The former Afghan Minister of Interior and one of the prominent politicians has called for a constitutional Loya Jirga to be organized in a bid bring reforms in the current political system, calling it unhealthy administration. The remarks by Mohammad Omar Daudzai followed a day after the US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Kabul to meet with the Afghan ...

A video purportedly showing parts of an interview with the Afghan MP and Cleric Qazi Nazir Ahmad Hanafi has put him under fire as the video has rapidly gone viral on the internet. The video shows a female foreign reporter asking questions from Qazi Hanafi regarding violence against women. The reporter apparently faces a harsh response from Hanafi as she ...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the duration of the Afghan National Unity Government is five years, ruling out speculations that the agreement ends at the end of two years since its formation. Kerry appeared in a press conference with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday night following his visit to Kabul. He said “There is no ...

The US Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed US support to Afghanistan during a surprise visit to Kabul today. In a press conference with his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani, Kerry said the US support to Afghanistan will continue in a bid to prevent Afghanistan become a safe haven of the terror groups. Kerry arrived in Afghanistan today to meet with ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a drone strike in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan, claiming that civilians were killed in the raid. According to a statement released by the Office of the Former President, the drone strike by US forces in Barmal district left a number of civilians dead. The statement further added that the former President strongly ...

A senior Taliban leader Mullah Qayum Zakir has proposed that the Taliban leadership should hold peace talks with the Afghan government, United States and other Western countries. In a letter to the Taliban group’s council, Mullah Zakir has proposed that the Taliban group should adopt a new strategy for the movement’s internal and external policies. The 12-point proposal form by ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on Taliban group to join peace talks with the Afghan government in a bid to end violence and help secure peace and stability in the country. Karzai met with the delegation representing Hezb-e-Islami party during peace talks with the Afghan government. This comes as Taliban group has rejected to join peace talks as ...

The Afghan and Indian officials discussed the delivery of the fourth and final Mi-25 gunship helicopter to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) as part of India’s support to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). The Office of the National Security Adviser said the Indian Ambassador Manpreet Vohra met with the National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar to discuss India’s continued support ...

KABUL: When the spokesman for an Afghan government ministry was asked why he wasn’t answering his phone, he said he was on strike as he hadn’t been paid for nine months. One official responsible for monitoring corruption resigned after a year, saying he was being ordered to bend the rules for the associates of senior politicians. Some officials have resorted ...

The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group is acting quietly in Afghanistan as the terror group plans to use the country for wider expansion. The remarks by Zamir Kabulov, the Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan, comes as the loyalists of the terror group have received major setbacks during the recent months as a result ...