KABUL – The members of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) enter to Nangarhar province by helicopters, a number of senators said on Tuesday. Presence and movements of Daesh group in most parts of the country, particularly Nangarhar have raised concerns. Inhabitants of Nangarhar province – who have escaped the area – say militants associated with Daesh are having ...

ISLAMABAD: National Youth Organization commemorated the 3rd anniversary of the martyrdom of the great Pashtun nationalist leader, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, today, in front of Islamabad Press Club. The Central President of NYO Khushal Khan Khattak, the NYO Islamabad President Ahmed Bilour, the General Secretary of NYO Irfan Khan, Vice President NYO from Khyber-Pashtunkhwa Usman Sikandri and member of Awami National ...

KABUL: A high level Pakistani delegation is due to visit Kabul in the near future to meet with Afghan officials in a bid to revive stalled peace talks with the Taliban, a member of the High Peace Council (HPC) said on Monday. This comes after President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani leaders agreed earlier this month to resume the peace process ...

TAJIKISTAN: Afghan Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz faced defeat during his debut in Russia’s Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) facing Islam Makoev in Tajikistan on Sunday night. Despite coming out strong during the initial minutes with some ground and pound action, Mubariz lost the match via ‘standing rear naked choke’ submission. With Sunday night’s loss Mubariz added another ...

LONDON –British Prime Minister David Cameron told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper he wanted to see female British soldiers training to fight on the front line in 2016. Cameron has asked the Ministry of Defence to be ready to post women in ground close-combat roles by the end of next year, after Washington announced this month its military will open all ...

KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday addressed a gathering of tribal elders from around the province on the importance of the TAPI gas pipeline project that was recently inaugurated in Turkmenistan. The pipeline, which will carry gas from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan, has been hailed as a major breakthrough by the international community in terms of ...

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday criticized Europe for lack of independent foreign policy, saying it has partially transferred its sovereignty to the United States. “The problem of Europe is that it does not have its own foreign policy … It has transferred part of its sovereignty to NATO and the United States,” Putin said in a documentary ...

AFGHANISTAN: In a statement, on Saturday December 19, 2015, after the inauguration of new building for Ministry of Interior, President Ashraf Ghani stated that the sacrifices and achievements of the Afghan National Security Forces would not be forgotten in the peace talks with Taliban. He also assured security forces that their presence, professionalism and independence will be taken into account ...

KABUL: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Kabul in near for inaugurating the India-built parliament building of Afghanistan, with its construction work scheduled to be completed by the end of this month. Sources in India’s Ministry of Urban Development have told The Times of India that the building and other facilities will be ready in the next fortnight and ...

MUMBAI: India has been the face of countless controversies and protests this year, so it only made sense that amid all this furore people needed a break. No, it wasn’t Kit Kat that helped ease the worry, it was Sunny Leone. According to Google Trends India 2015, the former pornstar is India’s most searched person this year. Even Bollywood megastar ...