Section: TOLOnews (Afghanistan)
Kerry Visits Central Asia Amid Tensed Relations with Russia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met his five Central Asian counterparts in the ancient city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Sunday and reassured them of Washington’s continued engagement in a region seen as exposed to militant Islam. Most of the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan...
Kunduz The Gateway To Central Asia
Despite consistent pressure on Kunduz over the past six months, its collapse was unexpected. But it happened and shocked the nation. At this stage when government and media speak out about the victory of security forces over the Taliban in Kunduz city, the reality shows that the Taliban militants are more capable now than they have ever been in...
Russia and US Call Urgent Talks After Syria Strikes
Russia and United States agreed Wednesday to call urgent military talks to head off the risk of clashes between their forces, after Moscow’s dramatic entrance into the Syrian war. Senior US officials expressed alarm after Russian warplanes began their first military engagement outside the former Soviet Union since the occupation of...
Russia Deploys 28 Combat Planes in Syria: US Officials
Russia has deployed 28 combat planes in Syria, US officials said Monday, confirming the latest move in Moscow’s increasing military presence in the war-torn nation. “There are 28 fighter and bomber aircraft” at an airfield in the western Syrian province of Latakia, one of the officials told AFP, speaking on condition of...
Terrorism Threats Remain in Region, Also In Afghanistan: Obama
President Barack Obama addressed a variety of national security topics during his live multimedia Worldwide Troop Talk at Fort Meade in the United States on Friday and said that despite their continued war against terrorism significant threats from terrorist organizations persist in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and North Africa. In a U.S Department...
Russia’s Lavrov Talks with Ukraine, US, German Counterparts
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held separate talks Saturday with his Ukraine, US and German counterparts, the Kremlin announced, as fighting spikes in eastern Ukraine. During the telephone calls with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Lavrov called for the Ukrainian army “to...
Obama Calls Putin to Discuss Iran Deal: White House
President Barack Obama spoke by phone Wednesday with Vladimir Putin, thanking his Russian counterpart for his role in reaching a deal on Iran’s nuclear program. US ties with Russia have been strained to breaking point over the war in Ukraine, but Russia was an “important” part of the group of nations that negotiated the deal...
Iran Nuclear Talks Will Reach Compromise ‘Soon’: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he believed global powers and Iran will “soon” reach a compromise in talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme. “A compromise should be found,” Putin said after hosting a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Urals city of Ufa, where he met with Iranian...
Congo Virus Spreads Through Herat, Claims 10 More Lives: Officials
At least six women and four men have so far died of fatal Congo virus in western Herat as the province saw 32 suspected cases over the past two months, provincial health officials said Thursday. The Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus have been recently reported and confirmed by health officials in Kabul, Herat, Nangarhar, Helmand and...
Eight Died of Congo Virus in Afghanistan: Health Ministry
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) officials on Monday confirmed outbreak of a fatal virus in Afghanistan that has claimed lives of eight people so far this year. The Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus have been reported and confirmed in Kabul, Herat, Nangarhar, Helmand and Nuristan provinces, MoPH spokesman Wahidullah Mayar told...
