The first face-to-face talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are to take place in early March in Islamabad. A statement released on Tuesday at the conclusion of the fourth meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group in Kabul said that the participants are asking groups of Taliban and other militant groups to introduce their representatives for participating in the ...

AFGHANISTAN: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani conferred the High State medal on General John Campbell the outgoing commander of the U.S. Forces and NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan. The Office of the President in a statement said the First Grade High State medal of Storai was conferred on Gen. Campbell during a ceremony in ARG Presidential Palace. The statement ...

KANDAHAR CITY: Dried a and fresh fruits worth $68 million have been exported from southern Kandahar province during the current solar year, which ends on March 22, officials said on Friday, Eng. Abdul Baqi Beena, the Afghanistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) deputy head for Kandahar, said exports over the past 10 months included 2,000 tonnes of dried fruits, ...

VIENNA – The European Union and United Nations on Tuesday criticised new police restrictions imposed on those travelling along the main migrant route through the Balkans, where hundreds of Afghans have been blocked from crossing into FYROM. Police chiefs from EU nations Austria, Croatia and Slovenia plus non-members Serbia and FYROM agreed last week to only allow in people “arriving ...

AFGHANISTAN: The 5-year-old kid from Afghanistan, Murtaza Ahmadi, has received signed shirts from football star Lionel Messi, almost a month after charming the internet with a shirt prepared from plastic. According to UNICEF in Afghanistan, the football star helped make the dream of the kid come true. The picture of Murtaza went viral last month shortly after it was uploaded ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar officials have said they will consider an invitation to the proposed peace talks likely to take place in the first week of March. A senior leader of the party based in Pakistan has said they have not received any formal invitation for the direct talks so far, a local newspaper reported. The ...

A group of the Italian MPs have nominated the Afghan National Women’s Cycling Team for the 2016 Nobel Peace prize, it has been reported. The team led by Zahra Hussaini has been nominated for their dedication and hard-work to promote cycling in Afghanistan despite suffering from accusations of immorality and threats of violence for riding a bike. At least 118 ...

AFGHANISTAN: A group of 125 Afghan citizens arrived to Afghanistan this morning from Germany with the support of the Afghan and German governments. “Today, 125 Afghan citizens return to Afghanistan: After a difficult way to Germany in the hands of people smugglers they realized that their future is in Afghanistan and that they are needed in their home country,” according ...

KABUL: Pakistan will host direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban, announced the four-nation group that met here on Tuesday. The Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) on Afghan peace and reconciliation issued a joint communiqué after its meeting, saying all Taliban and other groups will be invited to participate in the talks through their authorised representatives. The talks ...

Different sorts of problems in Afghanistan have forced the people to leave their homeland and find refuge in other countries where they can find better living conditions. This solution could be simple if the ones leaving the country would reach some place safe without any major problem, but the fact is that migrants have to go through a very tough ...