AT-KABUL: Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Vinay Kumar has assured the High Peace Council Chairman Mohammad Karim Khalili of New Delhi’s support to the peace and reconciliation of in the war-torn Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani’s peace proposition back in February sought to attract the Taliban’s attention in joining the reconciliation process …

AT-KABUL: Amid tense security situation in Paktia province, election officials have said as many as 29 voter registration centers are no longer open. Some voter registration centers are closed in Paktia due to security threats. In Zurmat district, only four centers are operative, said Paktia Independent Election Commission Head Mohammad …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission on Saturday begins to register candidates for the Lower House and District Council elections scheduled for October 20, said an official on Friday. The lower house has 250 seats, 239 has been divided among the provinces while 10 seats have been allocated for nomads. The …

AT-KABUL: Government security forces have repelled Taliban after an overnight attack on Thursday on Khawaja Sabz Posh district, northwestern Faryab province, officials said Friday. District Chief Abdullah Masoumi said the militants attacked the district on Thursday night after they had sneaked into the district market. During the confrontations with the …

AT-KABUL: Government officials at an UN-backed symposium in Takhar’s capital city gathered with activists, professors and other community leaders to discuss recent efforts in the north-eastern province to improve protections for women’s rights. Some 30 people attended the one-day event, organized by UNAMA’s Kunduz regional office, to consider practical ways …

Last week, Imran Khan, leader of Tehreek-e-Insaf, tweeted a Washington Post story in which Washington Post published an interview of Nawaz Sharif. This interview story was published in 1994. In this story, Nawaz Sharif claimed that Pakistan army is involved in heroin smuggling to the United States and some other …

By Hamdullah Mohib-Hidayatullah Zaheer, known as Zee to his many friends, was killed earlier this month in my hometown of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, during a terror attack on a cricket match that he organized to celebrate peace and unity during the holy month of Ramadan. The attack killed eight people and …

By John Grady-The United States, NATO and coalition partners indirectly created more warlords “who were just as bad as the terrorists themselves” for Afghans by pouring huge amounts of money into grandiose projects without proper oversight and coordination, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said Thursday. Speaking at the …

AT-KABUL: At least 67 militants have been killed and 40 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Thursday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations in Afghanistan on Thursday says a female staffer and her child who were under four months of hostage have been released. “The release of the women and her young son is of enormous relief to their loved ones, colleagues and to the entire UN family in …