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Author Archives: Ruchi Kumar

Relations between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have been warming up recently. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the presidential palace in Kabul on July 15, 2018. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Haroon Sabawoon
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

Pak-Taliban talks called off as Kabul complains

by Ruchi Kumar February 20, 2019February 18, 2020

A planned meeting between the Taliban and the Pakistani leadership has been cancelled following a complaint by the Afghan government to the United Nations about their neighbor interfering in Afghan affairs. A representative of President Ashraf Ghani’s government at the United Nations sent a letter to the UN Security Council last Friday, saying an invitation […]

Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

Afghans upset at being left out of peace talks

by Ruchi Kumar and Hikmatullah Noori February 11, 2019February 18, 2020
On February 19, 2017, Afghan General Abdul Raziq (C), police chief of Kandahar, poses during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Kandahar province. (Photo by JAWED TANVEER / AFP)
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Middle East, South Asia, World

Top Afghan General killed in Taliban attack in Kandahar

by Ruchi Kumar and Hikmat Noori October 19, 2018February 18, 2020
The Afghan President's national security adviser Hanif Atmar resigned this week and is likely to make a stand in the upcoming presidential election. Photo: AFP/ Vitaliy Belousov/ Sputnik
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

Afghanistan gets a diplomat as its new national security adviser

by Ruchi Kumar August 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Smoke rises after Taliban militants launched an attack on the provincial capital of Ghazni on August 10, 2018. Photo: AFP/Zakeria Hashimi
Posted inAfghanistan, Middle East, South Asia

Taliban attack in Ghazni complicates peace talks

by Ruchi Kumar and Ajmal Omari August 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Peace activists in Afghanistan wrote a letter to the citizens of Pakistan and signed it in blood. Photo:Facebook
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Blood, sweat and tears as activists protest against Taliban

by Ruchi Kumar July 30, 2018February 18, 2020
The Taliban agreed to a ceasefire for a brief three days during Eid. Photo: Ajmal Omari
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia

Temporary ceasefire between Taliban and army sparks hope

by Ruchi Kumar and Ajmal Omari June 26, 2018February 18, 2020
Muslim rebel with automatic rifle and machine-gun belt. 
Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Power projects under increasing threat in Afghanistan

by Ruchi Kumar and Ajmal Omari May 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Outgoing Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Manpreet Vohra, shows his cricket prowess in Kabul. Photo: Courtesy of the Indian Embassy in Kabul
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

High civilian casualties in Afghanistan, while the world dithers

by Ruchi Kumar April 24, 2018February 18, 2020
A man cries beside an injured girl at a hospital after a suicide bomb attack in Kabul near a school where voters were registering for ID cards so they can vote in the upcoming election. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ismail
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, World

Anger in Kabul over election after blast claims 63

by Ruchi Kumar April 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, World

President Ghani offers ‘unconditional’ peace talks to the Taliban

by Ruchi Kumar March 2, 2018February 18, 2020
Afghan commandos. Photo: Reuters/Nasir Wakif
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Taliban’s ‘Red Unit’ poses new threat to Afghan security

by Ruchi Kumar January 17, 2018February 18, 2020
A shopkeeper waits for customers in Kabul on December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Trump’s Twitter threat to Pakistan wins Afghans’ favor

by Ruchi Kumar January 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview in Kabul in May. Photo: AFP/ Anadolu Agency
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Karzai warns Afghans and neighbors to resist ‘US agenda’

by Ruchi Kumar October 12, 2017February 18, 2020

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