The Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar has said the major terror sanctuaries are located in Pakistan, emphasizing that Islamabad must eliminate the safe havens for its own and regions stability. Atmar made the remarks during his speech at the 19th Asian Conference on Combating Terrorism, evolving an Asian response arranged by Institute of Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA) of ...

KABUL: Several stranded Afghans started returning to the country as the two key crossings along the Durand Line were reopened after almost eighteen days. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Monday announced that the Torkham and Chaman crossings will be open for two days so that the visa holders stranded on the two sides can return to their countries. The Pakistani officials ...

KABUL: In the latest shelling, Pakistani troops have fired at least 145 missiles in the two district of eastern Kunar province, local official said on Tuesday. These missiles landed in Sarkano and Khas districts of the province, no reports of human casualties yet. “So far there have been no reports of casualties,” Provincial Police Chief, Juma Gul told TOLONews. “The ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the Afghan government was forced to sign a security pact with the United States because of the war and horror of the Taliban group. Speaking during the inauguration of the new parliament session, President Ghani said “They are in fact the reason behind the deployment of foreign forces in Afghanistan. They pave the ...

KABUL: At least five Pakistani soldiers were killed during clashes with the militants along the Durand Line, the Pakistani officials said Monday. The Inter Services Public Relations, media wing of Pakistani military, claimed that the soldiers were killed after a group of insurgents opened fire on a number of check posts from the other side of the line. “Effective presence, ...

It seems that high-ranking officials in Pakistan are looking toward anarchy, where despite to take bold steps to resolve the already worsened situation, created by the continued ignorance and providing sanctuaries to various national and international terrorists groups, but they are adding to that. At somehow it indicates that time is not running with Pakistan. The government of Pakistan has ...

KABUL: Reacting to the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the former President Hamid Karzai has said that the government of Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on the Durand Line, a de facto border between the two states. “The government of Pakistan has no legal authority to dictate terms on the Durand Line. ...

ISLAMABAD: Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal on Saturday said Pakistan does not have a justification for the continued closure of crossing points with Afghanistan on Durand Line, and that his country might send in chartered flights to airlift stranded Afghans in case the crossing points are not reopened soon. In a message posted to his Facebook page, Zakhilwal said he had ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and the US national security adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster discussed issues of mutual interest including security, counter-terrorism, Afghan forces 4-year development plan, and election. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement said the two sides discussed the issues during a telephone conversation on Friday evening. The statement further added that the Afghan ...

The longest and the pricey war in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent in the election narrative of the recently concluded cacophonous presidential campaign in the United States. A war that drained the US exchequer by 600 billion and witnessed the death of 2247 US military personnel, along with 20000 more wounded. The costly and bloody war in Afghanistan may have failed ...