KABUL: The provincial police chief of the southern Kandahar province General Abdul Raziq has said notorious Haqqani terrorist network with the support of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) were behind the deadly attack on governor’s compound. Speaking during a press conference, Gen. Raziq said the Haqqani network and ISI were working since a long period of time to target the ...

PAKISTAN: The left-handed batsman Hanan Khan, currently working at a local restaurant in Karachi, has been called for the National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) team to play two T20 matches against Malaysian cricket team starting January 14 at Gadhafi Stadium, Lahore. Hanan, who makes parathas at a local hotel, has been called to represent NCA XI against the visiting Malaysian team. ...

KABUL: At least nine people were killed in an explosion in the governor’s compound in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Tuesday during a visit by the UAE ambassador, local media reported. The UAE’s Foreign Ministry made the statement Tuesday night, describing the attack as “heinous.” It identified the wounded ambassador as Juma Mohammed Abdullah al-Kaabi. Afghanistan’s Tolo News said the ...

KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has endorsed the US President-elect Donald Trump’s stance to improve the relations between Russia and the United States, saying the improvement will be good for peace and stability in Afghanistan. “Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only “stupid” people, or fools, would think that it ...

KABUL: The families of certain fallen Afghan soldiers received apartments as President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani announced a major scheme to hand over more apartments to families of fallen security forces members in the next three years. President Ghani handed over the keys of apartments to the families of 14 soldiers who lost their lives. The apartment keys were handed over ...

KABUL: Japan has pledged investment to support Afghanistan have proper access to Chabahar port in a bid to help the Afghan traders export their commodities using the port. The commitment was made by Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonora during a meeting with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah. He also pledged a fresh aid of Yen 19 million to ...

AFP: At least four human rights activists known on social media for their leftist views have gone missing this week, relatives and NGO workers told AFP on Sunday, as analysts voiced rights concerns. Two of the men — Waqas Goraya and Asim Saeed — disappeared on January 4, according to a cybersecurity NGO, while Salman Haider vanished on Friday and Ahmed ...

ISLAMABAD: The military’s media wing on Sunday announced that “the military courts have ceased to function on expiry of mandated period”. The military courts were established through constitutional amendment following the attack on Army Public School in Peshawar. According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations, “special constitutional arrangements were made to effectively check the terrorists and terrorism”. “Routine ...

KABUL: Two top Haqqani network leaders hailing from Pakistan killed in Nangarhar Two senior commanders of the Haqqani terrorist network were killed during an operation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) Special Forces. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the two top Haqqani leaders were killed in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The statement further added that ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s daughter Mariam Ghani has visited Afghanistan to support a documentary on the historic Dar-ul-Aman Palace being renovated under the supervision of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing. Mariam Ghani visited the palace to review the construction work of the Palace together with the Minister of Urban Development and Housing Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi. Mr. ...