Second Vice President Sarwar Danish has called on Pakistan and the international community to probe the “cowardly” attack on coal miners, seven of whom were Afghan nationals, by extremists groups in Pakistan and prosecute the culprits.
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Kabul in the dark as Uzbekistan power is cut
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s National Power Company, said Tuesday that electricity imported from Uzbekistan for Kabul and some other provinces has been cut due to technical issues regarding the neighboring country’s power plants.
Read more ›NDS chief tells MPs Chinese spy ring was bust but provides no details
The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Ahmad Zia Saraj confirmed Tuesday that a Chinese spy ring had been arrested in Kabul.
Read more ›Freed Taliban prisoner killed on battlefield: governor’s media office
Nine Taliban insurgents, including a recently released prisoner, died in an airstrike in Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province, the governor’s media office said.
Read more ›Actions will prove whether Taliban has cut ties with al-Qaeda: Sullivan
US President-elect Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jack Sullivan, said Sunday night the Taliban’s commitment to severing ties with al-Qaeda must not only be proven in words but more importantly in practice.
Read more ›Two local policemen killed in Nangarhar blast
At least two local policemen were killed early Monday and three others wounded in a roadside IED explosion in Nangarhar province, the governor’s office said.
Read more ›NDS chief claims Taliban has reneged on its accord with US
Ahmad Zia Saraj, head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), told a Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) session on Monday that the Taliban has not cut its ties with “foreign terrorists” nor has the group reduced levels of violence as per the US-Taliban agreement signed in February last year.
Read more ›Khalilzad meets with Pakistan’s army chief to discuss security
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad met with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Islamabad on Monday to discuss issues around regional security.
Read more ›Khalilzad returns to Doha hoping for tangible progress
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted Monday that he return to Doha and the region with expectations that both negotiating sides should make tangible progress in the next round of peace talks.
Read more ›U.S. special envoy visits Pakistan ahead of Afghan negotiations
U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday and discussed the Afghan peace process, the military said.
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