ISLAMABAD: Peace will elude Afghanistan and the region at large without the involvement of Pakistan, a leading American lawmaker has acknowledged. McCain, a former US presidential runner and head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said during a visit to Islamabad on Sunday. “We will not have peace in the region without Pakistan.” After meetings with Pakistan’s foreign policy advisor Sartaj Aziz, and ...

KABUL: The Head of United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Afghanistan has emphasized on additional support to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) of Nangarhar as they are facing multiple problems. UNHCR’s country chief Fatema Abdullah made a visit to eastern Nangarhar province where she met with refugee and IDP families. According to the Nangarhar Press Club, the UNHCR head ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Suspected Taliban militants killed more than a dozen youth in a mass shooting inside a mosque in Chamtal district of northern Balkh province on Saturday. The youth were said to be residents of Balkh district and had come to Chamtal. Provincial police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani confirmed the mass shooting in Chamtal district and said the victims were not police or local police. ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says the Afghan government is not asking Pakistan to bring peace in Afghanistan as the Afghan government wants reconciliation with the country, apparently pointing towards his earlier remarks regarding an undeclared war being waged in Afghanistan. Speaking  a gathering for the introduction of the new high peace council chief, President Ghani said the Afghan government ...

EDITORIAL: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has recently decided to deploy more troops in Afghanistan. The NATO secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg announced in Brussels that so far 15 member countries have showed readiness to send additional forces to the war-torn country. He said that totally 3,000 troops would be stationed here to what called “train and advise” the 35,000-strong security ...

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai raises serious questions over the role of Washington in curbing the presence of Daesh in his homeland. ISTANBUL, Turkey — Over the past few years, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has often lashed out at the US government in the news. He says the US has made mistakes in his country, and he’s struck back ...

To search out solution of the Afghan crisis, Pashtun leader Mehmud Khan Achakzai demands to call a Loya Jirga of Afghan elders, living on both sides of the Durand Line PASHTUNKHWA: The Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), Mahmood Khan Achakzai in his recent speech at Qilla Abdullah in Baluchistan province, said that any Pashtun in Pakistan who are not feeling the ...

The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed the alliance’s enduring support to Afghanistan, emphasizing that ‘Afghanistan’s security is our security’. In his speech after the conclusion of the meeting with the NATO-led Resolute Support operational partner nations, Stoltenberg said “Today, Afghan security forces are fully responsible for security across the country. Every day they demonstrate bravery and resilience, leading the ...

On May 22, 2017, Pakistani band Khumariyaan performed to a packed theatre at Trinity College Dublin. Mr. Nasruddin Saljuqi, who is Chairperson of the Afghan Community of Ireland, was among the keynote speakers on the night. Mr. Saljuqi was born in Herat, Afghanistan in 1956.  After completing his degree in literature at Kabul University, he worked in the Ministry of Telecommunication ...

QUETTA : Pakistan — The Committee to Protect Journalists has decried the arrest of a Pakistani reporter who apparently used social media to criticize security agencies for alleged reluctance to arrest a lawmaker whose vehicle struck and killed a police officer. The brother of the detained journalist, Zafar Achakzai, says he was picked up on Sunday evening by a group ...