WARSAW (POLAND): NATO on Saturday decided to sustain its Resolute Support (RS) Mission beyond 2016 in Afghanistan and pledged to continue funding Afghan National Security forces through 2020. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters here that NATO allies had promised the United States they would help fund Afghan security forces to the tune of around $1 billion annually over the next three years. ...

POLAND: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah talked about the terrorists’ sanctuaries in the neighborhood during his speech at the NATO Warsaw summit in Poland. CEO Abdullah was apparently pointing towards the safe havens used by the Taliban group and Haqqani terrorist network leadership councils in Pakistan. “Looking back at recent history, some of us failed to grasp, the ...

Ghani says Pakistan’s dangerous distinction between good and bad terrorists is being maintained in practice. ─Afghan President’s website KARACHI: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said the peace initiatives taken by Afghanistan with Pakistan are not successful as Pakistan differentiates between good and bad terrorists “in practice”. “Our regional initiatives with neighbours are beginning to yield significant cooperative dividends. However, ...

POLAND: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will start talks on Afghanistan during the second day of the Warsaw summit in Poland today with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg saying the alliance focuses on 3 important decisions regarding the country. ” I expect Heads of State and Government to make three important decisions on Afghanistan,” Stoltenberg said while responding to a question if the ...

KABUL: The former Afghan lawmaker Farkhunda Zahra Naderi hailed the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) for risking their lives to protect the Afghan citizens. Ms Naderi launched a campaign during the third day of Eid-ul-Fitr which included a visit to 300 bed hospital where the wounded Afghan police service members are being treated. Today’s campaign which also included ...

POLAND: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with his American counterpart President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Warsaw summit in Poland. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah was also present during the meeting. Obama said he has extended the presence of the US forces in Afghanistan considering the assessments of the political ...

The United Kingdom will deploy additional 50 troops to Afghanistan to increase the number from the existing 450 to 500 soldiers. The British officials have said UK will also delay the departure of the last remaining forces in the country into 2017. “The aim is to build the capacity of the Afghan national defence and security forces,” the British prime ...

KHOST CITY: Despite the closure of the Durand Line by Pakistani authorities for the past one month, prices of most commodities remain steady in Afghan markets, businessmen in southeastern Khost province say. Pakistan blocked the border crossings after its military began building installations on the Durand Line in Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces. The move sparked fears prices of a ...

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced that 8,400 American troops would remain in Afghanistan till the end of his administration in January 2017 as against 5,500 decided earlier. “Instead of going down to 5500 troops by the end of this year, the United States will maintain approximately 8400 troops in Afghanistan into next year through the end of my ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least four people were killed in a suicide attack in northern Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan earlier today, local officials said. The incident took place around 10:00 am local time in Sancharak district after the suicide bomber targeted a former Jihadi leader. Provincial governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat said the former Jihadi leader Rahim Ayoubi survived the attack unhurt but ...