At least 15 Afghan nationals have reportedly been killed during a clash with the Syrian rebels near the Syrian city of Aleppo, it has been reported. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said has said the Afghans who were killed during the clash were among the Iranian-backed militia fighters. The monitor said at least six from Lebanon’s Hezbollah Shi’ite ...

AFGHANISTAN: A horrific video has emerged online which purportedly shows the execution of a woman by the Taliban militants in northern Jawzjan province. The woman was reportedly executed in Khanqa village in Aqcha district with the footage showing the woman is forced to kneel in a dessert before she is shot dead. The execution is carried out by a Taliban ...

KABUL: The British minister of state for defence has come under scathing attack over his department’s policy on Afghan interpreters seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, Daily Mail reported on Friday. Earl Howe came in for flak after he defended the British government for keeping the interpreters in the Calais Jungle or deporting them. But House of Lords members slammed ...

Nearly 200 militants have been arrested before joining the Taliban ranks in north of Afghanistan, local security officials in Parwan said. According to the officials, the militants were being transported in large trucks used for the transport of sheep when they were arrested in Salang area. Senior police officials in Salang said the majority of the militants were foreigners and ...

The Amnesty International has urged President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani not to sign the execution orders of prisoners convicted of terror offences. The appeal by Amnesty International comes as the Taliban group made a plea to international organizations to intervene and stop the Afghan government to implement death sentences. In its latest release titled “Afghanistan: The death penalty is no solution ...

Afghanistan’s defence and security forces face enormous challenges. They are countering an insurgency of well-equipped guerrilla fighters, who enjoy the unconditional support of organised crime, international terrorists and some neighboring countries. They are on the front line of the fight against terrorist groups including Al-Qaida, so-called Islamic State and the Haqqani Network. Moreover – as Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...

KABUL – A former Afghan diplomat has underlined the need for America’s continued assistance to his conflict-devastated even after the change of the US administration. “I think it would be detrimental if the United States withdraws or suddenly stops being engaged in Afghanistan,” Omar Samad said in an interview with a major Russian news service. The ex-ambassador to Canada said ...

KABUL: Afghanistan on Wednesday evinced a keen interest in exporting commodities and minerals to different destinations around the globe through Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar. Economy Minister Abdul Sattar Murad, currently on a visit the neighbouring country, met the Chabahar Free Zone managing director and other officials in Sistan-Balochistan province. The state-run Iranian news agency, IRNA, quoted Murad as saying ...

Days after a tragic incident in United king involving the suicide of a former Afghan translator who had served with the British forces in Afghanistan, two more translators are facing deportation after receiving warnings from the authorities. According to the local media reports, the two translators who have previously served with the British forces in Afghanistan have applied for UK ...

KABUL: Finland and Afghanistan are working on a draft agreement on the future of Afghan asylum seekers in the North European country, a top official announced on Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Permanent Secretary to Finland’s Ministry of Interior Päivi Nerg said her country was dealing with the mass immigration issue in two ways. One way ...