KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said he was closely monitoring peace negotiations with the Gulbadin Hikmatyar-led Hezb-i-IslamiAfghanistan (HIA). There was no problem in concluding the peace agreement the HIA, the CEO told a cabinet meeting. The Afghans badly needed peace and there was no obstacle to the process, he observed. “We recently heard comments that ...

INDIA: The famous Indian film star Sanjaty Dutt’s next film will be about Afghanistan to focus on the use of children in suicide attacks. Sanjay Dutt is due to shoot for the movie by signing the contract of the film six months after he was released from the jail. The movie will be directed by Girish Malik, the receiver of ...

Afghanistan condemned a deadly attack on the Indian army base in the Indian-administered Kashmir urging to isolate those sponsoring terrorism in the region. “Terrorism is a common threat to the entire region&world;thus,requires joint fight to eliminate terrorists&isolate those who sponsor them,” the Afghanistan National Security Council (NSC) said in a statement. The statement further added that “the people of Afghanistan ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on Taliban group in Afghanistan to be free from the foreign influence, particularly pointing towards the Pakistani intelligence and military. In an interview with Reuters, Karzai appealed to the Taliban “as fellow Afghans to recognise that this is their country” and to break free of the influence of Pakistan, which despite ...

NEW DELHI: India has pledged $1 billion in fresh aid to Afghanistan as President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is New Delhi to meet with the country’s officials to discuss issues of mutual interest. The $1 billion aid announcement by New Delhi comes as the country has already spent around $2 billion on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan. India’s foreign secretary S Jaishankar ...

KABUL: The signing of peace deal with Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddi Hekmatyar has been delayed due to technical issues, the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) said Monday. According to a statement by AHPC, the signing of the peace agreement was postponed due to Eid holidays but a final agreement has been concluded between the Afghan government and the party. The ...

د افغانستان د سرحدونو او قبايلو چارو وزير ښاغلې ګلاب منګل صیب’دې پښتون ټایٔمز’ سره په ځانګړې مرکه کې وايي افغانستان د ټولو پښتنو ګډ کور دی In an exclusive interview with THE PASHTUN TIMES, Mr. Gulab Mangal, Minister for Borders and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan, says Afghanistan is the home of all Pashtuns. THE PASHTUN TIMES

KABUL: A top Iranian diplomat based in Kabul has rejected the detained migrants exhibited in cages by Shiraz city police were Afghan nationals. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires Ali Reza Hajizada clarified the issue during a meeting with the second deputy foreign minister for political affairs of Afghanistan Syed Javid Hashemi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) in a ...

GERMANY: Former president Hamid Karzai has once again faulted the ongoing war on terror, saying the flawed campaign has given rise to extremism in the region. Speaking at the International School of Management (ISM) in Germany, he expressed his views on democracy in Afghanistan, peace talks with Taliban and the need for eradicating terrorist safe havens. A statement from his ...

KABUL: Optimisms are on the rise with the opening of the New Silk Road connecting China with the Eurasian landmass as two trains carrying dozens of containers bound for Afghanistan left China with the first consignment arriving in Hairatan port of Afghanistan earlier this month. The initiative by China is considered is a major turnover in Afghanistan’s efforts to turn ...