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Today evening, Wednesday, April the 8th, a hundred Taliban prisoners were released from Bagram Prison, Parwan, on the Afghan president’s verdict. Some of the released Taliban say that they have been sick of war willing to join the peace process and settle for normal lives. Shamsur Rahman, a Taliban member, …

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on the Afghan leaders to unite for a stable Afghanistan. He adds that the US aid to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces will also be reconsidered. It seems like the political impasse between the Afghan leaders has further disappointed Afghanistan’s …

In a press release on 8th April, the European Union delegation in agreement with EU heads of missions called for “immediate implementation of a comprehensive and nation-wide humanitarian ceasefire” in Afghanistan. According to the statement, the call comes in line with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres´ appeal for ‘a stop to …

An NBC report quoting officials has said, “The impasse in Kabul has frustrated Trump, who has hoped to highlight an Afghanistan peace deal as an example of a 2016 campaign promise he kept when he faces voters this November.”   The report adds, “Before the Coronavirus pandemic became a myopic …

The US would cut $1 billion of its aid to Afghanistan from funds for Afghan security forces, Reuters reported citing to US sources. The sources have told Reuters that the aid cut would undercut both Kabul’s ability to fight the Taliban and its leverage to negotiate a peace deal with …

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock is planning to make fig gardens on some 3250 hectares of land. The MAIL says that in the next 5 years, it will have grown fig gardens on about 3250 hectares of land in Afghanistan. Officials of the MAIL say that the plan …

The National Collegiate Athletic Association voted Monday to allow another year of eligibility for all spring-sport athletes, whose seasons were cut short by the Coronavirus outbreak; however, the decision did not cover winter sports disrupted by the pandemic. The NCAA says that whether an athlete is able to return, will …

Over 115 athletes, coaches, and sports personalities have joined to raise money for a response fund to help individuals fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. Simone Biles, Mark Cuban, Stephen Curry, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Hawk, Rose Lavelle, Jack Nicklaus, Michael Phelps, David Ortiz, and Michael Strahan are some of the athletes …

Fears of the coronavirus have prompted movie fans to re-examine quarantine and pandemic based movies – one of many is ‘Contagion’, a 2011 American thriller film, plotted around a pandemic with creepy events similar to that of the COVID-19 of now. The film has been topping the charts on social …

The finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state Thomas Schaefer has committed suicide apparently after becoming worried over how to cope with the economic fallout that has derived from the coronavirus pandemic. Minister-President of the German state of Hesse, Volker Bouffier, said in a recorded statement on Sunday, “We are in …

The United States Secretary of State expressed in a press statement, 23rd March 2020, that the US deeply regretted that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah had informed Secretary Pompeo that they had been unable to agree on an inclusive government. The statement in its opening …

Tadamichi Yamamoto, special representative of the UN’s secretary-general for Afghanistan, says in a press release March 21st, 2020, “I depart Kabul with one wish, a wish that I share with millions of Afghans: for peace to return to Afghanistan.” He wishes 2020 to be the year that the war ends …

The Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Torkham has been closed for 15 days from today, aimed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the News reported. According to the report, Pakistan issued a notification, urging the Afghan and Pakistani citizens to cross the Torkham border before it was closed for all kinds of …

The UN Security Council passes a resolution presented by the United States of America endorsing the US-Taliban agreement on bringing peace to Afghanistan. The resolution writes, “The developments endorsed by this resolution are the product of more than a year of unprecedented US diplomatic engagement with the Taliban, in coordination …

Hillary Clinton, former US Secretary of State urges women participation in the Afghan peace negotiations. “There can be no sustainable peace without women’s participation and rights,” she stressed. Speaking in a meeting at UN Headquarters on Tuesday to some Afghan women, ambassadors, and activists, Clinton underlined to never again allow …

The UK, in a statement released on 10 March 2020 by the British Embassy Kabul, noted its commitment to support a stable and prosperous Afghanistan, expressing its concerns about the establishment of a parallel administration. The statement writes, “Following HE Dr Ashraf Ghani’s inauguration as President of the Islamic Republic …

A joint statement was agreed on the occasion of the signing of the US-Taliban Agreement on February 29 in Qatar. The representatives of the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations met on March 1 in Doha, Qatar and: Welcomed the …

Ministry of Public Health urges citizens not to attend the Nawroz festival – Persian New Year – to prevent contracting with the novel coronavirus. Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said, “About Nawroz, we advise people not to attend mass gatherings. It is better not to attend the Nawroz festival – …

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, said that she is cautiously optimistic about the US-Taliban agreement that could lead to the drawdown of the US troops from Afghanistan. In a statement released on Sunday, Pelosi said yet many significant additional steps – including the start of intra-Afghan dialogue …

A group consists of five countries has been formed to facilitate the intra-Afghan dialogue. The group is comprised of Germany, Norway, Uzbekistan, Qatar, and Indonesia. According to the US-Taliban agreement signed Saturday in Qatar, the intra-Afghan dialogue starts on 10th March. The Taliban demanded the release of up to 5000 …