KABUL, where international reconciliation efforts are underway In an interview with Voice of America, Gen. Joseph Votel also hit out at Iran for playing both sides of the conflict in Afghanistan. He said: "I think what they [Russia] are trying…
KABUL Alexander Mantytskiy pledged on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering here, the envoy termed Russia as good friend of Afghanistan and pledged Moscow’s continued economic and technical assistance with Afghanistan in future. Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak said dispatching 40 police…
KABUL, calling for a political solution to the conflict. Currently on a visit to Tehran, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said the sole way to settle political problems in Afghanistan through political means. Such an agreement must be supported…
KABUL and create differences between the US and its allies, America’s top general in the war-hit country alleges. "We know Russia is attempting to undercut our military gains and years of military progress in Afghanistan," the outgoing commander of Resolute…
KABUL territory in northeastern Takhar province. Takhar governor’s spokesman and police earlier in the day said a Tajik or Russian aircraft killed six Taliban insurgents who were smuggling drugs in Durqad border district. Some reports said Russian aircrafts also took…
KABUL. Qadir Shah, spokesman to the National Security Council (NSC), told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Russian envoy, Alexander Mantytskiy, met with Atmar and both discussed bilateral security cooperation and expansion of economic relations between the two countries. They also…
Russia and its Central Asian allies will conduct joint military drills in Tajikistan near the Afghan border in late October, TASS news agency reported Wednesday, citing a Russian military statement. The details of the upcoming Rubezh-2018 (Boundary-2018) drills…
KABUL. Ambassador Abdul Qayyum Kochi said on Wednesday the Afghan people wanted apologies for the mistakes of the Soviet government in Afghanistan. He said that Moscow should tender an apology for the recognition of the communist leadership and the occupation of Afghanistan. But Russian…
KABUL, a newspaper reported on Thursday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the agreement at six hours meeting in Sochi earlier in the week. The Indian Express reported Modi suggested the joint project in…
Islamabad welcomes any initiative that can bring peace and stability to Afghanistan army chief. Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, during his visit to Russia, said the entire region would benefit from efforts for stabilising…
KABUL over the past 15 years, alleges Russia. Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday: “The situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate.” The news agency TASS quoted him as saying the presence of the US and NATO…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has supported the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, suggesting a trilateral meeting among Kabul, Moscow and Washington. On the sidelines of the Tashkent Conference, President Ashraf Ghani met Lavrov. Both sides discussed the…
KABUL, rejecting the claim as baseless. In an exclusive interview with the BBC last week, the Resolute Support Mission commander blamed Russia for its "destabilising activity". Gen John Nicholson claimed Russian weapons were smuggled across the Tajikistan border to the…
KABUL rebels. Russia has claimed the number of Daesh fighters runs into the thousands in Afghanistan, but US and NATO forces top commander in Kabul Gen. John Nicholson said they were only 1500. Talking to reporters in Kabul on Saturday,…
Pakistan. “We are very preoccupied by what is happening in Afghanistan and by the expansion of IS influence,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday. After talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Mohammad Asif in Moscow,…
KABUL on Wednesday asked the Russian Federation to pay war compensation to the Afghans. They believed the Red Army was defeated at the cost of sacrifices offered by the millions of Afghans and their unity. Tomorrow (Thursday) will be marked…
KABUL crisis militarily. President Donald Trump on January 29 ruled out talks with the Taliban after a wave of high casualty attacks in Kabul that killed hundreds of people. “They’re killing people left and right. Innocent people being killed left…
KABUL Alexander Mantytskiy has vehemently condemned the latest terrorist attacks in Kabul, an official said on Saturday. Qader Shah, spokesman for the national security advisor (NSA), told Pajhwok Afghan News the diplomat denounced the assaults at a meeting with Hanif…
KABUL and talks of peace in Afghanistan.’ The senators accused Russia of two-faced policy after Farah governor told the BBC in an interview that arms and binoculars recovered from the Taliban by security forces were Russian made. The governor had…
KABUL and offered to host such talks, a statement from its Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday “We strongly recommend that negotiations start as soon as possible... to put an end to the civil war,” the ministry said. The statement added,…
Russia has voiced its concern over the situation in Afghanistan, saying security in the war-torn country has nosedived in recent years. The Afghan government had suffered setbacks during operations against the Taliban, said Dr G. Khozin, consul general…
KABUL, an Indian newspaper reported on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at an event organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi, confirmed Russia had contacted the militant group to sit down for negotiations. The Hindu quoted him…
KABUL this year against scholarships awarded by the Russian government, the country’s ambassador in Kabul said on Wednesday. Alexander Mantitski told a ceremony held in honor of the scholarship winning students, that the Afghan students would pursue their higher studies in…
KABUL. In a statement, the Embassy said Russia considered the Taliban a terrorist network and rejected recent remarks of the Meshrano Jirga’s chairman on the Sahmahad Television in Jalalabad. Muslimyar had claimed Daesh and the Taliban were directly trained, equipped and…
