KABUL: A female Indian aid worker has been released almost one and half after she was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Kabul city, the Indian officials have confirmed. The External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj tweeted earlier today “”I am happy to inform you that Judith D’Souza has been rescued.” Swaraj further added that Judith will arrive in New ...

KABUL: A major housing project in Kabul city is due to complete and will become ready for use in the next couple of weeks, the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDH) said Thursday. The project, Al-Qasaba Housing Project, has been constructed with the financial resources of Abu Dhabi fund with a cost of $179 million. The Minister of Urban ...

The Pakistani officials are worried amid reports that the Afghan government is planning to build water dams on Kabul River. The country’s Ministry of Water and Power has said Pakistan is willing to sign a water treaty with Afghanistan. “We have held many brainstorming sessions at the ministry on this particular issue after receiving credible reports about Afghanistan’s plans to ...

The shadow provincial council chief of the Taliban group for southern Helmand province was killed during the ongoing clearance operations in this province. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Mullah Hamza was among 34 militants killed during the operations conducted in Greshk, Marjah, Sangin and Nahr-e-Saraj districts. According to a statement by MoD, the operations were conducted jointly by the Afghan ...

The Afghan government has sent a group of 46 aviation personnel to India to participate in technical and professional training. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority Qasim Rahimi has confirmed the deployment of 46 aviation personnel for training to India. Rahimi further added that the aviation personnel will resume their work in the airports of the country once they ...

Today, a renowned Afghan artist Hamdullah Arbab art celebrated in the (NSS) main office. Hamdullah Arbab displayed his creative art pieces in the main office of national stability society (NSS) main office in Kabul. A number of Afghan art lovers, writers, journalists, civil society members, youths, women and politicians were participated in this significant art exhibition. The theme of the ...

Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, a Pashtun nationalist leader from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, urged Islamabad and Kabul to normalize the fragile bilateral relations. Chief of his own political faction, Qaumi Watan Party, said that removal of trust deficit between Pakistan and Afghanistan is imperative to ensure security in the two countries and the entire region. He suggested a joint mechanism so ...

The commander of the US forces and the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson has called the attack on enemy leadership in Pakistan as unprecedented. Gen. Nicholson was briefing reporters who were traveling with Mrine Corps Gen. Joe Dunord, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of sTaff, who is in Afghanistan for talks Afghan, US and ...

WASHINGTON: The United States Friday said it is not in a position to comment on the authenticity of the leaked documents that establishes relationship between the Pakistan and terrorist groups and noted that the cause of peace cannot be advanced through such moves.’ “We are not in a position to comment on the documents or speculate about their authenticity,” a ...

The former Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief, Rahmatullah Nabil has released classified documents about the support of Pakistan to the Afghan militant groups, specifically the notorious Haqqani terrorist network. The six documents released by Nabil include formal letters by Pakistani military and the military intelligence of the country, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Nabil says the Haqqani network ...