KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah has said Pakistan must take practical steps against the Haqqani terrorist network and the Taliban group in its soil. The Office of the Chief Executive said the issue was raised during a meeting with the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson. Emphasizing on the right stance of Afghanistan in fight ...

KABUL: Cultural figures, writers, historians and officials expressed serious concerns over the dramatic move of Iran and Turkey to enlist Masnavi Ma’Navi, collection of renowned Afghan poet Jalal-ud-din Mohammad Balkhi in UNESCO as a common heritage of Iran and Turkey. The attempt of Iran has sparked criticism in Afghanistan because Mawlana Rumi neither born nor lived in Iran. According to ...

The US President Barack Obama has approved broader role for the US military to assist the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) to fight the Taliban-led insurgency. According to reports, the broader role granted to the US military will allow them to accompany Afghan forces and assist them more proactively on the battlefield. US defense officials have said the ...

US: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said a stable and peaceful Afghanistan is a shared objective of both India and the United States. Modi made the remarks during a speech in the joint meeting of the US Congress during his visit to the country. “A commitment to rebuild a peaceful, and stable and prosperous Afghanistan our shared objective,” ...

Taliban gunmen stormed a court complex in a city south of Kabul Sunday, killing at least seven people in the insurgents’ third so-called “revenge” attack for last month’s execution of Taliban-linked prisoners. The attack in Pul-i-Alam, capital of volatile Logar province, also left 23 prosecutors wounded as they were meeting to decide the fate of six newly arrested Taliban militants. ...

The landmark Salma Dam project was inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in western Herat province of Afghanistan today. The project has been executed and implemented by WAPCOS Ltd, a Government of India Undertaking under ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. “Afghanistan & India have long and continued relations ...

The new Afghan Ambassador to Indonesia Roya Rahmani took over duties by presenting her credentials to the country’s president during a special ceremony attended by the Ambassadors of seven other countries. According to a statement released by the Embassy of Afghanistan in Indonesia, Ms Rahmani presented her credentials to the Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday. The other Ambassadors who ...

AFGHANISTAN: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has strongly condemned the execution of passengers by the Taliban militants after 185 of them were kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Calling the execution of innocent civilians an act of treachery, President Ghani said the bandits are committing such crimes, criticizing the Taliban leader for the lack of information regarding the religion ...

AFGHANISTAN: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) will face tough in coming months amid deteriorating security situation. The NATO-led Resolute Support Deputy Chief of Staff for Communication Army Brig. Gen. Charles H. Cleveland has said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are making slow and steady progress, giving them momentum for an expected tough fight ahead. Briefing ...

PESHAWAR: The chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Pakistan Moazzam Ali was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) over the harassment of Afghan General Consul in Peshawar city of Pakistan. According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, a strong protest was lodged over the Pakistani security personnel act to stop the vehicle of the Afghan General Consul ...