Pakistani officials said on Wednesday in a statement that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Kabul on Thursday to discuss the Afghan peace process with President Ashraf Ghani.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg assured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani late Wednesday night in a telephone conversation that NATO will not withdraw prematurely from Afghanistan and it would continue to help train, advise and assist the Afghan government fight terrorism.

China used microwave weapons in August to shock Indian soldiers, which forced them to leave their posts – at least that’s what Beijing expert Jin Canrong said in a lecture that was leaked to the world infosphere thanks to The Times, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Defence24. The Indian side denies these revelations, describing them as unfounded.

At least 12 members of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) were killed and 14 more were wounded in a Taliban attack in the northeastern province of Badakhshan in the early hours of Tuesday morning, local officials said.

Not only has the Taliban broken their agreement with the US and increased the level of violence in the country, but Afghanistan is still faced with threats from many other terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday.

Asadullah Khalid, nominated defense minister, said Tuesday that he is not sure if the peace negotiations will yield any results as it was clear the Taliban had no intention of reducing violence.

Is China’s CR Express destined for the industrial graveyard of Eurasian economic policy history? Containerized rail freight transport under China Rail Express (CR Express) between Europe and China is one of the flagship projects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). However these rail links have been in development since 2011, predating the BRI. China’s co-optation of this transcontinental rail […]

Islamabad has come forward with evidence about India’s role in spreading terrorism in Pakistan. That might be a politically smart move. Last week, Pakistan came forward with a dossier allegedly presenting evidence of India’s involvement in funding terrorist activities in the country. In a joint press conference, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the director-general of the Inter-Services Public […]

Another two suspects in the recent Kabul University attack were identified – one was killed and another arrested – First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said in an early morning security meeting in Kabul.

Nominee ministers for foreign affairs, finance and interior, on Monday presented their operational strategies to the Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of Parliament, for their votes of confidence.