KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has reportedly issued new impossible-to-meet demands to sign a peace agreement with the Afghan government. An official privy to the development has told The Associated Press that the new demands include cancellation of pacts with the United States, a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and that it be signed by ...

Children scavenge through the garbage in this file photo. ISLAMABAD: Nearly 39 per cent of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty with the highest rates in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Balochistan. Though the national poverty rates have dropped from 55 to 39pc since 2004. According to Pakistan’s first ever Multidim­ensional Poverty Index (MPI), launched on Monday, progress across ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz has said the Afghan government should offer Taliban something they cannot gain in battlefield in a bid to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. Sartaj further added “We can only bring the Taliban on the table using our influence, but ultimately Afghanistan has to talk with them. They (Afghan government) should strengthen ...

KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday agreed to establish ‘an effective mechanism for consultation and coordination of issues of mutual concern and interest.’  “This will be proposed for the consideration of the two countries’ leadership, who will meet on the sidelines of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,” the Afghan Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ...

KABUL: The loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan have claimed responsibility behind a deadly attack on the Canadian Embassy security guards in Kabul. The sympathizers of the terrorist group in Afghanistan have claimed that the attack was carried out by a suicide bombeق whom they have identified as Irfanullah Ahmad. The loyalists ...

KABUL: The First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has said Sirajuddin Haqqani is a key player in the ongoing violence in Afghanistan with the direct support of Pakistani military intelligence, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). During a meeting with the Afghan armed forces late on Saturday night, Dostum said ISI has been continuously attempting to destabilize Afghanistan and conduct terrorist attacks ...

KABUL: The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan condemned a series of attacks in captial Kabul today which left at least 14 dead and many more wounded. “Resolute Support strongly condemns today’s Improvised Explosive Device attacks in Kabul that have killed several civilians and injured many more,” a statement by RS said. “The Taliban’s actions repeatedly harm civilians in an ...

KABUL: The Canadian Embassy in Kabul confirmed that the security guards of the Embassy were targeted by a suicide bomber in Kabul today. “The Embassy of Canada confirms that the cowardly attack targeted the security company of the Embassy. We offer condolences to the families of victims,” the Embassy said. At least 14 Nepalese guards were killed after a suicide ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 8 people are feared dead and around 40 others have been wounded in an explosion in northeastern Badakhshan province. The incident took place earlier today in Keshm district after a suicide bomber detonated a motorcycle packed with explosives in a market place. According to reports, a numbe of the children are also among those killed or wounded ...

KABUL: An Afghan lawmaker was injured in the second blast which took place in Kabul city hours after a suicide blast left at least 14 dead. A security official said the incident took place after a magnetic bomb planted in the vehicle of MP Ataullah Faizani was detonated in Chel Siton area. The official further added that five others were ...