KABUL, says a senior Pakistani diplomat. The Pakistan ambassador to the US told The Washington Times the two sides had reached a crucial moment to clinch a cease-fire agreement. Asad M. Khan asked: “What is the alternative? There is no…
KABUL are committed to their own interests and as a result, there is no progress in their peace talks. Talks between the US and the Taliban resumed last month after US President Donald Trump abruptly suspended the parlays. In recent…
The trump administration on Friday announced slapping fresh sanctions against eight senior Iranian officials for working to destabilise the region. At a White House media briefing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the US had also imposed curbs on…
KABUL should be based on international guarantees. Fawzia Kufi, MCA head, told a press conference here that there were hopes for a possible agreement between the Taliban and the US in next few days. The MCA and the people of…
KABUL. Addressing a press conference at the State Department, Pompeo blasted Tehran for refusing to attend regional and global consensus for peace in the war-ravaged country. Tehran "is, in fact, today actively working to undermine the peace process by continuing…
Iran has fired more than a dozen rockets at two Iraqi military bases hosting American troops, the US State Department alleges. The rockets were fired at the Ain Al-Asad base in Anbar province and another one in Erbil…
America’s aggressive policies have pushed the region into endless wars, extremism and violence, the Iranian foreign minister alleged on Tuesday. Javad Zarif stated, in his inaugural address to the Tehran Dialogue Forum, said resort to war had become…
The US has identified 52 targets that it would hit if Iran launched revenge attacks on American interests, President Donald Trump has warned. Both sides have spoken of Iran escalatory action after the killing of top Iranian military commander…
KABUL’s future gains. The US Embassy official said his country cared about the outcome of peace talks, an outcome in which their national security interest is protected and the US faced no terrorist threats from Afghanistan again. “But we also want…
One US soldier was killed in action on Monday (today) in Afghanistan, the NATO Resolute Support (RS) mission said. “In accordance with US Department of Defense policy, the name of the service member is being withheld until 24 hours after…
KABUL on Sunday commended the election panels for announcing the preliminary results from the presidential vote. “We note the IEC release of preliminary results and thank the IECC commissioners and staff for their dedicated, patriotic service to the Afghan people…
The US has imposed a new round of sanctions against Iran, hitting a shipping network for smuggling lethal aid to Yemen. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday Tehran’s largest airlines and shipping companies were being sanctioned…
KABUL over the years, reveal secret documents. The Washington Post published on Monday thousands of pages of documents highlighting America’s missteps and failures in Afghanistan. Following a short-term victory over the Taliban and Al Qaeda in early 2002, the Pentagon…
KABUL, says the State Department. Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Wednesday to discuss with President Ashraf Ghani ways of resuming the peace talks that collapsed in October.. Khalilzad arrived in Kabul after President Donald Trump’s surprise Thanksgiving visit to Bagram…
Senior presidential advisor Ziaul Haq Amarkhel and ex-president Hamid Karzai have slammed the latest drone strike in southeastern Khost province. On the other hand, US forces say they are probing allegations that five members of a family…
KABUL. “We join families of Kevin King & Tim Weeks in celebrating their release from (3years of) Taliban captivity,” the US leader tweeted. While thanking President Ghani for his support, Trump wrote: “Let’s hope this leads to more good things…
KABUL insurgents. King, an American, and Weeks, an Australian, were professors at the American University of Afghanistan when they were kidnapped at gunpoint in August 2016. “We pray for the full recovery of both men, who endured significant hardship during…
KABUL prisoners. President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said his decision to free three Haqqani Network prisoners, including Anas Haqqani, Haji Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid Omari in return for two professors was part of efforts to engage in direct talks with the Taliban and…
KABUL prisoners and asked the rebel movement to release Western hostages in return. In a video message on Tuesday, John Bass said the US hoped the move would result in reduction of violence and beginning of peace talks on ending…
Two vehicles burned to ashes on Kabul Jalalabd Road in the limits of eastern Laghman province when US forces sprayed gas check bullet on them, an official said on Saturday. Governor spokesman Asadullah Dawlatzai told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL, where they provide close-air support and armed over watch to U.S. and Afghan operations, a media report said on Saturday. AC-130J Ghostriders have already flown hundreds of sorties since beginning combat missions in June, said Col. Terence Taylor, commander…
KABUL. “The Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan continues to build the capabilities of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. I shared with the alliance my assessment earlier in the week, when I visited our troops and Afghan partners there,” he…
KABUL. At a meeting in Brussels, the diplomats asked President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to name an inclusive, national negotiating team. The envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the UK, the UN and the…
KABUL) policy of counting only biometrically verified votes. She said Afghan media and both President Ashraf Ghani and his Chief Executive Officer Abdullah had pledged to respect the independence of IEC in tallying the votes and eventual announcement of the…
