AT-KABUL: Unknown armed shot dead the judge of Rashidan district of Ghazni province at her residence in Kabul, an official said Tuesday. Brigadier General Humayun Aini chief of 110 police said that gunmen stormed Bakht Gul’s house in Dewanbigi Monday night and shot him dead. “After the attack, Bakht Gul …

AT-KABUL:  A senior Afghan diplomat has showed willingness of the government of Afghanistan to purchase military equipment, including aircrafts from the government of Russia, a Russian official said. Alxandar Mantytskiy, ambassador of Russian Federation to Kabul has said that Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai has raised the issue …

At least 12 killed in suicide attack on Sunni mosque west of Baghdad where worshipers gathered for evening prayers. At least 12 people were killed and 32 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives attacked a mosque west of the capital Baghdad, officials have said. The …

Kremlin says Turkish leader pledges to repair diplomatic relations after November incident near Turkey-Syria border. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he is “sorry” for the downing of a Russian military jet near the country’s border with Syria last year, and that there was no deliberate intention in carrying …

The Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria’s main opposition party engaged in the war with the Bashar al-Assad regime for the past five years, has expressed serious concerns over involvement of nearly 20,000 Afghans in the Syrian civil war. The SNC has brought the issue into the Afghan government’s notice several …

AT-KABUL: A key commander of the Taliban along with his 65 fighters, renounced violence and joined the peace process in northern Faryab province. This comes aimed at ongoing military operations led by First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum to suppress militants in the province. In a media statement, the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday that it thwarted a terror plot in Kunar province. Intelligence operatives arrested a would-be suicide bomber in Asadabad city, the provincial capital, it said in a statement. The would-be bomber was named Hafizur Rahman, who planned to conduct suicide attack in …

AT-KABUL:  The National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar ordered security officials to retaliate the terrorist attack of Daesh in the Kot district of Nangarhar province. Via a video conference, Atmar ordered military officials of Nangarhar province to take all possible resources for elimination of terrorist Daesh militants there. He spoke …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Speaker of Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the Parliament claimed that a number of lawmakers usually misuse their legitimate authorities in interpellation of ministers. Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Speaker of WJ in Monday’s plenary session said that some MPs collected signatures from lawmakers aiming to …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said the National Unity Government was in full swing to bring reforms in the country’s electoral bodies aiming to ensure transparent and free elections. “Discussion on full card over the implementation of the reforms,” Abdullah addressed the cabinet’s weekly meeting held Monday. Hinting to the …