Former president Hamid Karzai on Monday called on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban to organize peace meetings within the country, reiterating that peace should be changed into a national process in order for results to be achieved. Addressing an event on peace, Karzai said the US’s efforts for peace in Afghanistan have had no results; therefore, he […]

As the U.S. continues with its withdrawal of troops, sources at Bagram Air Base, also known as Bagram Airfield, told BBC that logistical work around handing over the base to the Afghan Ministry of Defense started on Monday. The Afghan Defense Ministry also confirmed to the BBC that full responsibility for the air base will soon be handed over to […]

National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces were targeted in an IED explosion on Tuesday in Parwan province, sources said. According to the sources, a convoy of NDS forces was targeted in the Serahi Hofyan-e-Sharif area in PD1 of the provincial capital Charikar city. At least three NDS personnel members were killed and five others wounded in the blast, sources said. […]

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported Tuesday there was an urgent need to reduce the level of violence and that all parties to the conflict need to do more to protect civilians. In a series of tweets, UNAMA stated: “Heavy civilian casualties recently documented by UNAMA underscore urgent need to reduce the violence, for progress in Afghanistan peace […]

At least eight people were killed and more than ten others wounded on Tuesday evening in two back-to-back explosions in the west of Kabul city, sources said. Security sources told Ariana News that a magnetic IED blast targeted a bus at around 7:30 Tuesday evening in the Sar-e-Kariz area in PD3 in the city. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) stated […]

The problems Pakistan has faced over time. Here they are in brief: 1-The population explosion.2-Education and health care.3-Unemployment.4-Water and Electricity.5-Public works.6-Discrimination against ‘other’ sects, non-Muslims, ethnicities.7-Fully 75% of the budget goes to Defense’ and interest on loans.8-Early Blunders.9-The Genesis of the Evil Quad. -Population Explosion-Again from 35 million to 220 million in seventy one years. The terrible birth rate can […]

Plans to rapidly relocate hundreds more Afghans who worked for the British military and UK government, mostly as interpreters, have been announced, the BBC reported. More than 3,000 Afghans, including family members, are expected to be allowed to settle in the UK, joining 1,300 who have already done so. This comes amid a foreign troops withdrawal from Afghanistan and rising […]

Afghanistan’s Speaker of the House, the Wolesi Jirga, Mir Rahman Rahmani, headed a parliamentary delegation to Pakistan on Sunday and was welcomed in Islamabad by his Pakistani counterpart Asad Qaisar. Rahmani and his accompanying delegation are scheduled to attend an economic meeting called “Pico” on Monday and will discuss parliamentary and economic relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to Rahmani, […]

An explosive-laden Humvee targeted security forces in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province on Monday evening, sources said. Sources told Ariana News that the Taliban detonated the Humvee at around 6.50pm. Sayeed Kamal Wardak, district chief of Baghlan-e-Markazi, confirmed the incident but did not provide details on casualties. According to the sources, ten members of the Afghan National Security and […]