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Ghani: Afghanistan ‘Ready’ to Fight Taliban after US Pullout

Ghani: Afghanistan ‘Ready’ to Fight Taliban after  US Pullout

May 19,2021

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani said that the Afghan government is ready to fight against the Taliban after the full withdrawal of international troops from the country ...

Three New Herat Factories Create 500 Jobs, Mostly for Women

Three New Herat Factories Create 500 Jobs, Mostly for Women

May 19,2021

HERAT - Three new factories in Herat province have been officially launched with separate production lines now in operation, local officials confirmed...

Dr. Majroh Appointed as WHO Deputy Executive Board Chief

Dr. Majroh  Appointed as WHO Deputy Executive Board Chief

May 19,2021

KABUL - The acting minister of Public health has been appointed as deputy executive board director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for three years...

‘Recent Ghani, Karzai, Hekmatyar Meeting Discuss HSC

‘Recent Ghani, Karzai, Hekmatyar Meeting Discuss HSC

May 19,2021

KABUL - Senior Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) member Humayon Jareer has claimed President Ashraf Ghani, former president Hamid Karzai and HIA leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ...

Pakistan Protests Recent Statements by Ghani, Mohib

Pakistan Protests Recent Statements by Ghani, Mohib

May 19,2021

PESHAWAR - Islamabad has conveyed its serious concerns to Kabul, over recent statements and baseless allegations by Afghan leaders.
In an interview last week, President Ashraf Ghani ...

China’s FM Discusses Beijing’s Ongoing Support with Atmar

 China’s FM Discusses  Beijing’s Ongoing  Support with Atmar

May 19,2021

KABUL - China says it is willing to deepen counter-terrorism and security cooperation with Afghanistan and to help Kabul strengthen its counter-terrorism capacities...

Beijing Ready to Host Afghan Peace Negotiations

Beijing Ready to Host Afghan Peace Negotiations

May 19,2021

KABUL - With American and NATO forces leaving the country, China has offered to host intra-Afghan peace negotiations.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ...

Afghanistan-Saudi Commerce Soared by 100pc

Afghanistan-Saudi Commerce  Soared by 100pc

May 19,2021

KABUL - The Afghanistan Embassy in Saudi Arabia says the volume of Afghanistan’s exports and other commercial activities with the gulf country have increased by 100 percent ...

Afghanistan Would Have Preferred US Withdrawal to Come After Few More Years: Mohib

Afghanistan Would Have Preferred US Withdrawal to Come After Few More Years: Mohib

May 18,2021

KABUL - Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib has suggested that his country would have ...

Miller Warns of Increase in Taliban Pressure on Provincial Capitals

Miller Warns of Increase in  Taliban Pressure on Provincial Capitals

May 18,2021

KABUL - US Forces Commander in Afghanistan General Scott Miller has said they are closely watching what the Taliban will do following the three-day Eid ceasefire ...

ANDSF Retakes Parts of Baghlan District That Fell to Taliban Two Weeks Ago

ANDSF Retakes Parts of Baghlan District That Fell to Taliban Two Weeks Ago

May 18,2021

KABUL - The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have retaken parts of the Baghlan-e-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province which fell to the Taliban two weeks ago, local officials said Monday...

Taliban Wants to Subdue Afghans Through Violence: Danish

Taliban Wants to Subdue Afghans Through Violence: Danish

May 18,2021

KABUL - Second Vice President Sarwar Danish said Monday that the Afghan government would never give in to ...

Fighting Has to Stop And Genuine Negotiations Must Kick Off Immediately: Naderi

Fighting Has to Stop And Genuine Negotiations Must Kick Off Immediately:  Naderi

May 18,2021

The Afghan State Minister for Peace has called for an immediate ceasefire and resumption of the peace ...

Faryab Gets a New Governor Despite Political Oppositions

Faryab Gets a New  Governor Despite  Political Oppositions

May 18,2021

FARYAB - The new governor for the Faryab province was introduced by the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) on Monday, the government said in a statement ...

Sources: Taliban Open to Istanbul Summit but Wants Talks in Doha

Sources: Taliban Open to  Istanbul Summit but  Wants Talks in Doha

May 18,2021

DOHA - The Taliban has agreed to begin substantive talks with the Republic team in Doha in the coming days, according to sources close to the group, which would ...

Ghani Calls for Muslim Unity Against Terror Groups

Ghani Calls for Muslim  Unity Against Terror Groups

May 17,2021

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has urged the Muslim world to stand united against terrorist organisations...

114 New Cases, 3 Deaths Reported in Afghanistan

114 New Cases, 3 Deaths  Reported in Afghanistan

May 17,2021

KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health Sunday reported 114 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,402 samples tested in the last 24 hours...

China. Pakistan Back Political Settlement in Afghanistan

China. Pakistan Back Political Settlement in Afghanistan

May 17,2021

PESHAWAR - China has urged all parties in Afghanistan to reach a comprehensive political settlement acceptable to all sides.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang ...

21 Civilians Killed, 33 Wounded During Eid Truce

21 Civilians Killed, 33 Wounded During Eid Truce

May 17,2021

KABUL - The Ministry of Defense said on Sunday 54 civilians suffered casualties during the three-day ceasefire on Eidul Fitr.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense ...

Key NATO Allies Twice as Likely to Die in Afghanistan as U.S. Forces: Report

Key NATO Allies Twice as Likely to Die in  Afghanistan as U.S. Forces: Report

May 17,2021

Troops from the United Kingdom and Canada are twice as likely to be killed in Afghanistan as compared to their U.S. counterparts, while the UK has also provided more economic ...

Put Positive Spin on Afghanistan, Ghani Asks Media

Put Positive Spin on Afghanistan, Ghani Asks Media

May 16,2021

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has asked the media to stop spreading the “gloom and doom” narrative and instead put a more positive spin on Afghanistan’s future...

Blinken Stoutly Supports Afghan-US Partnership

Blinken Stoutly Supports Afghan-US Partnership

May 16,2021

KABUL - The United States has reiterated its steadfast support for the US-Afghan partnership and Afghanistan’s security forces.
US Secretary of State Antony ...

Taliban and Afghanistan Government Negotiators Meet in Qatar

Taliban and Afghanistan Government Negotiators Meet in Qatar

May 16,2021

DOHA - Negotiators from the Taliban and Afghanistan’s government have met in Qatar, according to the warring sides, after a long pause in peace talks between the two...

Government to Build Four Dams in Zabul

Government to Build Four Dams in Zabul

May 16,2021

ZABUL - The Afghan government said Friday that four dams would be constructed in Zabul province in order to help manage waters in the country, local officials said...

Taliban Faction’s Deputy Dies in Kabul from Injuries Sustained in Herat Skirmish

Taliban Faction’s Deputy Dies in Kabul from Injuries Sustained in Herat Skirmish

May 16,2021

KABUL - Deputy head of the Taliban splinter group in the western part of the country, Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi, died in Kabul on Saturday from injuries sustained ...

Israeli Attacks on Palestinians ‘Unacceptable’: Afghanistan

Israeli Attacks on Palestinians ‘Unacceptable’: Afghanistan

May 16,2021

KABUL - The Ministry of Higher Education says 100 lecturers of state-run universities will be sent abroad for PhD programmes under a new strategy...

100 Varsity Teachers to be Sent Abroad for PHD Programmes

100 Varsity Teachers to be Sent Abroad for PHD  Programmes

May 16,2021

KABUL - The Ministry of Higher Education says 100 lecturers of state-run universities will be sent abroad for PhD programmes under a new strategy...

Khalilzad Says US Stands with Afghans

Khalilzad Says  US Stands with  Afghans

May 12,2021

KABUL - US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday welcomed the announcements by the Afghan government and the Taliban to observe an Eid ceasefire, and said ...

US Welcomes Taliban’s Three-Day Eid Ceasefire in Afghanistan

US Welcomes Taliban’s Three-Day Eid Ceasefire in Afghanistan

May 12,2021

The United States has welcomed an announcement by the Taliban that a three-day ceasefire would come into effect in Afghanistan to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday, but urged the group to agree to a more ...

US Indicates Daesh Might Have Been Behind Deadly School Bombing

US Indicates Daesh Might Have Been Behind Deadly School Bombing

May 12,2021

KABUL - The US State Department said Monday ISIS (Daesh) could possibly have been behind the deadly school bombing in Kabul that left over 80 people, mostly schoolgirls, dead....

Observes National Mourning

Observes  National Mourning

May 12,2021

KABUL - The government of Afghanistan declared Tuesday as a national mourning day to pay tribute to the victims of the recent terror attacks on a girl school in Kabul and on a group ...

MoI Warns Admins of Chat Groups ‘To Delete Suspicious People’

MoI Warns Admins of Chat Groups ‘To Delete  Suspicious People’

May 12,2021

KABUL - The Interior Ministry on Tuesday warned administrators of social media and chat groups to delete “suspicious” people, who they claim are campaigning against ...

Saleh on CBS Says US ‘Legitimized’ Taliban, Must ‘Remain Engaged’

Saleh on CBS Says US  ‘Legitimized’ Taliban,  Must ‘Remain Engaged’

May 12,2021

KABUL - Afghanistan's First Vice President Amrullah Saleh in an interview told CBS News said it was the American government that "legitimized" the Taliban in the first place ...

Iranian School Girls Commemorate Martyrs of Kabul Blast

Iranian School Girls  Commemorate Martyrs of Kabul Blast

May 12,2021

TEHRAN – Iranian school girls gathered in front of the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran in Sari, Provincial capital of Mazandaran province, to commemorate those lost lives in the recent girls' school blast in Kabul. (Mehr News Agency)

Ghani Orders Afghan Forces to Observe Eid Ceasefire

Ghani Orders  Afghan Forces to  Observe Eid Ceasefire

May 11,2021

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani in a statement on Monday instructed all Afghan forces to observe the ceasefire during three days of Eid, but he reiterated that ...