AT-KABUL: Twenty-three Taliban insurgents were killed and five others injured in a clearance operation lunched by security forces Sunday in the Argo district of the northern Badakhshan province, ministry of interior said. “The security forces also arrested nine insurgents and seized a large number of ammunition in the militants’ hideouts,” …

Greek police say Macedonia has closed its southern border with Greece to Afghan migrants, allowing entry only for Iraqis and Syrians. Macedonian authorities reportedly said that Serbia has done the same on its southern border with Macedonia. Macedonian police started restricting the flow of migrants across the Greek-Macedonian border Saturday, …

Afghanistan reinvigorated their hopes of qualifying for the main round of the Asia Cup T20 with a thrilling three-wicket win over Oman in Fatullah on Saturday. The star of the show was Dawlat Zadran, who clubbed two consecutive sixes in the final over bowled by left-arm spinner Ajay Lalcheta as …

According the US Air Force an MQ-9 Reaper aircraft crashed at a base in southern Afghanistan yesterday. The incident is not suspected to be of a hostile nature and no casualties have been reported. In a statement, Captain Bryan L Bouchard said the MQ-9 Reaper went down at Kandahar Airfield. …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Hinting to the droughts and decreasing agricultural products, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday pledged to bring water management by putting restrictions to water flow in order to improve agricultural productions through irrigation system. Addressing the fourth promotion and development of agriculture conference in Kabul, Ghani said …

AT-KABUL: 25 Taliban insurgents were killed and 10 others were received injuries in different operations conducted by Afghan security forces during past 24 hours, officials said Saturday. “Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) has conducted operations against insurgents in …

Earlier this month the government has said that it expected to hold face-to-face talks with the Taliban representatives by the end of February. The statement was issued by the spokesman of foreign ministry following the third round of the four-nation talks called (Quadrilateral Coordination Group) meetings in Pakistan’s capital city, …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives on Saturday captured two leaders of the Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network in the southern Khost province. NDS in its press release to media, said that two group leaders of Al Qaeda linked-network were arrested along with their four fighters in Sabari district …

AT-KABUL: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday asked the government to investigate last week’s raids on a health center in Wardak province. This health center located in Diamirdad district is funded by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, an organization active in health and education sectors. A statement issued by the Swedish …

By Ali M. Latifi and Shashank Bengali-As military and political setbacks mount, Afghanistan’s embattled president, Ashraf Ghani, has insisted the time is right to seek direct peace talks with resurgent Taliban militants. Now an influential figure in Ghani’s government has blasted the peace strategy as a “waste of time” given the Taliban’s successes …