Moscow does not want to join the US initiatives aimed at establishing stability and peace in Afghanistan. However, Russia is ready to set up a negotiation process independently. On Monday a representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Moscow does not want to participate in the Afghan …

UNAMA documented 37 per cent increase in women and 14 per cent increase in children’s casualties in 2015 By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Sunday released its 2015 annual report recorded 11,002 civilian casualties including 3,545 deaths and 7,457 injured, the highest record since 2009. …

KABUL: The outgoing U.S., NATO forces commander Gen. John F. Campbell said Saturday that the Taliban had no vision for the future of Afghanistan and their only chance for the future was to join political process run by the government of Afghanistan. Speaking at his last press conference as commander …

Without ifs and buts the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) always remained unsurpassed in the battlefield against anti-government elements. They come up with a tremendous performance against insurgents and always stand firmed to serve the country in the extremely fluid security situation. The ANSF proved the mettle and standing firm …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Daesh has no safe hideouts in Afghanistan and they were defeated by Afghan National Security Forces in various battle fields, a security official said Saturday. Defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri confirmed that the activities of Daesh (Arabic acronym of the Islamic State) in some parts …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Afghan National Army would continue operations in the Dand-e-Ghori and Dand-e-Shahabuddin areas of Baghlan province to eliminate all the insurgents, a security official said Saturday. Dawlat Waziri, a spokesman for the defense ministry told newsmen that clearing operations against Taliban insurgents in Dand-e-Ghori and Dand-d-Shahabuddin …

Karzai seeks Islamabad cooperation in Wahidi’s release AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over the abduction of former Herat governor Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi in Islamabad, his office said Saturday. Wahidi was in Pakistan capital to take British visa. “Karzai asked Pakistani government to use all possibilities for …

Unidentified men kidnapped Afghanistan’s former governor of Herat province in Islamabad on Friday, police and embassy sources said. Sayed Fazalullah Wahidi had arrived in Islamabad along with his family to get visas to travel to UK, diplomatic sources told The Express Tribune. The former envoy had gone to a restaurant …

AT-KABUL: At least 50 fighters have been killed in a fighting between two groups of the Taliban insurgents in the eastern province of Paktika, government officials said Friday. “The militants loyal to Mullah Akhtar Mansoor attacked a group of the fighters who had announced allegiance to Mullah Rassoul some four …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A NATO spokesman in Afghanistan has said that Afghan security forces need to develop four capabilities to be successful. Speaking with reporters in the Pentagon via videoconference from Kabul, the Resolute Support mission spokesman Brig. General Wilson Shoffner said that Afghan forces need to develop a readiness …