Nearly half of the Afghans captured by Canadian troops in 2010 and 2011 had no links to the Taliban and were illegally held far longer than Ottawa has publicly acknowledged, military police said Wednesday. In an open letter published by La Presse newspaper, the police officers called for accountability for …

The White House and Pentagon are re-evaluating the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, opening the door to keeping thousands of American troops in the country beyond President Obama’s expressed timeline to draw down the mission. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter confirmed to reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels Wednesday that Mr. …

I will leave Pakistan if Islamabad violated the terms regarding construction and ceasefire: Afghan Ambassador By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Criticizing Pakistan over violation of the mutual decision regarding construction of the gate at Torkham, Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Omar Zakhilwal, on Thursday warned that Islamabad would be responsible for any mishap …

Investigators say “several main locations” of debris identified through images by survey vessel in Mediterreanean Sea. Egypt says that it has spotted and obtained images from the wreckage of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month, killing all 66 people on board. The country’s investigation committee …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on ceasefire after three days of clashes at Torkham, one of the two main crossings at the Durand Line, said officials. Clashes started between Afghan and Pakistani forces on Sunday around 9:00 pm when the latter tried to erect a gate without informing …

KABUL:  The first batch of 21 students of ANASTU was awarded M.Sc. degrees on 6th June 2016 at the convocation held at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in New Delhi. The Graduation Ceremony was attended from Indian side by Amar Sinha, Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs; Dr. Trilochan Mahapatra, …

The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the parliament has come under severe criticism after it rejected the presidential decree for the second time and prevented the government from reforming the ailing and corrupt Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). The decree was crucial to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US has appealed Afghanistan and Pakistan to reduce ongoing tension following the recent skirmishes at Torkham border gate which resulted in causalities on both sides. “I could tell you we are all watching the tensions very closely, that we are in touch with officials on both …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Energy and Water on Wednesday signed the contract of detailed designing of the Farah province’s Bakhsh-Abad hydropower dam with Italian company of Hydro ARDH. The design would take at least 18 months to complete all its designing schemes, which would cost $4.5 million. …

AT-KABUL: A moderate earthquake jolted Kabul city on Wednesday afternoon, which the epicenter was reported in northeastern Badakhshan province. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.0 magnitude with the epicenter recorded in Jurm district having a location of 36.097°N 70.301°E and depth …