Khawaja Nasir Ahmad Sidiqi

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a security officer in the 9th police district of Kabul on Saturday, an official said.

President Ashraf Ghani’s adviser on Public and Strategic Relations Waheed Omar on Thursday said the agenda of an international summit on Afghanistan in Turkey was not yet clear, but the Afghan government has drawn up a peace plan.

Russia’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, on Thursday called on the United States to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by May 1 under the Doha accord.

Second vice president Sarwar Danish on Tuesday said the Taliban continued to avoid real discussions on peace.

Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar has discussed the expansion of bilateral relations, strengthening of regional and international consensus on Afghan peace talks and other topics with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar.

Security forces have discovered and destroyed a huge cache of weapons in central Maidan Wardak province, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.

The gunmen responsible for shooting down an army helicopter in central Maidan Wardak province would be brought to justice, the first vice-president vowed on Monday.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, at the head of a high-level delegation, left for New Delhi Kabul on Monday morning.

Newly appointed acting Interior Minister Hayatullah Hayat on Saturday promised practical steps for reforms in the ministry and strictly dealing with those misusing police uniform.

President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday assured the victims of a helicopter downing in Behsud district of central Maidan Wardak province of taking revenge from those involved.

High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) chairman Abdullah Abdullah said on Thursday the Afghan government was committed to continuation of intra-Afghan talks and an inclusive political settlement that ensures protection of all national and Islamic values and acceptable to all stake holders.

First trilateral meeting between Afghanistan, the United States and Tajikistan was held in Kabul on Thursday and discussed matters of mutual interest.