KABUL: Three rockets, fired from an unknown location, landed near the new parliament building on Monday, causing damage, an official said. One of the rockets hit a sub-building of parliament and two others landed close to Darul Aman at around 10am. The lower house was in session at the time of the rocket strike. The first rocket caused some damage ...

A delegation of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) met with the officials of Dehsabz – Barikab City Development Authority (DCDA), Independent Board of Kabul New City Development (KNC) on Saturday. According to DCDA, a meeting of Dip. Eng. Alham Omar Hotaki Deputy and Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) held with JICA’s Infrastructure Director for (Afghanistan and Pakistan) with the participation ...

JALALABAD: A child suicide bomber, trained in a Peshawar-based seminary, surrendered to police before blowing himself up in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on last Wednesday. The 12 years old boy, Abu Zar, is a resident of the Wazirbagh area of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The boy said he was trained on suicide bombing for two years. ...

At least 15 Taliban insurgents were arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives for planning coordinated suicide attacks in southern Kandahar province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the Taliban insurgents were operating in three different groups and were involved in planning and coordinating suicide attacks in Kandahar province. No further details were given regarding the possible target of the ...

The Russian Presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has estimated the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group has 10,000 loyalists in Afghanistan. Kabulov who is also director of the Second Asian Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry has said the terror group is expanding its military activity in Afghanistan. “The IS activity has grown significantly in Afghanistan ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Reacting to violent clashes between supporters of Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Mohammad Noor, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said protests were people’s right, but those restoring to violence would be dealt with sternly. One person was killed and four others were wounded after supporters of First-Vice President Dostum and Balkh Governor Noor clashed in Maimana, the capital of ...

Pakistan has been working to construct a big customs complex at Torkham border to improve trade with Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics. “The state-of-the-art border complex is being constructed at Torkham to improve facilities related to clearance of goods laden trucks crossing border to Afghanistan and CARs,” Collector Customs Peshawar said. Qurban Ali Khan added that the current checking and ...

The Hezb-e-Islami party led by the notorious militants leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is seeking power-sharing with the Afghan government in exchange for peace deal, it has been reported. The Afghan high peace council is busy negotiating peace deal with the delegation of Hezb-e-Islami party sent by Hekmatyar on 17th March. According to the officials privy to the development, the party is ...

President Ashraf Ghani opened the 4th G7+ ministerial conference in Kabul on Wednesday. The group which is built up by countries having recent experience of conflict will discuss peace and reconciliation efforts pursued in member countries, economic resilience, New Deal implementation and localizing the SDGs. Tight security measures have been taken for the two-day forum in Kabul. During his inaugural ...

KABUL – President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday vowed to boost education and literacy rate in Afghanistan. “The government is determined to utilize all ways and means to boot education, improve education system and increase the rate of literacy in Afghanistan,” said President Ghani in his address to inaugurate new educational year. Both the government entities and citizens should work ...