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Abdullah Welcomes Taliban’s Announcement of Three-Day Ceasefire
May 11,2021
KABUL - Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah has welcomed the Taliban’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire over Eid-ul-Fitr ...
A Closer Look at The Kabul School Bombing
May 11,2021
KABUL - It was a quiet Saturday afternoon and hundreds of girls were leaving the school when the deadly incident occurred. Suddenly many students found themselves among ...
Pakistan’s Bajwa Meets with Ghani in Kabul: Sources Tell Reuters
May 11,2021
KABUL - Pakistani Army Chief of Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other leaders in Kabul on Monday, sources told Reuters on ...
Australian FM Meets with Ghani and Abdullah in Kabul
May 11,2021
KABUL - Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has paid an unannounced visit to Kabul where she met with President Ashraf Ghani and High Council for National Reconciliation ...
Ministers Meet with ICC Prosecutor to Discuss Crimes Against Afghans
May 10,2021
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda and her team met a high-level delegation from Afghanistan, including Foreign Minister ...
Bombing Near Kabul Girls School Sparks International Outcry
May 10,2021
KABUL - Saturday’s bombing near a girls school in Kabul city has sparked outrage among the international community, including the US, the UK, Germany and the United ...
Iran Blames Daesh for Deadly School Bombing in Kabul
May 10,2021
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned Saturday’s bombing close to a girls school in Kabul city and called on all Afghans to end the violence. ...
Taliban ‘Utilized Their Full Strength’ to Take Strategic Areas
May 10,2021
KABUL - Acting Minister of Defense General Yasin Zia in a press conference on Saturday said that the Taliban utilized their full strength in the past week to some ...
Pakistan Condemns ‘Horrific’ Kabul School Bombing
May 10,2021
KABUL - Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Sunday Pakistan “strongly condemns the horrific attack at a school in Kabul ...
Kabul Residents Decry ‘Unjust’ Electricity Distribution
May 10,2021
KABUL - Kabul residents are accusing Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) of discrimination and say the company is not distributing electricity fairly to its customers in the capital. ...
Taliban Leader Says in Eid Message There ‘Will Be an Islamic Emirate’
May 10,2021
In his annual message ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, Taliban leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday called on Afghans to “contribute to the redevelopment of ...
Survivors of Kabul School Attack: We Will Never Quit
May 10,2021
KABUL - Students who survived the deadly bombings outside a school in western Kabul on Saturday vowed to continue their education despite having lost dozens of classmates ...
Afghanistan Covid-19 Tally Crosses 62,000 Mark
May 10,2021
KABUL - At least 221 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths have been recorded in Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Sunday...
Uruzgan Residents Claim Security Forces Killed Student
May 10,2021
TIRINKOT - Hundreds of residents of Tirinkot, the capital of central of Uruzgan province, on Sunday protested in front of the governor’s office, claiming that security ...
Mafia, Powerful Individuals Pressurize Khost Mayor to Resign
May 10,2021
KHOST CITY - Khost City Mayor Eng. Roshan Navid says that he had been forced to resign following pressure from mafia groups and powerful individuals pressure...
NATO Seeks Ways to Continue Support to Afghan Forces: Stoltenberg
May 08,2021
Speaking at a meeting of European Union Defense Ministers on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the drawdown of NATO troops in Afghanistan ...
Envoys Oppose Establishment of Any Govt in Afghanistan by Force
May 08,2021
Special envoys and special representatives of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States in a statement emphasized the ...
President Stresses Solution to Transport Unions Problems
May 08,2021
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has asked Afghanistan’s Chambers Federation to create private and state partnerships and take joint efforts for ...
Azerbaijan Plans to Withdraw Its Peacekeepers from Afghanistan – Defense Ministry
May 08,2021
BAKU - The Azerbaijani peacekeepers are planned to be withdrawn from Afghanistan, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said in response to Trend’s request on May 7 ...
Power Pylons Destroyed, Leaving Kabul in The Dark
May 08,2021
KABUL - Two electricity pylons in the north of the city were blown up early on Friday morning, the main power utility, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), said...
US: Strong Intl Consensus Against A Taliban Military Takeover
May 06,2021
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has said that a Taliban plan to seize control of Afghanistan with a military takeover would ...
Tajik President, Khalilzad Discuss Afghan Peace
May 06,2021
DUSHANBE - Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon on Tuesday met with US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Dushanbe and discussed the Afghan peace process ...
60 Planeloads of US Military Gear Leaves Afghanistan as Drawdown Begins
May 06,2021
Following Saturday’s official launch of the US troops withdrawal process, military officials have said 60 planeloads of equipment has already been moved ...
Clashes in Afghanistan After US Misses Withdrawal Deadline
May 06,2021
TEHRAN – After a missed US deadline to withdraw troops, the Taliban armed group has launched attacks across Afghanistan...
After Talks, India, EU Say They ‘Won’t Support Restoration of Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan’
May 06,2021
NEW DELHI - For the first time in recent years, India on Tuesday said in a bilateral diplomatic statement that it will not support the return of ...
Taliban Would Roll Back Afghan Women’s Rights -U.S. Intelligence Report
May 06,2021
The Taliban “would roll back much” of the progress made in Afghan women’s rights if the Islamist extremists regain national power, according to an ...
Taliban Threatens Media Outlets Over Gov’t Collusion
May 06,2021
Taliban in a released statement on Wednesday warned Afghan media outlets to put a halt on on-sided publications and broadcastings...
Ghani Outlines Afghanistan’s Path to Peace
May 05,2021
KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September represents ...
UN Security Council Condemns ‘Atrocious and Cowardly’ Logar Attack
May 05,2021
The members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned last week’s attack in Logar that resulted in the death of 21 people...
Taliban Remain Vague and Non-Committal about Peace Talks: Abdullah
May 04,2021
KABUL - Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah says there is currently no contact between the Afghan Republic’s talks teams and the Taliban’s representative ...
Khalilzad Meets Ghani, Abdullah on Peace Process
May 04,2021
KABUL - US Special Representative for Afghanistan reconciliation ZalmayKhalilzad on Monday held meetings with President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman High Council for National Reconciliation ...
RSF Sounds Alarm on World Press Freedom Day
May 04,2021
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Centre for the Protection of Afghan Women Journalists (CPAWJ) on Monday sounded the alarm ...
Iran Concerned About Developments in Afghanistan
May 04,2021
TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Monday said Tehran is following the recent developments in Afghanistan closely as ...
Mohib Govt Does Not See Any Justification for Taliban Violence
May 03,2021
KABUL - Hamdullah Mohib, National Security Adviser, during a press conference on Saturday, whined and questioned the ongoing violence and atrocities contemporary undertaken ...
Third Wave ‘Detected’ as 166 New COVID Cases Reported
May 03,2021
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 166 new cases of COVID-19 out of 1,922 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
The ministry also reported ...