Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Pakistan on Wednesday for talks with government functionaries to galvanize fraying bilateral relations with Islamabad and reiterate Washington’s demands for the country to fight militants there and in Afghanistan. Pompeo later left for New Delhi for another key visit. Pompeo’s visit comes a few days after …

AT-KABUL: At least 20 people mostly civilians were killed and more than 70 wounded when two consecutive explosions rocked the west part of Kabul city on Wednesday evening, targeting a wrestling club. Interior Ministry Spokesman, Nusrat Rahimi, said that a suicide bomber blew himself up in a wrestling club in …

AT-KABUL: Members of parliament welcomed American diplomat Zalmai Khalilzad’s new job as the US secretary of state special envoy for Afghanistan, saying he would play an effective role in the country. The Afghan-American veteran diplomat takes over the job for the second time in Afghanistan. He was appointed by the …

AT-KABUL: At least 123 militants were killed and 36 others wounded after several crackdowns on insurgent strongholds within the past days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of the death of the notorious militant Haqqani Network leader, the intelligence operatives have arrested 11 loyalists of the group in Kabul. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives succeeded to arrest a group of 11 fighters of Haqqani Terrorist Network during an operation in Kabul …

The US Agency for International Development and Afghan Agriculture Ministry have launched two projects to boost agriculture in Afghanistan. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Herbie Smith and the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Minister Naseer Durrani launched two new value chain projects to improve Afghanistan’s …

AT-KABUL: Taliban confirmed on Tuesday that Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder and leader of one of the deadliest and most feared terrorist groups, Haqqani militant network, has died after a long illness. Taliban in a statement said Jalaluddin Haqqani who has been suffering from an illness died at the age of 79; …

AT-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan, an electoral watchdog says it was worried of what it called “current differences” senior officials in the Independent Election Commission. Yousuf Rarshid, head of the watchdog said Tuesday that the continued differences among the officials of the commission meant that the …

AT-KABUL: Fifteen people have been sentenced to short and long term prison time over past week, convicted of dealing and trafficking drugs. CJTF in a press statement said the primary and appeal court of CJTF have sentenced 15 smugglers to 3 to 20 years in prison. Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) …

AT-KABUL: Sources in the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan, an alliance made up of some political parties with differences ideologies to pose an opposition of the government, said that the government had accepted parts of their suggestions over the election, but still big and important parts were left unsolved. The …