KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said the foreign ill-wishers of Afghanistan are in isolation as he reaffirmed the government’s stance to turn the country into the graveyard of the terrorists, ruling out the softer stance the government had earlier to resolve the issue through negotiations. In his speech during a gathering to observe the Martyrs’ Week, President Ghani said the ...

KABUL: The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), led by Gulbadin Hekmatyar, hopes a peace deal with the government will be signed in Kabul today (Saturday). Negotiations with representatives of the Ashraf Ghani administration had concluded, Hekmatyar’s son Habibur Rahman wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday. Several rounds of peace parleys between the two sides took place some months back. The negotiators ...

KABUL: The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has warned to close transit route for Pakistan to Central Asian countries as the Wagah port has been closed for the Afghan traders for import and export. President Ghani made the remarks during a meeting with the UK’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Owen Jenkins in Kabul. He said Afghanistan is no ...

Pakistani Government despite actively pushing its proxy war in Afghanistan has always tried to deny ties with Taliban, never mind supporting them. When the Afghan Unity Government finally regretted trusting Pakistan after realizing it was being betrayed despite softening relations with Pakistan for the first time in years, Pakistan delicately used influence of some tribal leaders from Pakhtunkhwa to try ...

KABUL: About 1,400 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), at Fort Campbell will deploy to Afghanistan to participate in counter-terrorism operations, the US army has announced. The Rakkasans from 3rd Brigade Combat Team will deploy this fall to back US operation against the remnants of Al-Qaeda, Islamic State (Daesh) and other terror groups, a statement from the army ...

KABUL: Since Afghan refugees in Pakistan were harassed and also illegal put behind bars, some 70,000 registered Afghan refugees were voluntary repatriated to Afghanistan from northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province during current year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. According to the Voluntary Repatriation Centers of United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) around 5,000 Afghans from Balochistan had returned ...

KABUL: At least 24 people were killed and over 91 others were wounded in twin explosions in capital Kabul this afternoon, the security officials said. Officials in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said at least 24 people were killed and at least 91 others were wounded in the attack. The incident took place near the Ministry of Defense (MoD) ...

Timeworn relics from Afghanistan have been unveiled in Korea for the first time, through joint collaboration between the two countries’ national museums. Displaying artefacts of ancient civilizations between the 20th century B.C. and the seventh century, the exhibition titled “Treasures from Afghanistan” ran at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul from July 5 to Sept. 4, and will continue ...

KABUL: At least 36 people were killed and 28 others were wounded in a deadly traffic incident on Kabul-Kandahar highway in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the local security officials in Zabul, the incident took place around 4:00 am local time after a fuel tanker collided with a passenger bus. The officials further added that the incident ...

SHARAN: The Omna district of southeastern Paktika collapsed to the Taliban on Sunday after five day of continued fighting, an official said. A security official, requesting not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media, told Pajhwok Afghan News the district had been under siege for the past five days. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) ...