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WASHINGTON: Urging the Trump Administration to remain open to restart talks with the Taliban, a group of eminent South Asian experts from top US think tanks Monday urged the White House to take tough measures against Pakistan and send a strong signal to Islamabad that it will not be business …

New Delhi. With regional powers forging new links and trying to outdo each other in what is being seen as a new ‘Great Game’, Afghanistan Ambassador to India Dr Shaida Mohammad Abdali said that the peace in Afghanistan is crucial for regional stability. Dr Abdali was delivering a talk on …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday released its annual report regarding civilian causalities, showing highest record incurred during the year 2016. The UN mission said it documented 11, 418 conflict-related civilian casualties, including 3,498 killed and 7,920 injured, that recorded highest civilian casualties …

AT-PESHAWAR – An Afghan diplomat, serving in Karachi was shot and killed by a security guard inside the Consulate General on Monday morning, Afghan and Pakistani officials confirmed. Mohammad Zaki Abdu, the third secretary of the Afghan consul general was reportedly killed by his personal bodyguard. Karachi police said the …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed regrets over the death of people caused by the heavy snowfalls followed by the avalanches recently in different provinces. “With regrets, I learned that a number of our country-fellows lost their lives or suffered losses sue to the snowfalls and avalanches,” Karzai was quoted …

It is very visible to see that civilians are the most victims in war-hit countries around the world. Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan are countries that civilians are more prone to causalities than any other counter in the surface of this planet. In the status-quo, civilians’ are most victims even in …

AT-KABUL: Scores of people have been killed and received injures due to heavy snow and avalanches that hit almost all parts of the country, officials said on Monday. ‏State Minister for Disaster Management, Wais Barmak said that 119 people killed and 89 others were wounded due to heavy snowfalls and …

AT-KABUL:  40 schools that were damaged in recent clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgent have been reconstructed in northern Kunduz province, official said on Monday In a press briefing, Muhammad Rostam Ahmadi, acting education director told newsmen that all the damaged portions of schools have been reconstructed. …

Afghanistan is witnessing heavy snowfalls this year in many areas after a few years that people were almost facing drought because of dry winters. Actually, a snowy winter is a good time and good news for people especially in the rural areas where most of villagers are busy in agriculture …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Heavy snowfall has killed at least 100 people and blocked some major highways in different parts of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. According to several officials, women and children were among those killed in snowfalls. More than 50 others received injuries in the snowstorms. In eastern Nursitan province, …