(TOLO News): Afghanistan’s First Lady Rula Ghani, while speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC on Thursday, said that the attempted prisoner swap for professors from the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) “did not work.” “The situation is very complex...and, as you mentioned, it did not work,” Rula Ghani said in response
(ATN News): Local security officials confirmed that Mohammad Afzal Hakimi, the Police Chief for the Warsaj District of Takhar Province, was killed along with his three bodyguards, in a Taliban ambush in Baghlan Province. According to Ahmad Jawid Basharat, a spokesman for the Baghlan Police, the incident happened on Friday morning on the Takhar-Baghlan Highway.
(ATN News): The Taliban militant group confirmed that the exchange of Haqqani network prisoners with the two kidnapped professors from the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) did not take place. In a phone call with Ariana News, the group’s spokesman Zabihulla Mjujaheed said, Anas Haqqani, Hafiz Rashid and Mali Khan were expected to be transferred
(TOLO News): Former commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, in a joint article with Vance Serchuk, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, published an op-ed in the Washington Post on November 14 claiming that the Taliban have “strong” links with Al-Qaeda, and recommended that any peace
(Voice of America): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in a televised speech to the nation earlier this week, announced that his government would release three prominent Taliban members in exchange for two Westerners abducted by the Taliban as a confidence-building measure with the insurgent group. “We have decided to conditionally release three Taliban prisoners who have
(TOLO news): Kabul residents interviewed by TOLOnews said that Anas Haqqani’s release, in particular, should result in a reduction of violence in the country. “We are ready for their release if the Taliban gets ready for peace,” said Hassan, a Kabul resident. “Each of the three is well known to all of us. Explosions and
(Voice of America): Seven people are dead after a car bomb detonated outside of government offices in the Afghan capital of Kabul Wednesday. Officials say seven others were wounded in the bombing, which was centered near the interior ministry headquarters. So far, there has been no claim of responsibility for the attack, which came a
(BNA news): About 39 anti-government militias were killed, five wounded and seven others were arrested during military operations conducted by Afghan security forces across the country. Ministry of national defense by releasing a statement issued that the military operations have launched by support of Afghan air forces to suppress armed oppositions and ensure peace and
(ANT news): President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday confirmed that Anas Haqqani, Haji Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid, three top Haqqani Network commanders, have been conditionally released in exchange for the release of two foreign university professors who were kidnapped by the Haqqani Network in 2016. Speaking at a televised press conference, Ghani said the negotiations
(ATN news): According to Interior Ministry Spokesman, Nusrat Rahimi, the incident took place at around 7:25 am in Qasim Street of Kabul city. Rahimi added that the explosive-laden vehicle targeted the car of a foreign private security company, called “Garda World”, leaving four foreign employees of the company injured. A number of children are also