A former top American defense official has said the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan is enabled by the group’s safe havens situated in the neighboring Pakistan besides an internecine struggle among different Taliban factions playing a role in the growing violence. “At the hands of the Taliban. This offensive is enabled by sanctuaries in Pakistan. And it has also been enabled ...

It was in 2010 that US government released a report about mineral resources of Afghanistan. The findings were a combined research by US geological society and USAID. According to report, Afghanistan has mineral resources worth 1 trillion dollars while the Afghan government at that time claimed it to be of no less than 3 trillion dollars. It was such a ...

KABUL: The Afghan and Pakistani officials have agreed to pursue talks with the Taliban groups willing to join peace process, the sources said Sunday. The agreement along with other measures to improve the bilateral relations between the two nations was reached during the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif’s visit to Kabul. The Presidential Palace in a statement said ...

WASHINGTON – The United States has been pursuing a wrong-headed policy in Afghanistan and the Middle East for several years, an American political analyst and activist said. Mark Weber, the director of the Institute for Historical Review, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV while commenting on a senior Democratic lawmaker’s proposal that about 10,000 US troops should ...

KABUL: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 500 scholarships for the children of members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANS) who have lost their lives defending the country. In his speech during the inauguration ceremony of the new Afghan parliament building, Modi said “Today, I announce 500 scholarships for children of the martyrs of Afghan security forces.” Modi ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for birthday wishes, saying ‘The Afghan People look forward to welcome you.’ The Indian Prime Minister tweeted earlier today and wished the former Afghan President on the occasion of his 58th Birthday. “Dear @KarzaiH, wishing you a very Happy Birthday. I pray that Almighty blesses you with ...

KABUL: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-built Afghan parliament building. The new parliament building was inaugurated in the presence of Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Speaker of the Lower of House Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) and Abdul Hadi Muslimyar, Chairman of the Afghan Senate House – Upper House of Parliament. President Ghani and PM ...

KABUL – The members of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) enter to Nangarhar province by helicopters, a number of senators said on Tuesday. Presence and movements of Daesh group in most parts of the country, particularly Nangarhar have raised concerns. Inhabitants of Nangarhar province – who have escaped the area – say militants associated with Daesh are having ...

KABUL: A high level Pakistani delegation is due to visit Kabul in the near future to meet with Afghan officials in a bid to revive stalled peace talks with the Taliban, a member of the High Peace Council (HPC) said on Monday. This comes after President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani leaders agreed earlier this month to resume the peace process ...

KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday addressed a gathering of tribal elders from around the province on the importance of the TAPI gas pipeline project that was recently inaugurated in Turkmenistan. The pipeline, which will carry gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan, has been hailed as a major breakthrough by the international community in terms of ...