Afghan’s President Ashraf Ghani address to his nation after he fled to United Arab Emirates: “Dear countrymen I am hopeful that the days of hopelessness will be faded away soon and Afghanistan will be on the path of freedom, development ...
Read More »‘Stand behind my decision,’ says Biden on US withdrawal
US President Joe Biden said on Monday he stood “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan despite searing images of chaos in Kabul that exposed the limits of US power and plunged him into the worst crisis ...
Read More »The ISI is the enemy of reconciliation between Pashtuns and the West
Benjamin Gilmour’s feature film Jirga remedies maladies of guilt with bravery and redemption. It is fairly cathartic when a war movie takes us far beyond the horror of bullets, bomb and blood into the other sides of the war—emotional incumbrances ...
Read More »Karzai supports Taliban leadership’s decision for ceasefire
The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed the announcement of ceasefire by the Taliban group during the three days of Eid-ul-Fitr. Karzai says he fully supports the decision by the Taliban group leadership to declare a ceasfire and hoped that ...
Read More »Unprecedented protest in restive Afghan province pushes for peace
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Hundreds of Afghan men and women are participating in an unprecedented protest to push the warring sides in Afghanistan to cease hostilities and conclude peace. Under the banner of the previously unknown People’s Movement, scores of ...
Read More »Pak FM speculate new cold war between US and Russia in Afghanistan
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khwajah Asif speculates the start of a new cold war between Russia and Moscow as he insists that his country would remain neutral in such an event. Asif made the remarks during a television program ...
Read More »Karzai condemns Kunduz airstrike
KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the recent airstrike on the Dasht-e-Archi district in the northern Kunduz province in which civilians were killed. “The former president calls air raids that target houses, schools and hospitals under the pretext of ...
Read More »Afghanistan: IEC Chief confirms October date for Parliamentary Elections
KABUL: Afghanistan’s election authorities have set October 20 as the date for long-delayed legislative and district council elections. Abdul Badi Sayad, chief of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), said on April 1 that the commission was confident the vote could ...
Read More »Kabul: Meshrano Jirga lends weight to Helmand sit-ins
KABUL: Meshrano Jirga members on Sunday threw their weight behind an ongoing movement for peace in southern Helmand province. A number of youth, including women, have erected tents over the past eight days in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, to demand peace after a ...
Read More »6 hunger strikers hospitalized as Helmand peace rally widens
LASHKARGAH: Six hunger strikers have been hospitalized in the capital of southern Helmand province after their condition deteriorated, sources said on Saturday. A number of people have been on hunger strike since Thursday demanding both sides of the warring parties ...
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