“The entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism”     KABUL: The Ministry of Defense on Sunday strongly rejected Pakistan foreign minister’s remarks regarding the Afghan security forces capability, saying ‘the entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism.” Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif during his ongoing trip to Washington had alleged that the Afghan security forces were unable to ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani once again called on Pakistan to intensify the state-to-state dialogue in a bid to help secure regional peace and stability. Speaking during a meeting of the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Kabul, President Ghai said “I call, once again on Pakistan to intensify the state-to-state dialogue with us to secure regional peace and security.” President ...

KABUL: Amnesty International (AI) said the increasing force return of Afghan asylum-seekers by European Union to Afghanistan which it described it as a dangerous country due to worsening security situation, is unlawful and a brazen violation of international law, and must stop immediately as it puts the returnees at serious risk of torture, kidnapping, death and other horrors. Amnesty International released ...

FARAH CITY: Selenite, a newly discovered mine in western Farah province, is being illegally extracted by powerful individuals and the stone smuggled to Herat and Iran. The mine is located in a mountain between Awar and Anginaran villages, around 25 kilometres northwest of the Pushtkoh district centre. A number of residents say the mine was discovered three months back by ...

KABUL: The Pakistani officials are saying that an army soldier was killed while another one has sustained injuries in the fresh wave of violence along the Durnad Line. The officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan are saying that two soldiers were wounded after they came under fire from the other side of the line from Afghanistan. The officials further ...

KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai has criticized US President Donald Trump’s new war strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia, saying the US should focus on the peace process rather than the war. He said that the US will not succeed in turning Afghanistan into a second Syria or Iraq. Karzai said that terror hideouts and safe havens exist outside the ...

The Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan General Qamar Javed Bajwa has reportedly summoned the corps commanders for a meeting a day after he returned from Afghanistan where he met with the Afghan President to discuss the issues of bilateral interest. According to the local media reports, the meeting will focus on issues related to situation as well as the ...

KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has opposed with the bid to close the Taliban office in Qatar as he insisted that his party supports the legitimate demands of the group. Hekmatyar made the remark during a meeting with the trial elders of Hood Khel in his office on Sunday. He said we want t the government that the ...

KABUL: In the wake of new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia the environment has changed and new opportunities have come into existence for Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani told a high-level British official on Monday. British Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth, Mark Field, and his accompanying delegation called upon President Ghani at the Presidential Palac, according to a statement. Both ...

KABUL: Former Heads of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Amrullah Saleh, and Rahmatullah Nabil reacted to the recent visit of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Qamar Javed Bajwa, calling on the government to stay vigilant as Pakistan duplicity is known to all. Amrullah Saleh called Bajwa’s visit a deceive act, calling on the government not to magnify this journey as ...