• New York) - Taliban forces in Afghanistan have summarily executed or forcibly disappeared more than 100 former police and intelligence officers in just four provinces since taking over the country on August 15, 2021, despite a proclaimed amnesty, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. (hrw.org)
  • The 25-page report, " 'No Forgiveness for People Like You,' Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban ," documents the killing or disappearance of 47 former members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) - military personnel, police, intelligence service members, and militia - who had surrendered to or were apprehended by Taliban forces between August 15 and October 31. (hrw.org)
  • Human Rights Watch interviewed 40 people in-person in the four provinces and another 27 by telephone, namely witnesses, relatives and friends of victims, former government officials, journalists, healthcare workers, and Taliban members. (hrw.org)
  • The Taliban have also carried out abusive search operations, including night raids, to apprehend and, at times, forcibly disappear suspected former officials. (hrw.org)
  • The executions and disappearances have generated fear among former government officials and others who might have believed that the Taliban takeover would bring an end to the revenge attacks that had been characteristic of Afghanistan's long armed conflict. (hrw.org)
  • A review of press rights in Afghanistan, published today by the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders, says that despite unprecedented freedoms in Kabul a year after the fall of the Taliban regime, things are still difficult for journalists who work in the provinces. (rferl.org)
  • A former Taliban police official was reportedly among those killed and over 30 were injured in the alleged suicide bombing near Nabawi Mosque. (hindustantimes.com)
  • The death of Hafiz Saeed Khan is a blow to efforts by Islamic State - also known as ISIS or Daesh - to expand from its heartlands in Syria and Iraq into Afghanistan and Pakistan, already crowded with jihadist movements including the Taliban and al Qaeda. (egyptindependent.com)
  • In Afghanistan, Taliban and Islamic State fighters have battled over territory in Nangarhar, though both have recently been more busy defending against US and Afghan assaults. (egyptindependent.com)
  • An intelligence report released Tuesday paints a grim picture for Afghanistan if it is left relatively alone to fight, saying that "the Taliban is likely to make gains on the battlefield and the Afghan government will struggle to hold the Taliban at bay. (military.com)
  • We will support peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban, facilitated by the United Nations. (military.com)
  • For that may be what's at stake if Biden follows through on the 2020 peace deal with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by May 1 - just two months from now. (buchanan.org)
  • Yet, the May deadline looms, and if the U.S. does not meet it, Taliban attacks on American troops in Afghanistan could start again, forcing Biden to send more troops back into the country to protect the U.S. logistics and training personnel still there. (buchanan.org)
  • Just as the Taliban are likely to achieve their goal in Afghanistan, as they persist and we withdraw, Bashar Assad appears to have prevailed in his civil war in Syria, and the Houthis have, after six years of fighting, held off the Saudi interventionists and their U.S. allies in Yemen. (buchanan.org)
  • Analysts point out that in case it could be established that the plane was shot down by the Taliban, it could ruin prospects of a revived dialogue between the U.S. and the militant group, essential for the withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Afghanistan - a key campaign issue for U.S. President Donald Trump's seeking his second term in office. (thehindu.com)
  • A former Taliban police official was among those killed and at least 30 people were wounded in the explosion near Nabawi Mosque, according to Abdul Nafi Takor, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the interior ministry. (wtop.com)
  • Moazuddin Ahmadi, the Taliban official in charge of information and culture, said that Safiullah Samim a former Taliban police chief in Baghlan was among those killed in Thursday's attack. (wtop.com)
  • On Wednesday, several senior Taliban officials attended Ahmadi's funeral, along with hundreds of residents of Faizabad. (wtop.com)
  • The license makes clear "that while sanctions on the Taliban remain in place, this action facilitates the private companies and aid organizations working with governing Afghan institutions and paying customs duties, fees and taxes," a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call. (metro.us)
  • ISLAMABAD (AP) - A bomb killed a former Taliban police official Thursday in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province during a memorial for a deputy governor who had died in a previous blast, a Taliban official said. (wkbn.com)
  • Two local sources who demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with media said that the blast happened inside the mosque where Taliban officials and local people attended the memorial ceremony, killing at least 13 people including Samim. (wkbn.com)
  • There have been discussions to include Taliban-led Afghanistan in the infrastructure project, and the administration has also resolved to make the country a transit hub between Central and South Asia. (aa.com.tr)
  • Taliban came to power after the withdrawal of US-led NATO forces from Afghanistan in August 2021. (aa.com.tr)
  • Violence and chaos have increased in Afghanistan in recent months even as government negotiators and the Taliban are meeting in Qatar to find an end to decades of relentless war in Afghanistan. (ahram.org.eg)
  • Washington's peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has been pressing for an agreement on a reduction in violence or a cease-fire, which the Taliban have refused, saying a permanent truce would be part of the negotiations. (ahram.org.eg)
  • The talks were part of a negotiated agreement between the United States and the Taliban to allow U.S. and NATO troops withdraw from Afghanistan, ending 19 years of military engagement. (ahram.org.eg)
  • Administration officials have dismissed that comparison, saying that Taliban officials would have resumed attacks on U.S. forces if they didn't leave by this fall, per an agreement made with former President Donald Trump last year. (airforcetimes.com)
  • Senior UN officials visiting Afghanistan for talks with the Taliban-led administration include Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Women Executive Secretary Sima Bahous. (telesurenglish.net)
  • RASCOE: I asked Sullivan about President Biden's comment that the buck stops with him and whether his administration takes responsibility for the chaotic scenes at the airport and bloodshed in Afghanistan as the Taliban has taken over because the president said that, but he also blamed a lot of other people yesterday. (innovationtrail.org)
  • Moazuddin Ahmadi, the Taliban official in charge of information and culture, confirmed Thursday's explosion and the killing of Safiullah Samim, a former Taliban police chief in Baghlan. (theweek.in)
  • The explanation that we got from the Taliban is that this is just a slight delay, as they are working on operating procedures for girls," said Christopher Nyamandi, director of Save the Children, an aid group, in Afghanistan. (kedm.org)
  • So we see in provinces where local Taliban officials are being flexible. (kedm.org)
  • Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the U.S.-Taliban agreement and Taliban CT obligations cover only Afghanistan territory? (afghanistan-analysts.org)
  • Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby held a news briefing on August 23, 2021 to provide an update on the situation at the Kabul airport and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (rev.com)
  • Both the Taliban and rival militants from a branch of the so-called Islamic State are active in Nangarhar Province, which borders Pakistan, and regularly attack local officials and security forces. (rferl.org)
  • AT-To condemn the blatant war crime of May 31, 2017 of the Taliban, a peaceful crowd of citizens gathered in Kabul and protested against the systematic failure of National Unity Government in providing security and peace to the people of Afghanistan. (afghanistantimes.af)
  • KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) â€" Taliban fighters killed 12 people, including a provincial reconciliation chief and five civilians, in separate attacks in insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. (eurasia.ro)
  • Forty one years ago, an extraordinary session of the OIC was held in Pakistan to discuss the situation in Afghanistan," he told the gathering, which also included Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi alongside delegates from the United States, China, Russia, the European Union and UN. (dawn.com)
  • PM Imran said no other country had suffered as much as Afghanistan, adding that even before the Taliban seized control, half of the population was below the poverty line. (dawn.com)
  • They have been in conflict with the Taliban for 20 years but this [concerns] the people of Afghanistan," he said, adding that it was important to take immediate action. (dawn.com)
  • After years of active conflict, the Afghanistan government was replaced by Taliban authorities in August 2021. (cdc.gov)
  • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has met with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a group of American lawmakers in an unannounced visit to the country. (ksl.com)
  • UN Humanitarian chief Valerie Amos speaks to reporters in Kabul, Afghanistan. (un.org)
  • On Saturday, the refugee agency's top official in Afghanistan, Filippo Grandi, returned to Kabul to arrange for the resumption of UNHCR's full-fledged operations in the war-torn country. (unhcr.org)
  • In an important step for the return of the agency's international staff to Afghanistan, UNHCR's Chief of Mission, Filippo Grandi, returned to Kabul Saturday along with other senior United Nations officials. (unhcr.org)
  • A baby girl sleeps on a bed next to her mother as she undergoes treatment at the malnutrition ward of the Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. (apnews.com)
  • Babies sleep next to their mothers as they undergo treatment at the malnutrition ward of the Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. (apnews.com)
  • But I then traveled up to the Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul, a largely Tajik area, and there people were voting in significant numbers, not least because the Tajiks are a minority, want to, try to acquire a block of power in parliament to counterbalance what they say is a Pashtun-governated Karzai administration in Afghanistan. (marfapublicradio.org)
  • U.S soldiers stand guard along a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16. (airforcetimes.com)
  • #Afghanistan 's Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Deputy UNSG Amina Mohammed and her accompanying delegation at his office in #Kabul . (telesurenglish.net)
  • AT-KABUL: The Afghan and the US officials discussed the ways of counter-narcotics efforts in a joint workshop held on Tuesday in Kabul. (afghanistantimes.af)
  • President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (military.com)
  • The budget still asks for $3.3 billion in operational support to sustain the Afghanistan Security Forces, a 9.2% increase from 2021. (defenseone.com)
  • MARK MILLEY: On 11 November 2020, I received an unclassified signed order directing the United States military to withdraw all forces from Afghanistan no later than 15 January 2021. (spokanepublicradio.org)
  • Afghanistan reported 56 WPV1 cases during 2020 and four during 2021 ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The leader of Islamic State's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a US drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters. (egyptindependent.com)
  • I can confirm that ISIS Khurasan (Afghanistan and Pakistan) leader Hafiz Saeed Khan along with his senior commanders and fighters died in a US drone strike on July 26 in Kot district of Afghanistan's Nangharhar province,' he said. (egyptindependent.com)
  • The Taliban's various factions in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as their al Qaeda allies are bitter rivals of Islamic State's al-Baghdadi. (egyptindependent.com)
  • Afghanistan has decided to join the multi-billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which will help the landlocked country to become a center of trade and attract investment, a senior Afghan official said on Tuesday. (aa.com.tr)
  • Last week, Afghanistan's acting foreign and commerce ministers visited Islamabad to attend the 5th China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue. (aa.com.tr)
  • Following a weekend agreement between Pakistan authorities and UNHCR, some 500 Afghan refugees were scheduled to be transferred Monday from Jalozai camp in what UN officials hope will mark the beginning of the end of the squalid site. (unhcr.org)
  • PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 18 (UNHCR) - In what United Nations officials hope will mark the beginning of the end of perhaps the most squalid refugee camp in Pakistan, UNHCR is scheduled to transfer some 500 Afghans Monday from the Jalozai camp near the northern city of Peshawar. (unhcr.org)
  • Before arriving in Afghanistan, the UN delegation held talks in Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan where, according to the spokesman, "a clear consensus emerged on the issue of the rights of women and girls to work and have access to education. (telesurenglish.net)
  • We're also facilitating a dialogue between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and we expect Pakistan to play a constructive role in helping us implement the agreement. (afghanistan-analysts.org)
  • They also visited the Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication in Islamabad, Pakistan, where they commended the work of government and partners as "one team under one roof" and highlighted the critical importance of working closely with Afghanistan to prevent cross-border transmission. (who.int)
  • In Pakistan on 7-8 January, the official visit included meeting with HE Prime Minister Imran Khan and several senior officials, including the Federal Minister for National Health Regulations and Coordination HE Mr Aamer, Mehmood Kiani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Federal Minister for Human Rights HE Dr Shireen Mazari. (who.int)
  • In our meetings with the Heads of States and other officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it was heartening to see that universal health coverage has become a top priority, not only for the Ministry of Health but for the entire Government. (who.int)
  • PESHAWAR (92 News) - Two Pakistan officials were injured due to firing from Afghanistan on Wednesday. (92newshd.tv)
  • Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (cdc.gov)
  • Interruption of WPV1 transmission in Afghanistan is attainable and requires regular and unrestricted supplementary immunization activities (mass campaigns), improved surveillance, and strong coordination of vaccination activities with neighboring Pakistan. (cdc.gov)
  • Since 2017, Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only countries with uninterrupted endemic WPV type 1 (WPV1) transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • Because of population movement, the risk for transmission in Afghanistan and Pakistan will remain if WPV1 circulation continues in either country. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite operational improvements in vaccination activities, interruption of WPV1 transmission in Afghanistan will require committed, uninterrupted efforts, including ongoing coordination with Pakistan on polio eradication activities, to address vaccination coverage gaps that sustain WPV1 circulation. (cdc.gov)
  • However, endemic transmission of indigenous WPV type 1 (WPV1) has never been interrupted in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (cdc.gov)
  • Thanks to GPEI and the tireless work of its current partners - the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and CDC - by 2005 polio was eliminated in all but four countries- Pakistan, Nigeria, India, and Afghanistan. (cdc.gov)
  • Since the EOC activation, CDC staff deployed have played essential roles in eliminating outbreaks that occurred in Somalia, Syria and Iraq, and continue to play key roles in Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. (cdc.gov)
  • In Pakistan, GPEI partners and local officials established EOCs at the national level and in each of the geographic areas where endemic circulation remains. (cdc.gov)
  • Interrupting poliovirus transmission in the remaining three endemic countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan), achieving quality surveillance necessary to document the absence of poliovirus, and continuing to innovate in ways that increase access to previously missed children are among the highest priorities in 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • MESA is primarily concerned with the area encompassing Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Israel, Pakistan, and the countries of the Arab World (and their diasporas) from the seventh century to modern times. (lu.se)
  • Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Afghanistan September 27, 2023 There is an outbreak of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in most provinces in Afghanistan. (cdc.gov)
  • Afghanistan reported two WPV1 cases during 2022 and five during 2023 through June 30. (cdc.gov)
  • This report describes activities and progress toward polio eradication in Afghanistan during January 2022-June 2023. (cdc.gov)
  • But a spokesman for Reporters Without Borders, Vincent Brossels, told RFE/RL that many Afghan journalists are prone to self-censorship out of fear of reprisal from allies of government ministers or commanders of the regional armed factions across Afghanistan. (rferl.org)
  • Delegates from Reporters Without Borders met recently with officials in the Afghan Information Ministry to discuss legal changes needed to bring Afghanistan's press laws in line with international standards. (rferl.org)
  • The Afghan government's statement says that Ghani thanked Sunday the delegation for the U.S.'s continued financial and political support for Afghanistan over the past 18 years. (ksl.com)
  • The number of civilian killings by the international forces in Afghanistan has become an increasing source of friction between NATO and the Afghan government . (antiwar.com)
  • The documents include records of interviews with hundreds of military leaders, diplomats, aid workers and Afghan officials. (wunc.org)
  • Afghan forces, backed by the American military, killed an estimated 300 Islamic State fighters in an operation mounted two weeks ago, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Wednesday, calling it a severe blow to the group. (egyptindependent.com)
  • While in Buzareg, the humanitarian official also met separately with groups of women and children, later noting that they remain the most vulnerable segments of the Afghan population. (un.org)
  • Afghanistan made it through an election yesterday without any major disruptions, at least by Afghan standards. (marfapublicradio.org)
  • All the Afghan public's already evident misgivings about what it is will probably deepen and that won't make the difficult process of rebuilding Afghanistan any easier. (marfapublicradio.org)
  • The officials, who have also met with U.N. staff, aid groups and Afghan women, arrived Monday, said U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq, noting their intention to "promote and protect the rights of women and girls. (telesurenglish.net)
  • Perhaps it was a function of our culture, or of the masculinity that pulsates through the national security space, or of the "perfection politics," of our society that doesn't allow for mistakes, growth, or changing course, but what these Afghanistan Papers really revealed was not that the war was unwinnable-that was clear to anyone who with a basic understanding of international relations, colonization, or Afghan culture. (thenation.com)
  • The U.S. has approximately 14,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of training and advising mission, and to conduct counterterrorism operations against insurgents. (ksl.com)
  • Over the past 18 years, more than three-quarters of a million American troops have deployed to Afghanistan, 2,300 have died and more than 20,000 were wounded in action. (wunc.org)
  • So 2,300 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2001. (wunc.org)
  • President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, closing the book on America's longest war. (military.com)
  • The U.S. hasn't lost a service member in Afghanistan since February 2020 and has virtually ceased combat operations, moving to an advisory role training Afghanistan troops. (military.com)
  • If the 2,500 American troops remaining in Afghanistan are pulled out, the entire 10,000-troop NATO contingent departs. (buchanan.org)
  • If Biden cannot get our troops out of Afghanistan, when, ever, do we get our troops out of Syria and Iraq? (buchanan.org)
  • The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan testified Tuesday that the U.S. could have kept that country stable and secure for years to come, but only if they increased the permanent American military presence there to about 5,000 troops. (airforcetimes.com)
  • He pointed out that President Trump wanted all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by January 15 - of course, five days before President Biden was inaugurated. (spokanepublicradio.org)
  • In the wake of last week's massive landslide in north-eastern Afghanistan, a senior United Nations relief official today voiced deep concern about the impact of conflict and natural disasters in the country, and urged the world to step up support to vulnerable communities…" (5/6). (kff.org)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour will visit Afghanistan from 15 to 21 November with the aim of engaging the country's Government in its efforts to promote and protect human rights. (un.org)
  • The top United Nations relief official today called for greater efforts to build the resilience and preparedness of the people of Afghanistan to natural disasters, given the country's vulnerability to floods and droughts that affect large segments of the population every year. (un.org)
  • The top United Nations humanitarian official today voiced concern over "unacceptable" conditions in informal settlements sheltering displaced people and former refugees in Afghanistan, and called for greater support for durable solutions to alleviate their hardship. (un.org)
  • Since the attack was a blatant war crime against humanity, the United Nations Assistant Mission in Afghanistan should immediately request the support of the UN Security Council in condemning the attack and opening an inclusive investigation. (afghanistantimes.af)
  • A wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, is seen Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (thehindu.com)
  • In Brussels, Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that any NATO departure from Afghanistan is "conditions based. (buchanan.org)
  • While scoping the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations in the early 2000s, the official historian for that series, David Horner judged that work should commence as soon as possible on a separate series covering the Australian involvement in the operations in Afghanistan after 2001 and the Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (wikipedia.org)
  • The war was launched with a wide swath of international support when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, but it quickly became a slog with no clear victory conditions. (military.com)
  • President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan means the Navy and Air Force need more money and the Army less, according to senior defense officials. (defenseone.com)
  • Data and SIA information were provided by the Afghanistan National Emergency Operations Centre, which includes officials from UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other GPEI partners. (cdc.gov)
  • The data is updated regularly with the most recent official country reporting collected through the WHO/UNICEF joint reporting process. (who.int)
  • In his letter commissioning Stockings as the official historian, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull specified that the series had to be completed by July 2022. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 2022 budget aims to move funds "towards where they're needed for the joint course writ large," said a senior defense official Thursday. (defenseone.com)
  • During her week-long visit to the strife-torn nation, Ms. Arbour will meet with President Hamid Karzai, as well as senior Government officials and representatives of the judiciary and the Parliament, according to a statement issued by her office. (un.org)
  • He is a former senior adviser at the Pentagon with oversight responsibilities for security cooperation in the Middle East, including Afghanistan. (tpr.org)
  • Tuesday's hearing was one of three conducted by congressional committees on the topic of Afghanistan this week, following two with Pentagon leaders last week. (airforcetimes.com)
  • Pentagon officials, who had long circumvented the budget caps by moving billions of dollars through the "emergency" Overseas Contingency Operations fund, are now requesting funds for wars and contingencies in the main, or base, budget. (defenseone.com)
  • Pentagon officials have said that the United States would still support Afghanistan through financial means, not boots on the grounds. (defenseone.com)
  • The United States' top general, Mark Milley, is testifying with other Pentagon officials about the exit from Afghanistan and also lingering questions over his actions in the waning days of the Trump administration. (spokanepublicradio.org)
  • You'll remember that the U.S. and its allies first went to Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. (tpr.org)
  • The civilian death toll in Afghanistan continued to rise today as US forces launched an overnight operation killing six men in Zabul. (antiwar.com)
  • In multiple national addresses this summer, Biden said the threat to U.S. forces in Afghanistan was not worth the uncertain security return of keeping a sizable military presence there. (airforcetimes.com)
  • H.R. McMaster - a retired Army lieutenant general who served as National Security Advisor to Trump and led a combined joint inter-agency task force in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012 -called the idea that U.S. military forces can conduct effective strikes against terrorist groups in the region without an on-the-ground presence little more than "a pipe dream. (airforcetimes.com)
  • Sullivan said the president and the administration take responsibility for every decision that they've made regarding Afghanistan, but he also continued to defend the decision to leave and not to continue to put American armed forces at risk. (innovationtrail.org)
  • Indeed, the yesterday's demonstration was a genuine citizenry protest of people, who are extremely frustrated by the incompetence of NUG leaders and the entire leadership of Afghanistan National Security Forces. (afghanistantimes.af)
  • A second airman based with the U.S. Air National Guard in New York is among the six Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan Monday, authorities said Tuesday. (nbcnewyork.com)
  • We went to Afghanistan because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago," Biden said in a speech Wednesday. (military.com)
  • We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result," Biden said. (military.com)
  • Is Biden Prepared to Lose Afghanistan? (buchanan.org)
  • The White House acknowledged today that there are, quote, "reasonable questions" about how the Biden administration is withdrawing from Afghanistan. (innovationtrail.org)
  • On 13 September, Crisis Group Asia Program Director Pierre Prakash spoke at the Afghanistan Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) at Brussels. (crisisgroup.org)
  • Senior BRAC officials from the head office and regional offices attended the burial. (brac.net)
  • Family members of the deceased and senior BRAC officials received the body at the Zia International Airport and escorted it to his home in the village of Digore, in Ghatail upazila of Tangail district. (brac.net)
  • Dr Tedros and Dr Al-Mandhari met with heads of state and senior government officials in both countries and witnessed first-hand WHO-supported health programmes. (who.int)
  • The Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Australian Peacekeeping Operations in East Timor is an Australian official history series currently under preparation. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are some differences in how the Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Australian Peacekeeping Operations in East Timor is being prepared compared to earlier Australian official history series. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Iraq and Afghanistan wars had weighed most heavily on Army coffers and the withdrawals will "substantially" reduce the financial burden on the service, defense official said Thursday. (defenseone.com)
  • The Army will see a $3.2 billion decrease in costs in operation and maintenance funds due to the Iraq and Afghanistan drawdowns. (defenseone.com)
  • President Donald Trump's policies in both the Mideast and Afghanistan have recently drawn bipartisan criticism in Washington. (ksl.com)
  • Based on an earlier assessment, the Ministry of Public Health estimated that some 10 million Afghans were infected with the corona-virus in Afghanistan and out of which about eight thousand cases of this virus are still active in the country. (outlookafghanistan.net)
  • The ministry of public health officials, as media reports quoted, stressed that the social gatherings such as Muharram ceremony should be held outdoors with maintaining all health advises and we must not repeat the mistakes of Eid al-Fitr during the Muharram mourning ceremony. (outlookafghanistan.net)
  • A suicide bomber has killed two people in eastern Afghanistan, including the local head of the Ministry of Haj and Religious Affairs. (rferl.org)
  • I ask all to join with me, the staff of the Ministry of Public Health and the health workers throughout Afghanistan to recommit yourselves to this noble goal of further reducing the mortality of our newborns and children under 5. (who.int)
  • Source: Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan. (who.int)
  • During a recent visit to the site, UNHCR officials were beseeched by refugees asking for aid," the agency said in a statement Sunday. (unhcr.org)
  • Data are updated regularly and are derived from official country reporting to the World Health Organization. (who.int)
  • The political turmoil associated with the three changes of federal government in 2013 delayed official approval, with the submission being put forward and withdrawn on two occasions. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2015 the Abbott government authorised the official history. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some reasons for U.S. failures in Afghanistan are starkly illustrated in internal government documents recently published by our guest, Washington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock. (wunc.org)
  • So it's sort of an obscure government agency called the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. (wunc.org)
  • The official statements of the government are unanimously undemocratic in nature and threatening in tune. (afghanistantimes.af)
  • A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Last week, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley publicly acknowledged that he supported leaving a force of 2,500 to stay in Afghanistan, to maintain stability there. (airforcetimes.com)
  • More than 13,000 people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, officials said, amid a massive exodus that followed an Azerbaijani offensive that gave Baku complete control of the mountainous region. (rferl.org)
  • The premier expressed the views while delivering the keynote address at the 17th extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan at the Parliament House in Islamabad. (dawn.com)
  • ISLAMABAD (AP) - A suicide bomber targeted a memorial service in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, officials said. (wtop.com)
  • A bomb ripped through a memorial service in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, killing at least 11 people, officials said. (theweek.in)
  • About 500 people are expected to be moved Monday, according to UNHCR officials, who said the dusty, treeless site becomes very cold at night and extremely hot during the day. (unhcr.org)
  • According to U.N. figures from early November, almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60% percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger, including 8.7 million living in near famine. (apnews.com)
  • What we are witnessing right now is the decimation of the country and people of Afghanistan. (ifapray.org)
  • Your Word says that You will bring good from every bad situation, Father i pray for that to happen and that You would quickly defeat this evil force that has taken over Afghanistan, just like you helped the Israelite people, thousands of years ago, defeat all the armies that wanted to destroy them. (ifapray.org)
  • RASCOE: Right now they say their focus is getting people out of the country - so those American citizens in the country, Afghans who have helped the U.S. military or media organizations, citizens of other U.S. allies who may be attempting to leave Afghanistan. (innovationtrail.org)
  • Despite these facts and scientific concerns, the people and citizens of Afghanistan are reckless about the corona-virus and do not follow the health recommendations during daily businesses and especially during Muharram ceremony. (outlookafghanistan.net)
  • On March 6, at least two people were killed and two others were injured when a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded in the province, officials said. (rferl.org)
  • Seven more people had died of injuries, and 290 were hospitalized and "dozens of patients remain in critical condition," officials said . (rferl.org)
  • But other [governing officials in the provinces], like Ismail Khan and Abdul Rashid Dostum, or others, have been trying to prevent the development of a free press in the country,' Brossels said. (rferl.org)
  • One of our favorite methods of distributing an official gazette is when a country publishes an official bound copy that follows the advance releases. (loc.gov)
  • INSKEEP: And does the seating of this parliament mean that Afghanistan will become a fully independent country again? (marfapublicradio.org)
  • He noted that any country, in a situation similar to that of Afghanistan, would collapse. (dawn.com)
  • The weekend saw more security problems at the Makaki camp inside Afghanistan near the border with Iran. (unhcr.org)
  • The new license is part of what U.S. officials said are ongoing U.S. efforts to help contain an economic collapse that quickened in August when Washington and other donors cut financial aid underpinning 75 percent of Afghanistan's public spending. (metro.us)
  • CPEC will help us to become part of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and bring different projects in energy, railway and other sectors to Afghanistan," Ahmad said in a video statement shared by Ariana News, a local television channel. (aa.com.tr)
  • The Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a meeting with Qatari officials in Doha, called for more cooperation between Qatar and Afghanistan in various fields. (tolonews.com)
  • Muttaqi thanked Qatar for hosting and said that Qatar has always prioritized the development of friendly relations with Afghanistan," said Zia Ahmad Takal, Deputy Foreign Minister. (tolonews.com)
  • According to the WHO Global Health Observatory,2 the prevalence of Wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age wasting in children under 5 in Afghanistan decreased from 8.6% in 2004 to 5.1% in 2018. (who.int)
  • The prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding (within one hour of birth) in Afghanistan increased from 40.9% in 2015 to 62.8% in 2018. (who.int)
  • The EOC model enabled Nigerian officials to create a place where their leaders could meet regularly, develop and execute eradication strategies, improve vaccination campaigns, and respond rapidly to outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • 2 years in the south region of Afghanistan, where restrictions prohibiting house-to-house vaccination limit the effectiveness of immunization campaigns. (cdc.gov)
  • The Washington Post 's Afghanistan Papers framed in stark terms the incompetence and immorality of the officials under whom I served. (thenation.com)
  • Annual flooding is the norm and there have been eight droughts in 11 years," said the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, on the third day of her to Afghanistan, following a visit to Balkh province in the country's north, where she met families affected by natural disasters and conflict. (un.org)
  • She urged all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law. (un.org)
  • They've been pushing the argument that Afghanistan shows the U.S. will not back Taiwan in the event of a conflict. (innovationtrail.org)
  • This study reviews violence, conflict and mental health among HCWs in five countries: Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan and Lebanon. (bvsalud.org)
  • The vaccine scheduler table summarizes the current vaccination schedule for young children, adolescents, and adults in Afghanistan. (who.int)
  • A bomb attached to the vehicle of a radio journalist in southern Afghanistan exploded early Thursday, killing him, a provincial official said. (ahram.org.eg)
  • They assumed he was a suicide bomber, according to officials , though they later confirmed that he was not. (antiwar.com)
  • Speaking to reporters in Yerevan, Samantha Power, the top official at the U.S. Agency for International Development, said Azerbaijan's use of force was unacceptable . (rferl.org)
  • Two years ago, Lemm returned from a tour in Afghanistan to surprise his wife Christine and two children, Brooke and Ryan, at a singing competition at Westchester Burger in Rye Brook. (nbcnewyork.com)
  • Recommended for unvaccinated travelers younger than 60 years old traveling to Afghanistan. (cdc.gov)
  • Unvaccinated travelers 60 years and older may get vaccinated before traveling to Afghanistan. (cdc.gov)
  • If you consider expected years of study and the proportion of the population that pursues studies beyond compulsory schooling (Human Development Index 2019), Chile comes highest in 41st place just before Portugal, and Haiti comes last in 168th just before Afghanistan. (lu.se)
  • Because still, this threat is [hanging over the] heads of the journalists in Afghanistan,' Brossels said. (rferl.org)
  • At the launch of the first volume in the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations to be published in April 2011, Horner stated that it was a "national disgrace" that work was not underway on the next series. (wikipedia.org)
  • The final submission proposed either expanding the Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations to cover operations in the three countries up to 2006 or establishing an entirely new series. (wikipedia.org)
  • While the United States does not publish an official gazette, most countries of the world do. (loc.gov)
  • The Law Library strives to collect official gazettes from all countries of the world (past, current, and future). (loc.gov)
  • He said all of those countries represent different situations, and it's not the same as what happened in Afghanistan. (innovationtrail.org)
  • LU applies the accepted cultural geography definition of the American continent in which Latin America comprises all the countries south of the USA whose official language is a Romance language. (lu.se)
  • According to the public health officials, Afghanistan might be on the eve of entering into the second of wave of covid-19 with nearing seasonal changes during fall and winter. (outlookafghanistan.net)
  • This new tool delivers a single score for each community so that public health officials can identify and map areas most at risk for the health impacts of environmental burden. (cdc.gov)
  • These scores are used by public health officials and emergency response planners to identify communities that may need additional support before, during, or after disasters or disease outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • Between January and early August, American warplanes conducted nearly 140 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Afghanistan, according to the US military. (egyptindependent.com)
  • Crocker's comment came at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, ending the nearly 20-year American military presence there. (airforcetimes.com)
  • General Tommy Franks, commander of the US Central Command, spoke to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a July 2002 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about US military operations in Afghanistan. (thenation.com)
  • Any military history hobbyist can explain how history's most powerful militaries have failed to unite and rule Afghanistan. (thenation.com)
  • It is essential to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in Afghanistan. (lu.se)
  • INSKEEP: And while the ballots are not counted, some reports out of Afghanistan suggests that some of these warlords have arranged it so they're assured of seats in this new parliament when it forms. (marfapublicradio.org)
  • Pelosi on her twitter account said her visit to Afghanistan focused on security, governance and economic development. (ksl.com)