Afghanistan has been pressing for greater Indian assistance in defence supplies and capacity building for a long time. Rabbani further said that his country’s friendship with India does not mean hostility to any other country and that it is not a zero-sum game. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday asserted that India will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with ...

KABUL: Top Afghan and Indian officials are due to meet in New Delhi, the capital city of India, in the aftermath of the new US policy for Afghanistan and South Asia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan in a statement confirmed that the foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani will meet with the Indian officials during his visit to New Delhi. ...

KABUL: Famous writer and poet Saduddin Shpoon has passed away at the age of 85 at a hospital in the United States of America. He had long been living in America, where he was admitted for medical treatment to a hospital. He breathed his last on Sunday. Shpoon, hailed as a renowned Pashto prose writer and critic, penned some novels and composed ...

KABUL: The Afghan history and culture’s historic friend Nancy Dupree, a well known American historian, died at the age of 90 in Kabul. Nancy was admitted to a hospital due to an illness she was suffering from and died late on Saturday night. Born in India to American parents in 1927, Madam Nancy for the first time moved to Afghanistan ...

KABUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan and help them restore bilateral ties, the Presidential Palace said on Sunday. During a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, the Turkish president said he was ready to play his role in rehabilitation between the neighbors. President Ghani thanked his Turkish counterpart for his support in ...

KABUL: Patriotism costs lives of people in the countries likes Afghanistan that comes under target of superpowers, former president, Hamid Karzai said. “Being patriotic is a crime in Afghanistan and the patriotic people are killed,” Karzai addressed a gathering Saturday in Kabul to mark Ahmad Shah Massoud’s death anniversary, saying that Massoud lost his life in this way. “Massoud was ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly reacted at the airdrop of the offensive leaflets aimed at attracting the local support against the Taliban, calling it a psychological war against the Afghan people. In a statement released by the Office of the former President, Karzai said the presence of the American forces and the violations committed by them has ...

Germany is a highly-coveted partner on the international stage. As a respected global power, it needs a strong mandate from the upcoming elections, says former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Germany is a haven of stability in today’s international scenario, and one of the world’s most sought-after economies. This is why its national election on September 24 is currently one of the most-watched ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan is exploring the possibility of signing a water treaty with Afghanistan to promote integrated watershed management. Ecological conservation practices in uphill watersheds is part of the plan to safeguard Pakistan’s rights on trans-border water inflows according to international norms. According to a report in The News International, the Climate Change Ministry will focus on efforts to protect the glaciers by declaring them ...

KABUL:  The Afghan league for association football clubs (Afghan Premier League-APL) will be kicked off coming Thursday in Kabul, said officials. The ALP is a hope for Afghan among ash and smoke in this war weary country. Eight teams from eight different zone of Afghanistan came together here in Kabul to eat, talk, laugh, sleep and compete with each other, which generate a ...