KABUL – The new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan apologised on Tuesday for the American bombing of a hospital last year that killed 42 people and wounded 37 more. General John W. Nicholson met family members of victims and the staff of the now-closed Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, which was captured by Taliban insurgents for ...

KABUL: Criticizing the American authorities for not responding to the cross-Durand Line aggression, the former president Hamid Karzai said that the United States must implement the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) in letter and spirit. In his message on Nawroz, the ex-president said that violation of Afghan soil should be responded by the US government as it was duty of Washington to ...

AFGHANISTAN: The deputy house speaker of the Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, Zahir Qadir voiced concerns regarding cross-border incursions by the Pakistani military, saying such violations harms the national sovereignty of Afghanistan. Speaking during a press conference in Kabul, Qadir also noted other provocative moves by the Pakistani military, including establishment of military installations inside the Afghan soil. ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has raised questions regarding the bilateral security agreement between Kabul and Washington in the wake of cross-border incursions by Pakistan. In a statement issued on the occasion of Nowruz, Afghanistan witnessed cross-border incursions by the Pakistani military during the last solar year as they boldly continue to their invasions on the Afghan soil. Karzai ...

The acting provincial governor of northern Balkh province Ata Mohammad Noor has called on the government of national unity to update the Afghan people regarding the behind the scenes discussions on Afghan peace process. In his opening remarks during a ceremony to mark Nowruz, start of the new Solar year, Noor said the Afghan people wants peace and stability in ...

KABUL: Congratulating the Afghans on the eve of the new Afghan solar year, President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said the outgoing year was the year of battles forAfghanistan’s survival and the new year would be turned into a serious fight on corruption. In a statement, the President said they started the outgoing year under tough conditions and there had been ...

AFGHANISTAN: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed Adela Raz as the new Deputy Foreign Minister for economic affairs, the Administrative Office of the President said. Adela Raz was serving as deputy spokesman to the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and her appoint as deputy foreign minister for economic affairs has been widely welcomed. According to the Administrative Office of the ...

Taliban aren’t ready to engage directly with Afghan govt, Nicholas Haysom informs UNSC KABUL: Briefing the UN Security Council, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, said that during his meeting with the Taliban Political Commission last week he urged the militant group to engage in direct talks with the Afghan government. The head of the United Nations Assistance ...

The American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie has spoken against the exclusion of Afghans seeking refuge abroad, particularly in European countries amid persistent issues the Afghan asylum seekers are facing. Angelina who is also a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns regarding the exclusion of the Afghan refugees during a visit to Lebanon on ...

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan on Tuesday told the UN Security Council in the last three months, Pakistan had violated its territorial integrity and sovereignty at least 56 times by crossing the Durand Line. The violations would further jeopardise the relationship between the neighbours, Afghanistan’s top diplomat at the United Nations told members of the Security Council. “We want an immediate end to ...