KABUL: The Special Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Kabul Ambassador Hugo Llorens has said the United States will take steps against the supporters of the Taliban group. In a statement released after the announcement of the US strategy for South Asia, Ambassador Llorens said “At the core of this commitment, we will continue to support Afghan forces in ...

KABUL: A book titled ‘Starai Mazal’ (Tiresome Journey), dealing with former president Hamid Karzai’s foreign trips, has hit the newsstands in Kabul. Published by the Acsose Publication Centre, the 183-page book has been written by senior journalist Hakeem Basharat, who is associated with the country’s largest news agency Pajhwok Afghan News. Basharat remained close to the former president and traveled ...

President Trump deserves high marks for his new Afghanistan strategy. It is bold, reasoned and offers the prospect of success against the violent Islamist groups of the region. But it will also face opposition in the region. The president will have to show an unflagging commitment to the cause and be prepared to respond to moves by adversaries to disrupt ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the new strategy by the United States for the South Asia is yet another opportunity for Pakistan to review its old regional approach, specifically the country’s approach towards Afghanistan. The Afghan President made the remarks during his speech to the nation after the announcement of the strategy by President Donald Trump. He said ...

President Donald Trump’s new, get-tough approach with Pakistan’s government could potentially include sanctioning Pakistani government officials with ties to terrorist organizations, a senior administration official said Tuesday morning, part of an overall regional strategy that he said has put Pakistan “on notice” that “business as usual as it has been up to now is over.” Trump, in nationally televised address ...

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday welcomed his American counterpart Donald Trump’s new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Ghani said the US had shown an enduring commitment to Afghanistan’s war against terrorism and the war-torn country’s stability. In a statement from the Presidential Palace, Ghani appreciated the Trump administration’s reaffirmation of support to the government and people of Afghanistan. “I ...

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in reaction to the US new strategy announced by President Donald Trump, said the strategy was against peace as the Afghans’ main will. Trump in a televised speech early Tuesday, spoke about sending more troops to the war-ravaged country, but did not detailed on the exact extra number. “We strongly condemn this position of the ...

Afghan envoy to Washington Hamdullah Mohib on Monday thanked the US President Donald Trump for his tougher approach towards Pakistan, harboring terrorist outfits against its neighbors and USA. “We welcome this decision, which is the result of intense deliberations and takes into account both countries’ needs and considerations. This is the first time a focus has been put on what ...

President Donald Trump cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan on Monday, backtracking from his promise to swiftly end America’s longest war, while pillorying ally Pakistan for offering safe haven to “agents of chaos”. In his first formal address to the nation as commander-in-chief, Trump discarded his previous criticism of the 16-year-old war as a ...

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday asked the insurgents to either put down their weapons or Afghan commando forces would make them surrender. The president was addressing a gathering here, in which the commando forces division was elevated to corps and Gen. Bismillah Waziri was appointed commander of the corps. Addressing the commando forces, the president said: “You are the ...