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KABUL: The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces in Nangarhar province has been instructed to provide support to the security posts of the Afghan border police located along the Durand Line. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces have the responsibility to defend from the national sovereignty, territorial integirty, and freedom ...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have been put on alert after clash erupted among the Afghan and Pakistani border fores in Torkham earlier tonight. National Security Council spokesman Tawab Ghorzang in an online statement said National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar has reviewed reports regarding the indiscriminate move by the Pakistani forces in Torkham. Ghorzang further added ...

KABUL: The Afghanistan National Security Council has dismissed the remarks by General Raheel Sharif regarding Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Chief Mullah Fazlullah as baseless after he claimed that the TTP leader should be targeted inside the Afghan soil. NSC spokesman Tawab Ghorzang told reporters in Kabul on Sunday that TTP fighters including Mullah Fazlullah are not in Afghanistan and Pakistan should act ...

FLORIDA: The death toll in the deadly attack on a gay nightclub in Florida city of the United States has climbed to at least 50 amid reports that the attacker was an Afghan-American. The city’s mayor Buddy Dyer has said a ‘state of emergency’ has been declared following the deadly attack. The suspect has been identified as Omar Mateen who ...

A clash is underway among the Afghan and Pakistani border guards in Torkham gate amid reports that the incident erupted over the installation of a gate by Pakistan. Provincial governor’s spokesman in Nangarhar confirmed the incident but said further details regarding the clash would be released later. Another local official however confirmed that the Afghan forces prevented the Pakistani border ...

A Pakistani senator has voiced concerns regarding the presence of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, claiming that the continued presence of the US forces is a serious threat to regional stability. Senator Sirjul Haq, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, has said the move by President Barack Obama was condemnable to grant broader role for the US forces in Afghanistan. He was ...

KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah has said Pakistan must take practical steps against the Haqqani terrorist network and the Taliban group in its soil. The Office of the Chief Executive said the issue was raised during a meeting with the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson. Emphasizing on the right stance of Afghanistan in fight ...

KABUL: Cultural figures, writers, historians and officials expressed serious concerns over the dramatic move of Iran and Turkey to enlist Masnavi Ma’Navi, collection of renowned Afghan poet Jalal-ud-din Mohammad Balkhi in UNESCO as a common heritage of Iran and Turkey. The attempt of Iran has sparked criticism in Afghanistan because Mawlana Rumi neither born nor lived in Iran. According to ...

On December 24, 2014 an All Parties Conference attended by political parties in the government and opposition as well as leadership of the Army had finally approved a 20 points National Action Plan (NAP) to defeat terrorism and extremism in the country. Coming after the massacre of school children in Peshawar on December 16, 2014 the plan enjoyed full and ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has said the United States is a ‘selfish friend’, claiming that the country is favoring Pakistan whenever its self-interest matters. Aziz made the remarks as he was speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Office of Pakistan on Thursday, according to the local media reports. He also touched on the issue of ...