At least 36 Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes with the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province on Thursday, police said.
Read more ›Archive for January, 2021
Zakhilwal says govt is being ‘forced to compromise’
Former Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said President Ashraf Ghani has violated 80 percent of the constitution during his presidency. In an exclusive interview with Ariana News, Zakhilwal stated: “The President himself has violated the constitution at different stages.”
Read more ›Afghan forces foil ISIS plan to assassinate US envoy
The Afghan authorities said yesterday they had foiled a plan by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group to assassinate the top US envoy in Kabul, as a wave of targeted killings continues to rock the country. Intelligence officers dismantled a four-member ISIS cell in the eastern province of Nangarhar that had planned to murder Mr Ross Wilson […]
Read more ›Afghanistan’s Security Forces Versus the Taliban: A Net Assessment
Abstract: A key question for the future of Afghanistan is if the United States withdraws the remainder of its forces from the country, would Afghanistan’s security forces or the Taliban be stronger militarily? According to a net assessment conducted by the author across five factors—size, material resources, external support, force employment, and cohesion—the Taliban would have a slight military advantage […]
Read more ›Atmar, Wilson talk coordination with incoming US admin
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with US Embassy’s Charge d’affairs in Kabul Ross Wilson to discuss cooperation with the incoming US administration on the Afghan peace, security, stability, and issues of bilateral interests.
Read more ›Deported from Germany, 26 Afghans arrive in Kabul
Deported from Germany, 26 Afghans on Wednesday arrived in Kabul on a special flight.
Read more ›45 suspects captured in connection with criminal offenses in Balkh
Police officials on Wednesday said 45 people had been arrested over various crimes in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province.
Read more ›Another Base Attack in Afghanistan Hushed Up to Hurry U.S. Exit
Camp Chapman, once the scene of the CIA’s second-deadliest day, was hit again in December—but never reported. Eleven years after one of the largest losses of life in CIA history at a notorious military base in southeastern Afghanistan, Camp Chapman was attacked again in early December, a seemingly blatant violation of the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement.
Read more ›Peaceful, Stable Afghanistan Will Bring Opportunity: Imran Khan
“The Prime Minister conveyed Pakistan’s commitment to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Afghanistan,” the PM’s office said. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday during his meeting with Karim Khalili, the head of Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami in Islamabad said that “a peaceful and stable Afghanistan will open up new vistas of cooperation in trade and regional connectivity.”
Read more ›Ghani Discusses Peace Talks In Jalalabad
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday visited eastern Nangarhar province where he met with eastern zone President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday visited eastern Nangarhar province where he met with eastern zone officials and tribal elders and discussed with them the issue of peace talks.
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