KABUL: At least 19 militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group were killed in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the airstrike was carried out in Dangam district and at least 8 militants of the terrorist group were also wounded. According to a statement by MoI, A BM-1 rocket launcher and a Dshk ...

Afghan saffron has for the third year in a row been rated as the best in the world. ‎ The International Taste and Quality Institute in Brussels ranked Afghan saffron as having the best taste and quality amongst 300 samples from different countries, n‎ews agencies reported.‎ The Institute was founded in 2003 in Brussels and has recognized hundreds of quality ...

The famous “Afghan girl” immortalised on a 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine, who was arrested by Pakistani authorities on charges of possessing forged identity papers, is likely to be released next week, the Afghan envoy in Islamabad said on Friday. Omar Zakhilwal, who has been pursuing the case of 46-year-old Sharbat Gula with Pakistani officials, said a court in ...

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has praised Omar Zakhilwal, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, for his efforts to release Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee woman arrested a few days ago by Pakistani police on the charge of having fake documents. Karzai termed Sharbat Gula as a symbol of beauty, struggle and pain, saying she (Sharbat Gula) represents Afghans at international ...

KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the presence of militants loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is underlining the importance of the NATO in Afghanistan. “NATO contributes to the fight against ISIL and terrorism in many different ways. All NATO allies participate in the coalition and it is of great importance for ...

KABUL: A Pakistani court on Friday sent the iconic Afghan girl Sharbat Gula to jail on 14-day remand as she appeared before the Judicial Magistrate after charged with having fake Pakistani identity card. Gula was sent to Central Prison with the next hearing of the case will be held on the 1st of November, according to the local media reports. ...

KABUL: Pakistan aims to access the Central Asian markets as Islamabad mulls to start work on the construction of Peshawar-Kabul motorway, it has been reported. According to the local media reports, Islamabad has given a go-ahead to the National Highway Authority (NHA) to begin the process of hiring consultants who will carry out a feasibility study on the proposed Peshawar-Kabul ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani vowed to avenge the brutal killings of the ordinary civilians by militant groups as the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group massacred at least 30 civilians in western Ghor province. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement, said President Ghani promises revenge for the blood of ...

The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakilwal has slammed the Pakistani officials for the irresponsible remarks following a deadly attack on a police academy in Quetta city. Zakhilwal has said the Pakistani authorities should not offer irresponsible remarks regarding the recent Quetta incidetn as he strongly condemned the attack. “The Afghan people who witness similar terrorist attacks on our people ...

KABUL: Matters are getting increasingly ominous for Kabul and Islamabad to fight insurgency in the region. Currently, the two countries are going through tense relations as trust-deficit has reached at boiling point between the two neighbors. The government of Afghanistan strongly condemns every kind of terrorist attack whether it occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan or other parts of the world. Also, ...