taliban Urged to End Attacks on Afghan Civilians

(Voice of america): ISLAMABAD - An international rights group Friday demanded that peace talks between the United States and the Afghan Taliban must include a commitment by both sides to end all attacks on civilians in line with the laws of war. Amnesty International lamented in a statement that civilian casualties remain at near-record levels

President Ghani Discusses Peace with German Chancellor, Saudi FM

(BNA): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany on the sideline of the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, a statement said. In the meeting, Chancellor Merkel expressed support for the Afghan government’s efforts in peace process, in which the Afghans should be in the lead and

Peace in Afghanistan Must Not Ignore Afghan Voices

(BNA): Talk of peace has returned to Afghanistan, with the prospect of talks between the U.S. administration and the Taliban being revived. We can faintly discern the outlines of a potential deal: a timeline set for withdrawal, a possible reduction in violence, and an eventual power-sharing agreement – the details of which will be furiously

America’s peace deal won’t stop Taliban hostilities: Saleh

(Afghanistan Times): A hectic effort spearheaded by the United States negotiating a settlement with the Taliban won’t stop the militants’ hostilities in Afghanistan even if a peace deal is brokered and that they would never halt their attacks on Afghan people, said ex-spymaster and the incumbent president Ghani’s running mate, Amrullah Saleh. Qatar talks may

Taliban Militants Killed in Balkh Air Strike

(BNA): Six Taliban militants were killed in an air strike in Balkh yesterday. Mohammad Hanef Rezaee Shaheen 209 army corps spokesman told BNA, the Taliban were killed by air forces raid which was took place on their rally in Boka village, Balkh district. The Taliban wanted to storm on police checkpoints of Alamkhail and Margentapa

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