KABUL: Two explosions went off in capital Kabul on Tuesday, police confirmed. The two back-to-back blasts happened in Darul Aman area of Kabul, near parliament offices. The blasts targeted security personnel at the parliament. A security official told 1TV on condition of anonymity that 28 people were killed and 60 more injured, following the blasts. Kabul’s PD7 Police Chief among ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has endorsed the US President-elect Donald Trump’s stance to improve the relations between Russia and the United States, saying the improvement will be good for peace and stability in Afghanistan. “Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only “stupid” people, or fools, would think that it ...

KABUL: The families of certain fallen Afghan soldiers received apartments as President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani announced a major scheme to hand over more apartments to families of fallen security forces members in the next three years. President Ghani handed over the keys of apartments to the families of 14 soldiers who lost their lives. The apartment keys were handed over ...

KABUL: Japan has pledged investment to support Afghanistan have proper access to Chabahar port in a bid to help the Afghan traders export their commodities using the port. The commitment was made by Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonora during a meeting with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah. He also pledged a fresh aid of Yen 19 million to ...

KABUL: Two top Haqqani network leaders hailing from Pakistan killed in Nangarhar Two senior commanders of the Haqqani terrorist network were killed during an operation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) Special Forces. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the two top Haqqani leaders were killed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The statement further added that ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s daughter Mariam Ghani has visited Afghanistan to support a documentary on the historic Dar-ul-Aman Palace being renovated under the supervision of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing. Mariam Ghani visited the palace to review the construction work of the Palace together with the Minister of Urban Development and Housing Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi. Mr. ...

PAJHWOK: Hundreds of US military personnel will deploy to southern Helmand province in the spring to help train Afghan security forces, a military website says. Around 300 troops from II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, would join the NATO mission to train the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps and the 505th Zone National Police. The ...

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has expressed condolences on the sad demise of renowned historian and researcher Dr. Mohammad Hassan Kakar, calling it a “great loss” for the country’s education and culture. Kakar, 88, died Thursday night in a California hospital. He was living in the United States. “Regretfully, Dr. Mohammad Hassan Kakar, a great historian, researcher and famous intellectual ...

The Department of Defense said Thursday that Afghanistan still dangerous and challenges remain there, reaffirming the US support to the Afghan government and security forces. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook told reporters that U.S. military presence in Afghanistan continues to provide support to the Afghan government and its armed forces “so that they can secure the country for themselves.” He ...

EIGHT years ago Ashraf Ghani and Clare Lockhart wrote a book called “Fixing Failed States”. Now Mr Ghani is in a position to follow his own advice. He is the president of Afghanistan, a state that failed in the 1990s and could fail again. State failure causes untold misery (see article). Broadly defined, it is the main reason poor countries ...