NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Afghanistan this week on his way to the US where he is scheduled to address a joint session of the Congress on June 8, NDTV said on Sunday The news channel quoted sources as saying that Mr Modi will first go to Afghanistan on June 4, where he will inaugurate the ...

KHOST CITY: Pakistani security forces have blocked crossing points along the Durand Line in southeastern Khost province, restricting the movement of travelers and vehicles, an official said on Sunday. Border Police Commander Col. Raz Mohammad Mandozaitold Pajhwok Afghan News that Pakistani forces had assigned no reason for blocking the border crossing. He believed Islamabad was trying to do something fishy. “Pakistan ...

At least 53 Afghan migrants detained in Bulgaria will be returned to Greece by the Authorities who are saying the move will be taken in a bid to send a strong message” to others who might be tempted to use the same route to western Europe. According to reports, the authorities in Bulgaria fear the migrants may try to transit ...

KABUL: A suicide bomber belonging to the Haqqani terrorist network was shot dead by the Afghan intelligence operatives in capital Kabul. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the would-be suicide bomber was shot dead before he manage to reach to his target. NDS said the man was wearing a suicide bombing vest but there are no reports regarding the ...

The British defense officials are mulling to send more troops to Afghanistan amid deteriorating security situation in the country. According to reports, UK may deploy more than 100 soldiers to Afghanistan besides extending the training mission of the available forces in the country by at least a year. The decision for the extension of the mission and deployment of the ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged the Afghan government to halt further execution of the prisoners charged with the terror offences. In an online statement issued following the death of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, Karzai has said ‘brotherhood’ and ‘unity’ are the only way to achieve peace in the country. The statement by Karzai further ...

KABUL: The Russian Foreign Ministry has said the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are as active as ever in Afghanistan. There are concerns that the loyalists of the group will attempt to expand activities and foothold across Afghanistan and into the Central Asia. The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told reporters “The ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Afghan government has called on the Taliban group to renounce violence or face the same fate as their leaders. The statement by the Afghan government was given shortly after the group announced the successor of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a US drone strike in Pakistan. The government said ‘Taliban groups have yet another opportunity to end and renounce ...

KABUL: At least ten people were killed and four others were wounded in an explosion in Kabul province earlier today. A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior confirmed the incident and said at least ten people were killed and four others were wounded. Najib Danish sad the attack took place in the 5th police district of Kabul targeting a vehicle carrying the ...

KABUL: The top Taliban leaders have reportedly met on Sunday in the framework of their leadership council to discuss successor Mullah Akhtar Mansoor who was killed in an airstrike on Saturday. The leadership council discussed regarding various possible successors, including the notorious guerrilla commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban sources told Reuters. Sirajuddin Haqqani is the leader of the notorious Haqqani terrorist ...