The rapist and murderer of an Afghan child has reportedly been sentenced to death by an Iranian court almost six months after the brutal incident took place in the outskirts of capital Tehran. The 6-year-old Setayish Quraishi was abducted in Khairabad area in Veramin city in the outskirts of Tehran earlier this year and was brutally murdered by her killer ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry had said late last month during his visit to New Delhi that Washington would launch trilateral talks, which had stopped in 2013, with New Delhi and Kabul. India, the US and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their shared interests in combating terrorism and advancing peace and security in the region as they explored ways to “coordinate ...

KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has apologized to the victims of the devastating war the party was involved in 1990s, hours after the party signed the draft peace agreement with the Afghan government. A senior member of the party Qarib-ur-Rehman Syed told VOA’s Afghanistan service that “Hezb-e-Islami considers itself a member and party of the people. Hezb-e-Islami ...

KABUL: The US Embassy in Kabul welcomed the signing of peace agreement between the Afghan government and Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. “We welcome today’s accord negotiated and concluded by the Government of Afghanistan and Hizb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) as a step in bringing the conflict in Afghanistan to a peaceful end,” a statement by US Embassy said. The statement further ...

PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP), led by a Pashtun-nationalist politician Asfandyar Wali Khan, has called for an immediate end to the harassment of Afghan refugees in different parts of Pakistan. At a meeting of ANP’s Central General Council, chaired by Asfandyar Wali Khan, the party leader stressed the need for sorting out dispute with neighbors, particularly Afghanistan, on a priority ...

KABUL: The Ashraf Ghani administration and the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) on Thursday signed a landmark peace deal after two years of negotiations. On behalf of the government, the agreement was signed by High Peace Council (HPC) Chairman Pir Syed Ahmad Gilani and National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar. Eng. Mohammad Amin Karim and Political Affairs head Ghairat Baher affixed their ...

KABUL: The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) has agreed to embrace the country’s constitution and dismantle its armed wing under its peace agreement with the government. In return, the Ashraf Ghani administration has promised the release of HIA prisoners and lifting all restrictions on the group, reads the draft agreement, a copy of whichhas been obtained by Pajhwok Afghan News. Release of ...

Apparently America had a big gratitude on Russia by removing its missile shield program from Eastern Europe, because from the beginning it has been opposing it. However, there are two main reasons behind it which are generally ignored; no one is willing to turn the debate towards it and both reasons are related to Afghan and Iraq wars. This was ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday telephoned India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and condemned the “cross border attack” in Uri while expressing solidarity with India to eliminate the threat of terrorism. Ghani strongly condemned the cross-border terror attack and conveyed Afghanistan’s solidarity and support with India for all actions to eliminate the threat of terrorism, a PMO statement said. ...

KABUL: Negotiations are underway between the Afghan government and some companies in United Arab Emirates to attract an investment of $6 billion in infrastructure projects, it has been reported. The officials in the Ministry of Energy and Water of Afghanistan have said Afghanistan requires a total of $9 billion investment in the energy sector. Water and Energy Minister Ali Ahmad ...