AT-KABUL: At least 52 people have been killed in a devastating landslide in northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday. Shah Waliullah Adeeb, the governor of Badakhshan province, said the landslide in Khwahan district of the province. He added that the way to the landslide hit area was covered with snow and …

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala warns that number of people confirmed dead could soar as remote villages are reached. Nepal’s prime minister has warned that the number of people killed in the country’s worst earthquake in decades could reach 10,000. Sushil Koirala’s comment on Tuesday came as rescuers in Nepal were …

KABUL: India is expected to sign a treaty with Afghanistan on sharing intelligence and cooperation against crimes during President Ashraf Ghani’s maiden trip to the country later this month. Indiatimes.com reported on Monday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sign a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Afghanistan during President …

KABUL: Four Taliban commanders, who ordered beheading of Afghan soldiers in Juram district of northeastern Badakhshan, had been killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Monday. In total 27 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed, including eight who were beheaded after being captured, during a massive attack on …

KABUL:  The government has appointed Ghulam Jilani Popal as the Independent Directorate of Local government (IDLG) chief and new governors for western Herat and southern Kandahar provinces, an official said on Monday. The government official told Pajhwok Afghan News Dr. Humayun Azizi had been appointed as new governor for Kandahar …

The insurgent Taliban have announced their “Spring Offensive” on Friday, a day which is considered to be the blessed day and reserved only for congregational prayers. But they opted for violence on this holy day. They claim to have carried out 328 attacks on the first day of their offensive. …

AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested a would-be suicide bomber who was raped by the Taliban commanders before sending him to carry out attack. A statement issued by the NDS quoted the would-be suicide bomber, Bilal, as saying that he was gang raped by four commanders of the Taliban …

AT-KABUL: Though fight against corruption was among top priorities of the national unity government (NUG), the Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee alleged that the incumbent government has no specific strategy in this regard. The chief executive officer (CEO) of the committee, Rashed Behroz, said that government has no …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Amidst deteriorating security situation, senators on Sunday accused the US of betraying Afghanistan and violating the bilateral security agreement (BSA) which was signed between Kabul and Washington in September 30, 2014—a day after the formation of the National Unity Government (NUG). They said the security deal increased …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: A vaccination campaign titled ‘National Vaccination Week’ was kicked off on Sunday to save the lives of children and immunize them against a number of contagious and in the meantime preventable diseases, including measles—an infectious disease among children. The campaign is launched by the Ministry of …