KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said the peace process had become complicated because of the regional and global aspects of the war in Afghanistan. He said Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China had prepared a roadmap for reviving peace talks between his administration and the Taliban. He hailed the plan as a breakthrough in itself. Speaking at a joint ...

AFGHANISTAN: The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar province Gen. Abdul Raziq has said the United States should force Pakistan to halt support to the anti-government armed militants in Afghanistan in a bid to help secure stability in the country. Insisting on coordinated military operations amid ongoing efforts to revive peace talks, Gen. Raziq said “The United States has enough ...

KABUL – First Lady Rula Ghani on Sunday expressed her concern over the increasing violence against women and said street harassment of women was unacceptable and people should change their minds. While talking about the International Women’s Day at the Ministry of Interior, Rula Ghani said women in uniform particularly in the police force, had played a special role in ...

The Hezb-e-Islami party led by the notorious warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has announced the group is prepared to sit-in for peace talks with the Afghan government. The group has released a statement saying they are prepared to participate in the peace talks in a bid to show to the nation that Hezb-e-Islami wants peace. The party also condemned the inclusion of ...

The dead bodies of 20 Afghans were flown to Kabul today from Turkey after their boat capsized recently in Turkish coast while they were on their way to Greece. According to reports, at least 10 of the victims are members of a single family, including women, young girls and boys. The Afghan migrants are often risking their lives by heading ...

Resolute Support (RS) Headquarters held a ceremony Sunday to mark the completion of the Irish Defense Forces military mission to Afghanistan, according to a statement by the alliance. The statement further added Resolute Support Commander General John W. Nicholson and the command’s senior military and civilian leadership hosted the event. Following 15 years of unbroken service with both the NATO ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Pakistan over cross-border incursions and called on Pakistani authorities to prevent deterioration of relations between the two nations with cross-border attacks. Hailing the Pakistani nation for supporting Afghans during the Jihad times, the former president said the Afghan nation remains tolerant and patient regarding the cross-border incursions but warned that the Pakistani authorities ...

KABUL: During a meeting with the National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel of five provinces, President Ashraf Ghani said accurate intelligence increases the efficiency of each bullet by hundreds of times. President Ghani met the NDS officials of different districts of Khost, Kunar, Logal, Paktia and Nangarhar provinces at the Presidential Palace after a two-day seminar in Kabul, a statement ...

Two members of Hezb-e-Islami party led by notorious warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have been added to the list of global terrorists by the United States. “The Department of State has designated Abdullah Nowbahar and Abdul Saboor as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under section 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons that have committed, or pose ...

The former Afghan interior minister and ex-Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Omar Daudzai has questioned Pakistan’s sincerity in Afghan peace process, saying Islamabad is approaching its own interests in the process. Daudzai was speaking during an event marking the 5th anniversary of the assassination of Mawlana Syed Kheli, the former police chief of northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan. Recalling his message ...