The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved two grants totaling $210 million from the International Development Association (IDA), as part of a larger financial package of $380 million, …
World Bank Approves $380 million in Grants to Cushion Impact of COVID-19 in Afghanistan
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved two grants totaling $210 million from the International Development Association (IDA), as part of a larger financial package of $380 million, …
Afghanistan Estimates Coronavirus Cases More Than Double U.S. Confirmed Infections
Results of a new national survey, which collected antibody tests from thousands of people across Afghanistan, suggested as many as 10 million could have contracted COVID-19 at some point during the …
Trump: U.S. To Withdraw 4K Troops From Afghanistan By Election
The United States will draw down U.S. troops in Afghanistan by roughly half before the November presidential election, President Donald Trump said in an interview with Axios. “It’s already planned. We …
Trump: 8,600 US Troops in Afghanistan Will Likely Drop Below 5,000 by Election Day
Administration officials cited anonymously in media reports over the summer said Trump wanted to see all of the troops out of Afghanistan by the election, but that military commanders had urged him to …
Russia Is Winning the Information War in Afghanistan
Russia Is Winning the Information War in Afghanistan Russia Is Winning the Information War in A… Since 2015, when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev suspended Moscow’s participation in the …
More U.S. Troops Will Leave Afghanistan Before the Election, Trump Says
The president’s assertion undercuts diplomats who have said withdrawals will depend on the Taliban’s commitment to its peace deal with the United States.
Trump says the US presence in Afghanistan will shrink to about 4,000 troops by the November election
Trump said the drawdown would happen “very soon,” and US military officials still say the withdrawal is conditions-based.
Qatar condemns attack on prison in Afghanistan
Qatar yesterday expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack that targeted a prison in Jalalabad city in eastern Afghanistan and caused deaths and injuries.
ISIS Jailbreak in Afghanistan Prompts Mass Manhunt For Escaped Prisoners
The group’s Afghan affiliate claimed responsibility for the attack on a prison in Jalalabad and said it had freed hundreds of inmates.