Carnage in Kabul; casualty toll surges beyond 50
KABUL (SW) – The interior ministry officials on Sunday confirmed the casualty toll from Saturday’s deadly assault on a school in Kabul has risen to more than 50 dead and over 100 injured.
Category: Peace
Efforts intensified to make Istanbul peace conference happen
KABUL (SW) – With no green light from the Taliban so far, the US, Turkey and partners have intensified diplomatic maneuvers to ensure the Istanbul conference on peace in Afghanistan takes place.
Former news presenter assassinated in Kandahar
KABUL (SW) – Former news presenter Nemat Rawan has been assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Kandahar on Thursday, confirmed officials.
58 civilians, security forces killed in 5 days
KABUL (SW) – In less than a week, at least 58 security forces and civilians got killed in the Taliban attacks in different provinces.
UNSC urges members to help Afghanistan fight terrorism
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Security Council has urged member states to cooperate with the Afghan government in fighting the menace of terrorism.
Sit-in camp for peace erected at the site of Logar truck bombing
PUL-E-ALAM (SW) – The Logar residents have set-up a protest camp at the site of last week’s deadly truck bombing in demand for ceasefire in the country.
Saadati says prospects for proposed Istanbul conference not clear
KABUL (SW) – The deputy head of the High Council for National Reconciliation has warned of a ‘dark future’ for the country if peace process failed to deliver results.
Biden defends Afghanistan exit strategy at Congress
MONITORING (SW) – US President Joe Biden has defended his exit of troops strategy for Afghanistan as he delivered his first formal speech at the Congress.
Khalilzad says negotiated settlement the only path to sustainable stability in Afghanistan
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconstruction has said negotiated settlement is only path to sustainable stability in Afghanistan
NDS chief says terrorist groups continue to pose serious threat
KABUL (SW) – Ahmad Zia Siraj, director general of NDS, has said elements and remnants of terrorist groups continue to pose a serious threat to Afghanistan, the region and the world.
Trilateral meet in Istanbul calls for inclusive Afghan-led political process
Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has declared that a sustainable peace can be achieved only through an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned political process that aims a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire.
CENTCOM Chief voices concerns over Afghan forces’ holding power
The head of U.S. Central Command, Marine Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie has said the Afghan security forces will collapse without American financial support and it will be more difficult to target al Qaeda militants once U.S.-led forces withdraw from Afghanistan in September.
