Wolesi Jirga or lower house speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani on Monday said violence in Afghanistan would escalate if NATO withdrew troops irresponsibly. Rahmani said this during a meeting with Tajikistani foreign minister Sirodjidin Aslov in Dushanbe on Monday.…
Hundreds of families, fleeing continued violence, have been displaced to Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, and they are now in dire need of help, local people say. Haji Farhad Ahmadzai, head of a council in Hussainkhel…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday said the Khateeb (preacher) of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and head of Islamic Scholars Council of Palestine has termed the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan as illegitimate.
Lalbibi whose husband was killed in crossfire between the Taliban and Afghan security forces, now leads a life full of miseries including hunger and sorrow with her children. Lalbibi is a resident of Giro district of neighboring southern…
Hundreds of families displaced by war in northern provinces of the country to Balkh province are in need of urgent assistance. These families say they have been in huge trouble due to declined work opportunities in cold winter.…
A number of students have stopped attending classes following recent conflict-related violence in northern Balkh province, teachers say. They say the war has intensified in the province since last one month and the violence has affected the education…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that America, spending $50 billion a year in Afghanistan, had hit opponents so hard that they were talking peace after 18 long years. “I inherited a total mess in Syria and…
KABUL as the move would undermine the principle that Afghans should determine their future themselves. Recently there had been media reports that the US government may consider the proposal from infamous Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the now 18-year-old…
Defense, interior ministers, the spymaster and a top US, NATO have accused Iran of fueling the conflict in western Farah province just for water. Defense minister Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami, interior minister Wais Ahmad Barmak, spymaster Mohammad…
The Afghan government says it has come to know from media reports about the transfer of the conflict duty to private US companies and the issue has not been discussed with it. The government’s reaction comes weeks after…
KABUL had affected all aspects of people’s lives. Addressing members of the youth parliament after hearing their complaints and demands, Abdullah said insecurity was the biggest challenge to resolving people’s problems. He said recapturing of Kohistan district of Faryab province,…
Former president Hamid Karzai has once again faulted the ongoing war on terror, saying the flawed campaign has given rise to extremism in the region. Speaking at the International School of Management (ISM) in Germany, he expressed his…
A top public representative in northern Balkh province on Wednesday said the High Peace Council (HPC) had achieved nothing significant despite consuming a huge amount of money during the past four years. The provincial council head said countries…
Supreme council of religious leaders denounced the ongoing violence and said that continued war was against the principles of Islam, a statement from the Presidential Palace stated on Friday. Maulvi and children in recent attacks in Kabul. The…
