The architects of India’s foreign policy have long preferred a multipolar world. They believe that India, with its limited economic and military capabilities, can play a prominent role on the global stage only when it is not dominated by one or two superpowers. That view led New Delhi to champion the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War, and a preference […]

Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani’s decree ordering the release of a number of Pakistani prisoners. Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul tweeted Monday night: “Welcome decree by Afghan President H.E. Ashraf Ghani for release of Pakistani prisoners who have completed their terms and are not able to pay fines or those nearing completion of their […]

The Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of Parliament, on Tuesday canceled its session which was scheduled to hear operational plans by nominee ministers after First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said some MPs were corrupt.

At least 10 Taliban were killed and 12 others wounded after the insurgents attacked Afghan forces outposts in Khwaja–Alwan area of Pul-e-Khumri and in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the province, said Baghlan police. Baghlan police, spokesman Ahmad Jawid Basharat, said that four Afghan troops were also killed in the attacks and three others wounded. On the other hand, Shajan Ayoubi, a […]

Two Taliban attacks were repulsed last night in Baghlan, and the group suffered casualties. Baghlan police chief Mohammad Wais Samimi told BNA that a group of Taliban insurgents attacked an ANA checkpoint in the area of Qala-e-Khaja Dand Ghori.

The Pakistani military said two soldiers were also injured during the raid in Pakistan’s North Waziristan. Pakistan’s military has said a soldier and four rebel fighters have been killed in a shoot-out during a raid near the border with Afghanistan.

About 23 mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, an official said.

The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan should be dependent on the progress in the peace efforts with the Taliban, said Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, as US President Donald Trump announced a reduction in American troops presence in Afghanistan in the upcoming months.

A breakthrough is reported from Doha as the two negotiating teams have agreed to include the US-Taliban deal, UN endorsements for Afghan peace process, commitments of the negotiating teams and will of the Afghan people as the base for upcoming negotiations.

Afghan Ministry of Defense said Sunday that security and defense forces cleared the Mahmai district of Badakhshan province of Taliban on Saturday.