AFGHANISTAN: The acting Minister of Defense Masoom Stanikzai has said that the foreign insurgents disguised as the Taliban militants are fighting the Afghan forces. In his trip to the southern provinces, Stanikzai stopped in the restive Helmand province to review the security situation of this province. He said the ongoing violence in Afghanistan is not having internal links but is ...

KABUL: India has committed to provide annual financial assistance of US$ 1 million over a period of five years beginning 2015-16 to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) for the treatment of Afghan children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). According to a media statement issued here, the first installment of one million US dollars was disbursed to ARCS in ...

Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai has said the Afghan government believes Pakistan has not fulfilled commitments Islamabad pledged for the revival of direct peace talks with the Taliban group. He was speaking during a summit organized in capital Kabul which focused on regional cooperation for peace and stability. Karzai further added that the Afghan government was supposed to participate ...

Whether we like it or not, peace with Pakistan is possible. But peace with The Taliban is not. There are many reasons why, I will examine a few. This will be under the assumption that Nation States are still the most powerful and influential actors in the world. The world has not entered the era of which Nation States have ...

An Afghan cricket fan dances in celebration. — AFP KABUL: Hundreds of dancing, flag-waving Afghan fans Tuesday gave a hero’s welcome to their cricket team as they arrived home after a historic triumph over the mighty West Indies at the World Twenty20. Afghanistan failed to qualify for the semi-finals but the underdog side notched up an impressive win against the ...

HERAT CITY: Former national security advisor Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta has said inappropriate policies of the incumbent government had raised concerns about political instability and fear of escalation in war. Also a former foreign minister, Spanta said he would render all possible sacrifices but would not allow the Pakistani establishment to influence Afghanistan’s foreign policy or meddle in its internal ...

KABUL – The acting spymaster on Monday said three Pakistani militant groups were fighting against the Afghan government and accused the Pakistani intelligence of trying to expand the war in Afghanistan. Acting National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief, Massoud Andarabi, acting Interior Minister Taj Mohammad Jahid and Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qadam Shah Shaheem on Monday appeared in the ...

KABUL – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) announced Monday that government is thinking about consulting the U.S and China on the peace process after Islamabad failed to deliver on its promises to bring the Taliban to the table of negotiation. The much-awaited process hit a deadlock since last month after the Taliban leadership refused to attend the negotiating tables ...

KABUL: A campaign to clean capital Kabul was launched today with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani participating in the opening of the campaign in a bid to encourage the citizens of the country to contribute and keep the cities clean. The campaign was launched from Bibi Mehro area of Kabul city today which comes as the residents of Kabul city have ...

GARDIZ : Pakistani security forces have fired dozens of rockets into the Dand-i-Patan district of southeastern Paktia province, an official claimed on Monday. Raz Mohammad Mandozai, a border police commander, told Pajhwok Afghan News theTaliban militants launched attacks on Pakistani border forces in the district last night. He said the Pakistani border guards fired 30 rockets into Dand-i-Patan district in ...