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High-Level Visits Bring No Relief to Helmand
March 06, 2017
LASHKARGAH - As many as 40 high level delegations from central capital Kabul visited southern Helmand province this solar year to review security situation, but insecurity went from bad...
Anti-Daesh Summit in Washington on March 21
March 04, 2017
KABUL - The Trump administration plans to hold an anti-Daesh (Islamic State) summit in Washington on March 21, a Saudi newspaper reported on Saturday. The Arab News quoted Washington-based...
Afghanistan Security Situation Discussed During McMaster, Ghani Talks
March 05, 2017
KABUL - The US national security advisor, General Herbert Raymond McMaster, on Friday night talked with President Ashraf Ghani through telephone, a statement from Presidential Office said...
Envoy Asks Kabul to Shift Stranded Afghans through Plane
March 05, 2017
KABUL - Afghan ambassador in Islamabad Hazrat Umar Zakhelwal on Saturday asked government in Kabul to shift stranded Afghan nationals in Pakistan through aircraft back to the country...
Visiting Indian Diplomat Discuss Terrorism with US Officials
March 05, 2017
>KABUL - Top Indian and American diplomats have conferred on a range of issues of bilateral interest, including terrorist and the situation in Afghanistan. Currently on a four-day trip...
Gov’t Probes Reports Taliban Used Chemicals in PD6 Attack
March 05, 2017
KABUL - Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday said it will probe reports that the Taliban used chemical materials in their attack on PD6 in Kabul in which 21 people were killed and 104...
61 Insurgents Killed During Counter-Terrorism Operations: MoD
March 05, 2017
KABUL - At least 61 insurgents were killed and 33 others were wounded during a series of counter-terrorism operations across the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD)...
Situation in Afghanistan Urgent, McCain Tells Trump
March 04, 2017
WASHINGTON - A top Republican Senator has urged the Trump Administration to address the urgent security situation in Afghanistan in view of recent terrorist attacks...
Ghani, US Special Envoy Talk Ties, Peace
March 04, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday met the United States acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and discussed with her relations between the two countries and...
Tripartite Meeting Focuses on Intel Cooperation
March 04, 2017
KABUL - Afghan, NATO and Pakistani military officials met in Kabul on Thursday and discussed security along Afghan-Pak border, countering roadside bombs and sharing intelligence...
Afghan Forces Recapture Tala-o-Barfak
March 04, 2017
PUL-E-KHUMRI - The government troops recaptured Tala-o-Barfak district in the northern Baghlan province on Friday after fierce fighting, a police official in the district said...
US Hails Afghan Forces Offensives Against Daesh
March 04, 2017
KABUL - Successful military offensives conducted by Afghan security forces backed by US air support against the Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan during the past year brought down...
Pakistani PM Calls for Regional Connectivity at ECO Summit
March 02, 2017
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday opened a key regional conference that will focus on intra-region connectivity in energy, infrastructure, transport and...
Rula Ghani Distressed over Trump’s Afghan Policy Chaos
March 02, 2017
KABUL - First Lady of Afghanistan Rula Ghani on Wednesday expressed her deep concerns over a possible aid cut to Afghanistan by the United States, urging President Donald Trump...
Sayyaf Hospitalized in Kabul Due to Heart Attack
March 02, 2017
KABUL - A prominent former Afghan jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf has been hospitalized in Kabul with preliminary reports suggesting he has suffered a heart attack...
Suicide Attack in Kabul Kill 15, Wound 43
March 02, 2017
KABUL - A pair of near-simultaneous Taliban suicide bombings struck the Capital Kabul on Wednesday, targeting a police station and offices of the country's intelligence agency and killing...
ICG Acknowledges Afghanistan’s Sacrifices in War against Terrorism
March 02, 2017
KABUL - The International Contact Group (ICG) has met in Jeddah to discuss the political, security, and economic situation in Afghanistan, a statement from the Ministry of Foreign...
Afghanistan Urges Pakistan to Open Borders
March 02, 2017
ISLAMABAD - Afghanistan has used a regional summit to call on Pakistan to reopen formal border crossings between the two countries, saying barriers on trade, transit and the...
IEC Blasts Govt. Interference, Unconstitutional Demand
March 01, 2017
KABUL - The deputy head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has submitted the names of six more individuals for the post of secretary general to the government, a reliable source...
Kabul Pushes for Regional Alliance Against Terrorism, Extremism
March 01, 2017
KABUL - The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Tuesday said that regional countries need to join hands and fight terrorism strategically in the region. The Afghan government has...
Senior Afghan Leaders Skip ECO Summit
March 01, 2017
PESHAWAR - Amid ongoing tension with Pakistan, senior Afghan officials have opted for skipping the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) summit in Islamabad. President Ashraf...
Govt. Leaders Agree to Rollout E-NIC
March 01, 2017
KABUL - The government leaders have finally agreed on the legal aspects of the electronic-National Identity Cards (e-NIC), the office of the second vice president, Mohammad Sarwar Danish...
IEC Secretary to be Named Soon
March 01, 2017
KABUL - The Presidential Palace on Tuesday said candidates for post of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) secretary were being interviewed and the position would be filled soon...
Taliban a Potent Threat to Farah’s Stability: Residents
March 01, 2017
KABUL - Six months have passed since the Taliban carried out major assaults on Farah province, but the people of the province are still recovering from the trauma suffered in the war...
Afghanistan is Not a Threat to Any Country: Ghani
February 28, 2017
KABUL - “Afghanistan is not a threat to any country, Afghanistan is an independent country and will remain so for hundreds of years to come,” President Ashraf Ghani...
70pc Appointments at MoFA Illegal: MP
February 28, 2017
KABUL - A Wolesi Jirga or lower house member on Monday said 70 percent of appointments made at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) during the past two years had been illegal and...
We are Committed to Stable Afghanistan: Nicholson
February 28, 2017
KABUL - NATO and US commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson says they remain committed to a stable and peaceful Afghanistan. In his message on Soldiers Day, Nicholson...
Ghani Hails Afghan Forces as Taliban Mourns War Strategist
February 28, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday the Taliban no longer posed a threat to Kunduz province and hailed the Afghan air force for eliminating the group’s shadow governor...
CEO Inquires after Health of Wounded Soldiers
February 28, 2017
KABUL - Chief Executiv Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah visited the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Hospital in Kabul and inquired after the health of wounded security personnel. A statement from...
‘Help for Afghan Heroes’ Strive to Aid Families of Fallen ANSF
February 28, 2017
KABUL - Since its establishment in October 2015, the charity foundation ‘Help For Afghan Heroes’ has managed to reach a number of families of the fallen members of the...
NUG Has Clear Definition for Enemies and Friends: Abdullah
February 27, 2017
KABUL - The National Unity Government (NUG) has a clear definition for friends and foes, the chief executive of the government Abdullah Abdullah said Sunday. He made the remarks during...
IEC Warns Against Political Meddling in Electoral Process
February 27, 2017
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday warned politicians against interfering in the election process, saying that their intervention put hopes for transparent...
300,000 Afghan Girls Benefited from UK Education Program
February 27, 2017
KABUL - More than 300,000 Afghan girls have benefited from the program of The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) since 2012, Priti Patel, the UK&rsquo...
In ‘Special Message’, Taliban Leader Urges Afghans to Plant More Trees
February 27, 2017
KABUL - The Taliban group in Afghanistan on Sunday used a rare public statement in the name of its leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, to call on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly...
Ghani Confers High State Medal on NATO Senior Civilian Representative
February 27, 2017
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani conferred high state medal of Ghazni Amanullah Khan on NATO Senior Civilian Representative Ismail Aramaz for his services in supporting...