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Al-Qaida Will Return to Afghanistan, British Official Says
By Jamie Dettmer
August 13, 2021 08:09 AM
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace warned Friday that Afghanistan risks becoming a failed state and predicted a-Qaida will again thrive in the country.
“I’m absolutely worried that failed states are breeding grounds for those types of people,” he told British broadcaster Sky News.
Hours earlier Wallace announced Britain will dispatch hundreds of combat-ready paratroopers to Kabul to help evacuate more than 4,000 Britons and as many as 2,000 Afghans, who are likely to be killed by the Taliban for working with the British military. Additional text at: https://tinyurl.com/4d44tfx5
All times UTC
Current summer schedules for a selection of stations that likely will have news updates on the strife in Afghanistan. Observations and corrections are welcome at w4gvh@frontier.com
Afghanistan
The following Afghanistan listing may be inactive
6100 R.Afghanistan 1530-1730 daily English/Dari
1107 R.Afghanistan 0100-1830 daily Pashto/Dari
Algeria
Radio Algerienne/Chaine 1
198 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 0000-2400 Arabic
7295 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 0513-0558 Arabic
9535 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 0513-0558 Arabic
11985 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 1913-1958 Arabic
12060 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 1913-1958 Arabic
5940 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 2100-2158 Arabic
5930 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 2213-2258 Arabic
7295 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 0500-0513 French
9535 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 0500-0513 French
11985 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 1900-1913 French
12060 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 1900-1913 French
5930 R.Algerienne Chaine 1 2200-2213 French
252 R.Algerienne Chaine 3 0000-2400 French
6050 R.Algerienne Holy Qur`an 0400-0458 Arabic
9620 R.Algerienne Holy Qur`an 0600-0658 Arabic
13815 R.Algerienne Holy Qur`an 1800-1858 Arabic
9510 R.Algerienne Holy Qur`an 2000-2058 Arabic
9655 R.Algerienne Holy Qur`an 2000-2058 Arabic
5930 R.Algerienne Holy Qur`an 2100-2158 Arabic
Iran
IRIB/VOIRI / daily
7410 1520-1620 English
9835 1920-2020 English
9855 1920-2020 English
Kuwait
Radio Kuwait / daily
540 0000-2400 Arabic
1134 0000-2400 Arabic
5960 0255-0900 Arabic
15530 0500-0800 Arabic check 15455 kHz
15515 0500-0900 Arabic
9750 1100-1600 Arabic
11630 1300-1600 Arabic
17550 2000-2400 Arabic
9730 0800-1000 English
17760 1000-1200 Filipino
7250 0800-1000 Persian
15110 DRM 0945-1325 Arabic(Digital)
13650 DRM 1700-2000 Arabic(Digital)
11970 DRM 0500-0815 English(Digital)
15540 DRM 1800-2100 English(Digital)
15540 DRM 1600-1800 Urdu(Digital)
Oman (may be irregular or inactive)
Radio Sultanate of Oman / daily
1242 0000-2400 Arabic
13600 0400-1000 Arabic
15140 1500-1800 Arabic
15140 1400-1500 English
Saudi Arabia
Radio Saudi International / daily
15120 0900-1157 Bengali
17660 1355-1600 French
21670 0900-1157 Indonesian
9695 1358-1557 Pashto
7240 1157-1355 Persian
7240 1357-1757 Persian
13720 0700-0855 Somali
15285 0400-0657 Swahili
9885 1730-1750 Tajik
9675 1755-2057 Turkish
9885 1554-1700 Turkmen
13775 1200-1457 Urdu
9885 1700-1730 Uzbek
Turkey
Voice of Turkey / daily
7275 0255-0358 English
6165 0300-0358 English
15450 1230-1328 English
15520 1630-1728 English
5945 1830-1928 English
9875 2030-2128 English
9830 2200-2300 English
(Teak Publishing)