The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday said that Afghanistan remains the deadliest country for civilians, with the Afghan women and children make up half of the fatalities. Robert Mardini, Director General of the ICRC who is currently visiting Afghanistan said that the escalation of violence in Afghanistan in recent months has worsened the humanitarian situation in […]

Afghanistan security forces have killed a Pakistani bomb-maker who trained Taliban militants before switching allegiance to Al-Qaeda in western Farah province, the country’s intelligence agency said Wednesday.

In a meeting held in Islamabad on Wednesday, Iran’s top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa conferred on important issues, including the fight against terrorism and strengthening border security cooperation, as well as the expansion of military relations between the two neighboring countries.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov in a meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Wednesday, said his country supports an Afghan-own and Afghan-led peace process and is ready to help in this respect, Abdullah’s office said in a statement.

At least two security force members were killed and two wounded in an MI-17 helicopter crash in Nangarhar province on Tuesday night, the Ministry of Defense claims.

The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) will put a poll box for voting for 10 of the government’s ministerial nominees next week, the MPs said Wednesday. According to MPs, the documents of these ministerial nominees have been assessed and they will face a confidence vote in parliament next Monday.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden may consider keeping a small contingent of counterterrorism troops in Afghanistan, a move expected to face resistance from the Taliban, analysts told Stars and Stripes.

The BJP leaders have failed to make development an electoral plank in the recently held Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The Hindutva leaders, instead, have invoked Muslims, terrorism, and Pakistan in their electoral speeches. Last week the elections for the second (94 seats) and the third phase (78 seats) were held for 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly. During this period, the top […]

At least eight Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and three others captured by Taliban in Kunduz province on Monday night, Mohammad Yousof Ayoubi, provincial council head said.

At least four policemen killed and five others were wounded on late Monday in a Taliban car bomb attack in Almar district of Faryab province. Police said the explosives were detonated close to the district police HQ nearby school, mosque & residential areas damaged. According to the police 10 civilians were also wounded in the explosion, but yet casualties could […]