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Biden administration reviews US-Taliban peace deal
The new US administration announces that it will review the February 2020 US-Taliban deal, said a statement issued by the White House on January 22. In a conversation with Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib, the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, has said that the US will support the…
Read More »Taliban reluctant to negotiate after Pakistan’s visit
The Taliban leaders are reluctant to continue with negotiations after returning from their visit to Pakistan, says a government negotiator. Calling the late return of Taliban leaders from Pakistan, including the group’s chief negotiator Mawlawi Abdul Hakim, as main cause of postponement in intra-Afghan talks, the government negotiator says the…
Read More »Afghan girls do not give up dreaming a different future
“A nightmarish apprehension takes my mind every night, fearing that my father may discover my secret of going to university. Every day as I come back home from my university, I do the chores so as not to give any excuse to my mother and sister to let know my…
Read More »Biden takes the helm, appeals for unity to take on crises
By: AP Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation’s historic confluence of crises. Denouncing a national “uncivil war,” Biden took the oath Wednesday at a U.S. Capitol…
Read More »Afghan health authorities taken to AGO over malpractice
Government documents obtained by Kabul Now suggest that Afghanistan’s Ombudsperson Office (AOO) has found nine former and current officials of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) as suspects, introducing them to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on charges of duty negligence and violation of procurement regulation. As documents show, the…
Read More »Unknown armed men gun down army soldiers in Herat
Two armed men, riding a motorbike, gunned down three army soldiers and wounded two others earlier this morning, Wednesday, January 20, in the capital city of the western Herat province, a local security official confirmed to Kabul Now. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the incident…
Read More »10 people including a local journalist wounded in Uruzgan
As many as ten people including a local journalist were wounded after explosives placed in a motorcycle went off in Trinkot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province, said a local official, today, Tuesday, January 19. Mohammad Omar Sherzad, governor for Uruzgan, confirmed that the accident took place today in Ghazi…
Read More »25 government forces killed in Kunduz and Badakhshan
As many as 25 government forces were killed after their outposts came under Taliban attacks in the northern Kunduz and Badakhshan provinces, local sources told Kabul Now. Last night, the Taliban militants launched attacks on Afghan security forces in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province and clashes between the government forces…
Read More »Protesters demand balance in salary range of government workers
A number of people protested in Kabul to express support for implementation of lawmakers’ plan on equalizing salaries of government workers. The protest was held on Saturday, January 16. The protesters, who included government employees and residents of Kabul, called on the government to pay equal salary to government workers.…
Read More »Magnetic bomb hits government official’s car in Kabul
A magnetic bomb has hit vehicle of a government worker in PD11 of Kabul on Monday morning, January 18. No one has been reported dead. Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesperson for Kabul police, said that the incident took place in Khairkhana neighborhood of Kabul. He said no one was harmed in the…
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