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AP Interview: Afghan minister says police are hardest hit
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police in Afghanistan are one of the country’s most-criticized security forces, denigrated as corrupt and inept. Yet Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi says police are also the hardest hit, taking 70% of all casualties among government forces, dozens of whom die each day in relentless attacks by Taliban and Islamic State insurgents.…READ MORE
US takes back $100 million from Afghan govt over corruption
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Washington is taking back $100 million intended for an Afghan energy infrastructure project, citing unacceptably high levels of corruption in the Afghan government, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday in a harshly worded statement.…READ MORE
Protected by army men, Afghan youth protest climate change
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Worried that if war doesn’t kill them, climate change will, around 100 young Afghans marched Friday to protest climate change. They were guarded by troops atop an armored personnel carrier and on foot, rifles at the ready.…READ MORE