KABUL: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed the alliance’s continued support to Afghanistan as a deadly car bombing left at six US soldiers dead or wounded. “I strongly condemn yesterday’s attack on a NATO convoy in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan, which left two US soldiers dead and four more wounded. I offer my sincere ...

KABUL: The Ministry of Telecommunications and Technology (MoTT) has urged the government of India to launch a special satellite for Afghanistan. Najib Nangal, spokesman for the (MoTT), told Pajhwok Afghan News the acting minister of telecommunications and technology, Syed Ahmad Shah Sadat, met Indian Ambassador Manpreet Vohra in Kabul. He said the opening of a terminal for Afghanistan in the South ...

KABUL: An explosion targeting the Iraqi Embassy in the Afghan capital was followed by the sounds of gunfire in the area, Afghan police said on Monday, adding that an attack is underway. Interior Minister Spokesman Najib Danish told the AP that the Iraqi diplomats were safe and had been rescued. A member of the Afghan security forces walks on the ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and the Vice President of the United States Michael Richard Pence discussed the 4 year development plan of the Afghan security forces during a video teleconference. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement said the two sides also discussed other issues of bilateral interest during their conversation. The statement further added that ...

KABUL: The Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan on Saturday announced the Kankor results for the enrollment of the eligible students to State universities and other high education State and private institutes. The officials of the Ministry of Higher Education announced the results during a press conference in Kabul today. According to the officials, a total of 169,529 students who ...

KABUL: A top German envoy in Afghanistan has said the government of Germany is committed to expand economic and security support to Afghanistan. The Office of the National Security Adviser in a statement said the German envoy Thomas Peter made the remarks during a meeting with the national security adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Thursday. Thanking the Afghan government for ...

KABUL: Dozens of insurgents including several Pakistani militia forces were killed during the clashes with the security forces in southeastern Paktia province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the militants and Pakistani militias were killed during the clashes in Jani Khel district. Provincial police spokesman Sardar Wali Tabasoom confirmed the report and said more than 50 insurgents were ...

LASHKARGAH: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said positive changes in the security situation of southern Helmand province would start appearing soon. The president, who arrived here with a high level delegation, said problems being faced by the Afghan forces in Helmand would be addressed. The president arrived in Helmand in the morning to assess the security situation before returning to Kabul in ...

KABUL: Afghan security forces have recovered two Pakistani diplomats who were kidnapped on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway in eastern Nangarhar province last month, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Wednesday. “The two diplomatic officials of the Consulate General of Pakistan in Jalalabad, who were abducted while travelling from Jalalabad to Torkham on June 16, 2017, have been safely recovered today in Afghanistan,” the Foreign Office ...

By Ezzatullah Mehrdad-From the very beginning of the global war on terror since 2000, Pakistan, a militarized country, has used to play a double game in volatile region which undermine peace and stability of Middle East, Central Asia and Southern Asian countries. The Pakistan’s game doesn’t even benefit Pakistani people, nor does it benefit other countries, including Afghanistan. Every intelligence ...