KABUL: A top US army general conducted the maiden flight of the newly-supplied UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters in the presence of the senior defense officials. (Photos: NATO Resolute Support) The maiden flight was conducted by the US army Major General Neil Thurgood. “U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Neil Thurgood flew a UH-60 helicopter, which will soon join the Afghan Air Force ...

NEW DELHI: Afghan Ambassador to India Dr. Shaida Abdali says New Delhi’s relations with Kabul are not a threat to other neighbours but are aimed at the reconstruction of Afghanistan. In an interview with PajhwokNews, Abdali said Afghanistan could not cut ties with its strategic friends who posed no threats to its territory. In response to the Pakistani prime minister’s recent remarks on India’s role ...

KABUL: The Afghan government’s mission in the United Nations strongly reacted at the allegations of the Pakistani Prime Minister regarding the terror sanctuaries in Afghanistan by raising questions regarding the safe havens and places where the Al-Qaeda and Taliban founds were killed or died as well as the killing of the former Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. “My delegation ...

KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar strongly condemned an attempt by an individual to hit the leader of the party with a boot during the Friday prayers, calling it a move hatched by the foreign intelligence. The party in a statement said an individual who attempted to throw a boot at Hekmatyar and create an atmosphere of chaos during ...

KABUL: At least two children have been killed, and three others sustained injuries as a result of mortar shelling by Pakistani forces into the eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. The notorious Pakistan forces fired more than 37 mortars into Spinajai, Sapo, Mastal Kandaw, Darosar and Babil villages of Nazyan district. The shelling was continued from 12pm till 6pm yesterday, ...

NEW YORK: The Afghan and US Presidents have agreed to boost the development of the rare earth minerals of Afghanistan in a bid to boost economy and national security of the two countries. The issue of the development of the rare earth minerals of Afghanistan was discussed during a meeting between Trump and Ghani in New York on the sidelines ...

NEW YORK: President Ashraf Ghani met United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres at the world body’s headquarters in New York on Thursday and discussed with him the war against terrorism and regional issues. A statement from the Presidential Palace in Kabul said the UN chief assured the Afghan leader of the world’s body multifaceted support to the Afghan peace process. It quoted ...

President Ashraf Ghani has said the United States four-year security plan would help the Afghan government bring under its control 80 percent of the country’s territory, a media report said on Thursday. “The four year plan involves the goal of really bringing 80 percent of the territory of the country under control,” Ghani told National Public Radio in an interview ...

The Chief Executive of the Government of National Unity Abdullah Abdullah criticized the neighboring countries for supporting the anti-government armed militants with an aim to curb the ISIS terrorist group’s activities in Afghanistan. Abdullah made the remarks during a gathering in Kabul to mark the international day of peace. He called on the neighboring countries to refrain from further expanding ...

NEW YORK: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with the US President Donald Trump earlier this evening, Afghanistan Time, in Washington as he thanked his counterpart for latest commitments and pledging the Afghan government’s commitment to ensure proper utilization of the resources for the development and prosperity of the country. Calling the new US strategy announcement a historic movement, ...