JALALABAD: An Afghan border policeman was martyred and two others were wounded as a result of a cross-border attack by Pakistani forces in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. Pakistani paramilitary soldiers attacked two checkpoints of Afghan border police in the Anargi area of the districton Saturday evening in, killing one policeman and injuring ...

Array By Farhad Naibkhel-ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Former President Hamid Karzai calls “bad policies and wrong definition of the national interest” as the main factors behind terrorism and extremism. “I don’t believe that extremism, radicalism and terrorism are only because of social condition or religion,” Karzai stated in a speech at the Eurasian Media Forum held Thursday in Astana, Kazakhstan. The forum ...

KABUL: Central Asia countries should join hands to ward off the threat posed to the region by the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, former president Hamid Karzai has said. Addressing a news conference in Astana on the sidelines of the Eurasian Media Forum on Friday, he called for unified action against the terrorist group before it strengthened its presence in ...

KHAAMPRESS: Over 100 school girls have been poisoned in western Farah province of Afghanistan during the school hours. According to the local officials, the incident took place in the central city of Farah in a girls school. Provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Nasir Mehri confirmed that 106 school girls were poisoned mysteriously and an investigation is underway to find out the cause of ...

The Acting Minister of Defense Masoom Stanikzai said Afghanistan is facing an imposed war and vowed that the Afghan forces will remain resilient against the conspiracies of enemies of Afghanistan. Stanikzai made the remarks during a visit to northern Kunduz province along with some other high level government officials, including Minister of Interior General Taj Mohammad Jahid. He hailed the ...

KABUL: After deadly Kabul suicide attack, Afghan government ordered the Afghan National Security Forces for the ‘no mercy policy’ against militants to eliminate “the enemy everywhere they are spotted”, officials said in a press conference on Thursday. “President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the Afghan National Security Forces to repress the armed insurgents in every corner and nook of the country,” Dawa ...

    Courtesy story by Lt. Stephen Webber Personnel from the Ministries of Defense and the Interior assembled for the second training in a series on force management within the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. The eight-week training hosted by Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan’s Capabilities Development Directorate was designed to expose the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to ...

ASTANA: Former President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday Western sanctions against Russia would not yield the desired results. Addressing the 13th Eurasian Media Forum (EAMF) in Astana, Karzai said: “The sanctions imposed on Russia by the West are wrong. They will not be successful.” The EAMF has traditionally been a platform to discuss international events, with this year’s gathering focused on ...

WASHINGTON: America’s initial assessment of Afghanistan when the Soviet forces invaded the country went wrong, former US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Wednesday. He favoured the United States staying the course in Afghanistan and remaining engaged in the nation-building exercise if Washington really desired to prevent major terrorist attacks. Khalilzad told a Washington audience the United States failed in adjusting its ...

At least 41 militants were killed in the latest counter-terrorism operations conducted by the Afghan National Security Forces, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. The operations were conducted in the past 24 hours in Ghazni, Herat, and Nangarhar provinces. A statement by MoD said at least 19 of the militants were killed in Andar district of southeastern Ghazni province where ...