DELHI: India announced Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Washington later this month for his first meeting with President Donald Trump. The External Affairs Ministry said Modi will meet Trump on June 26 to discuss bilateral relations. Ties between the two countries prospered under former US President Barack Obama, when India was seen as a partner to balance ...

KABUL: The Haqqani terrorist network has released a new audio message of the network’s leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, nearly two weeks after a series of deadly attacks hit Kabul city. The new audio message was distributed to media by the Taliban group spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. Sirajuddin Haqqani who is the also the deputy supreme leader of the Taliban group, rejects that ...

JALALABAD: The Nangarhar governor has said ‘there are still some volatile groups on whom enforcing the law by cent percent can create problems for the system.’ Mohammad Gulab Mangal told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive interview that long-term efforts had been launched to control such factions, but stopped short of going into details. The governor said efforts at ensuring ...

EDITORIAL: Meaningful dialogue is very much important. There is simply no alternative to conciliation through a dialogue which leads toward some results. Empty talk and promise in big official gatherings is no more worthy, and the Afghan masses will not buy it anymore. You must not use it as just another arena in which to conduct your diplomatic battles. There ...

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have agreed to speed up fight against terrorist outfits and to bolster bilateral cooperation, TOLO news reported. Ghani and Sharif held a meeting on the sideline of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit this weekend in Astana of Kazakhstan, where they joined hands to intensify their joint efforts in a bid ...

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced a man to death for sharing blasphemous content about Islam on social media, a government prosecutor said. ATC Judge Shabir Ahmed announced the sentence for the 30-year-old accused in Bahawalpur, according to Shafiq Qureshi. The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had arrested the accused, who belongs to the Shia community, last year in Bahawalpur. ...

WASHINGTON: Some American experts on Friday expressed concern over the current situation in Afghanistan, noting that with 10 million Afghans currently lived in areas either controlled or contested by the Taliban. “Afghanistan is in a very deep trouble. The law and order situation has worsened. If you can’t have a group of people live in Kabul safely, you can’t have ...

Eruption of the West Asian political volcano, though expected due to the political heat accumulating over the last few years due to deepening political rivalries in the region, stunned political observers across the world when it materialised. The two spectacular terrorist attacks in Tehran last Wednesday that took place simultaneously at the Iranian Parliament and the Tomb of Ayutollah Rohullah ...

KABUL: The Afghanistan national cricket team managed to secure its first victory in the One Day International (ODI) series between the two countries after whitewashed in Twenty20 International series. Played at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia, the Afghan team won the toss and elected to bat first, setting a target of 213 runs from 50 overs. ...

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has asked regional countries for greater cooperation in the fight against terrorism — a huge threat to Afghanistan and other states. A statement from Presidential Palace said on Saturday Ghani issued the call at 17thShaghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting on Friday in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. He extended congratulations to India and Pakistan on becoming permanent members ...