KABUL: First Vice-President General Abdul Rashid Dostum on Sunday called on President Ashraf Ghani and the two leaders conferred on the security situation in north and northeastern provinces. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Dostum briefed the president about his visit to Turkey and the security situation in northern provinces and the overall social life there. The statement said ...

Pakistan using terrorism as tool against immediate neighbors  The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan is still using terrorism as a tool against its immediate neighbors. In his speech at a think tank in New Delhi, Karzai said ‘the war on terror has failed to discourage Pakistan from using terrorism and religious radicalism as tools against its immediate ...

A deadly persists among Afghanistan and Pakistan along the Durand Line close to Chaman city, the capital of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The two sides failed to resolve tensions as the gate between the two countries remains closed since Thursday. Gen. Mohammad from Afghanistan participated in talks with the Pakistani side led by Gen. Jahazeeb to resolve the issue but ...

The United States Department of State has approved a major weapons sale to Afghanistan in a bid to help the Afghan forces fight the growing menace of terrorism. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Afghanistan for individual and crew served weapons, equipment, training, and support. ...

Similar to our many other national achievements, our Independence Day is a blend of celebration and mourning — on this day in 1919 Afghanistan won full independence from the superpower of the time, it is also a day of remembering the short reign of the enlightened King Amanullah, who took enormous personal and political risks, and failed, to reform the ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 2 people were killed and 49 others were wounded in a rocket attack by Taliban militants in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the incident took place in Asabad city, the provincial capital of Kunar province today. Provincial governor Wahidullah Kalimzai said the Taliban militants fired the rocket to disrupt the local ...

KABUL: Ninety seventh Independence Day celebrations kicked off in capital Kabul with president Mohammad Ashrafh Ghani placing  a floral wreath at the Menar-i-Istiqlal (Independence Minaret). The national anthem was also played on the occasion, however, there was no military parade and the president did not bother to speak to the media person as well. High ranking government officials, including Chief Executive ...

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have proved their capabilities as they successfully fighting against an imposed war, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Thursday. The remarks by President Ashraf Ghani came as Afghanistan is celebrating the 97th Independence Day of the country. President Ghani said the ongoing violence in the country is not as a result of the ...

The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah met this evening, days after a controversial statement was delivered by Adullah, calling President Ghani as unfit for the office. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said the meeting was organized in a friendly atmosphere and President Ghani listened to the remarks of CEO Abdullah. The Palace ...

KABUL: The United States reaffirmed support to National Unity Government amid concerns followed by Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah’s remarks for calling President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani as unfit for the office. The US State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau was responding to a question regarding the latest upheavals and whether US would send a delegation to help resolve the issue. “So ...