Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, said that Kabul had provided the weapons “wish list” to New Delhi. He said that Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, has given the ‘wish list’ regarding the provision of military ...

Germany has declared that 130 more German soldiers would be sent to Afghanistan. Despite that most of the NATO countries have withdrawn their military presence in Afghanistan, Germany still keeps 750 soldiers in Afghanistan. The additional 130 soldiers would raise ...

While addressing delegates of a youth Jirga for justice and reforms, Ashraf Ghani promised on Monday to curb unemployment in the country and create more opportunities for youth in government administration. The delegated had come from various provinces of Afghanistan. ...

AFGHANISTAN: A coordinated attack on the Arghandab district headquarters in southern Kandahar province ended after nearly one hour of fighting, in which five suicide bombers and an army soldier were killed and six more were injured, provincial officials said. The ...

KABUL: Twenty-four girls’ schools that previously were closed by the Taliban insurgents, reopened in central Logar province, provincial education officials said on Wednesday. They said that tribal elders, religious scholars and the government had put their last-ditch efforts to reopen ...

KABUL: The Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai and India’s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Tuesday explored ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Jaishankar and Karzai led the Indian and Afghan delegations in the foreign office consultations in New Delhi. The ...

The concocted “Islamic State” in Afghanistan is nothing but a splintered group of Taliban which has adopted the name. However, Afghan jihadists have no interest in according allegiance to Arab Islamists. The Taliban’s contention is over resources and power such ...

Hundreds of local Pashtun tribesmen have uprisen against ISIS in the Achin district of Ningarhar province in Eastern Afghanistan, which borders Pakistan. According to Haji Ghalib, the governor of Achin, 600 local Pashtun tribesmen are helping the Afghan security forces ...

An email released by WikiLeaks reportedly from the hacked personal email account of the U.S’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief John Brennan indicates that Pakistan has used terrorists as proxies to counter India’s growing influence in Afghanistan. The document states: ...

Aug. 12, 2012 – Shah Wali Kot, Kandahar, Afghanistan – US special force commandos provide security as troops off-load from a Black Hawk helicopter during a clearing operation August 12, 2012 in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Credit ...