Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, said that Kabul had provided the weapons “wish list” to New Delhi. He said that Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, has given the ‘wish list’ regarding the provision of military hardware to his counterpart in his recent visit to India. Khalil Karzai said that Atmar with his counterpart has discussed ...

Germany has declared that 130 more German soldiers would be sent to Afghanistan. Despite that most of the NATO countries have withdrawn their military presence in Afghanistan, Germany still keeps 750 soldiers in Afghanistan. The additional 130 soldiers would raise the German military presence in Afghanistan to 980. The deployment of more German soldiers in Afghanistan comes after the Taliban ...

While addressing delegates of a youth Jirga for justice and reforms, Ashraf Ghani promised on Monday to curb unemployment in the country and create more opportunities for youth in government administration. The delegated had come from various provinces of Afghanistan. Ashraf Ghani said that bringing reform is the duty of government while program will soon be started to put a ...

AFGHANISTAN: A coordinated attack on the Arghandab district headquarters in southern Kandahar province ended after nearly one hour of fighting, in which five suicide bombers and an army soldier were killed and six more were injured, provincial officials said. The attack was launched at 7:00am when one suicide bomber blew his explosive packed vehicle near to the first security gate ...

KABUL: Twenty-four girls’ schools that previously were closed by the Taliban insurgents, reopened in central Logar province, provincial education officials said on Wednesday. They said that tribal elders, religious scholars and the government had put their last-ditch efforts to reopen these schools. Education Department’s spokesman, Mohammad Shapoor Arab, told Pajhwok Afghan News that insurgents had shut down the door of ...

KABUL: The Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai and India’s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Tuesday explored ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Jaishankar and Karzai led the Indian and Afghan delegations in the foreign office consultations in New Delhi. The two sides commended friendly relations between the two countries and discussed ways to expand bilateral security cooperation. They also discussed ...

The concocted “Islamic State” in Afghanistan is nothing but a splintered group of Taliban which has adopted the name. However, Afghan jihadists have no interest in according allegiance to Arab Islamists. The Taliban’s contention is over resources and power such as heroin trade and smuggling chains. Another such splinter group is Afghan al Qaeda, which also tantamount to being a ...

Hundreds of local Pashtun tribesmen have uprisen against ISIS in the Achin district of Ningarhar province in Eastern Afghanistan, which borders Pakistan. According to Haji Ghalib, the governor of Achin, 600 local Pashtun tribesmen are helping the Afghan security forces in the battle against ISIS. He added that initially there were some 1500 ISIS terrorists in the border district of ...

An email released by WikiLeaks reportedly from the hacked personal email account of the U.S’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief John Brennan indicates that Pakistan has used terrorists as proxies to counter India’s growing influence in Afghanistan. The document states: “Efforts in the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) have been challenged by Pakistan’s ambivalence toward, and perhaps outright support for, ...

Aug. 12, 2012 – Shah Wali Kot, Kandahar, Afghanistan – US special force commandos provide security as troops off-load from a Black Hawk helicopter during a clearing operation August 12, 2012 in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Credit Image: © Mc1 Martin Cuaron/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire) (Newscom TagID: zumaamericasthirteen716618.jpg) [Photo via Newscom] In response to what he ...