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IS claims attack on state TV station in Afghanistan
The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on an Afghan state television station on Wednesday that killed at least six people... More
Wolesi Jirga refuses to add 3 cabinet picks to...
The Wolesi Jirga or lower house of Afghan parliament on Monday refused to add to its agenda three newly-introduced ministers-designate, insisting on replacement of the... More
Iran-Afghanistan trade reached at $2 billion
There has been a considerable spike in KABUL-Tehran economic relations within the past three years particularly after the nuclear deal between Tehran and major world... More
Anti-corruption efforts ‘failing’ due to absence of law
The head of the High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOC), Ghulam Hussain Fakhri, on Sunday said anti-corruption efforts by the HOOC have largely failed... More
Security situation in Afghanistan likely to get worse: U.S....
The security situation in Afghanistan will further deteriorate even if there is a modest increase in U.S. military support for the war-torn country, the top... More
Taliban ‘Safe Zone’ Established in South
A ‘safe zone’ has been established in the country’s south for those Taliban who have and will lay down their arms and join the peace... More
Trilateral talks: Concerted efforts against Da’ish urged
Senior military officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States held talks in Rawalpindi on Friday and discussed steps to prevent cross-border fire violations.
The trilateral... More
Probe Unearths Luxurious Lifestyle Of Ex-Army Generals
A number of Afghan National Army generals, removed from their posts by the incumbent government, have been found to be living the high-life in Kabul... More
Belt Plan to Open New Chapter in Sino-Afghan Relations
A Chinese delegation that arrived here (Kabul) on Monday said realization of Beijing’s One Road One Belt Initiative (BRI) would turn Afghanistan into a regional... More
Iran Ready for Talks on Legalising Stay of Afghans
Tehran on Sunday expressed its readiness to work together with Kabul on legalising the status of Afghans living in the neighbouring country and offered all... More
IS chief in Afghanistan killed, claims President Ashraf Ghani
The head of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces in... More
Chaman border attack: 50 Afghan soldiers killed, says Pak...
Inspector General Frontier Corps (FC) Major General Nadeem Ahmed has said Afghan forces targeted civilian population while Pakistan targeted their check-posts, inflicting heavy casualties.
At least... More
U.S Looking At ‘Adjustments’ To Afghanistan’s War Strategy
Theresa Whelan, acting assistant defense secretary for Special Operations of the United States (U.S) said in response to questions by the U.S Senate Committee on... More
Hekmatyar Extends Brotherhood Hand to Taliban
Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Friday once again called on the Taliban to respond positively to people’s demand for peace so the Afghans... More
Hekmatyar calls Taliban ‘Brothers’, wants to mediate
Addressing a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Thursday, Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar called Taliban “brothers” and asked them to join the... More
At Least 8 Killed in Kabul Blast
At least eight civilians were killed in an explosion in Kabul city on Wednesday morning that targeted a convoy of foreign troops.
The ministry of interior... More
Russia’s move to bring peace in Afghanistan is certainly...
For years, former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has been outspoken in his criticism of U.S. action in the war on terror. But in the aftermath... More
Casualties Among Afghan Forces Shockingly High: SIGAR
Preventing the Taliban and other militants from expanding their control of the countryside will continue to be a challenge for Afghan security forces, says a... More
Afghan Taliban launch ‘Spring Offensive’
The Afghan Taliban announced on Friday the launch of their annual fighting season to “cleanse their country of foreign aggressors and other corrupt elements.”
The announcement... More
US Army to Send 1,500 Soldiers to Afghanistan in...
The US Army announced in a statement on Thursday it will send about 1,500 soldiers to Afghanistan during the summer months in support of Operation... More
April 13 US bombing killed 13 RAW agents in...
Pakistan claimed on Thursday that at least 13 Indian spies were also among those killed in a massive US bomb blast targeting Islamic State’s regional... More
