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, […]

Troops from the United States and its allies are scheduled to complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11. The United States has been promising the Kabul government continued support in endeavoring to bring stability to Afghanistan, including the Afghan military’s efforts to keep Taliban fighters, and others, at bay. There are reports in Western media that Washington is seeking […]

As US and NATO troops continue withdrawing from Afghanistan, dozens of Afghan workers who have partnered with foreigners over the past 20 years are concerned about the situation and are seeking protection. Translators and other local employees of the French military forces in Afghanistan at a gathering in Kabul said they are faced with increasing threats from various groups, and […]

A new wave of violence in five provinces over the last 24 hours killed at least 20 civilians and wounded 34 others. One of the incidents was a magnetic IED blast that targeted a bus carrying lecturers and employees of Alberoni University in Parwan province on Saturday evening. Maiwand Frooq Nijrabi, a medicine faculty lecturer at the university, was among […]

Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Russia Said Tayeb Jawad said Kabul is ready to purchase weapons from Moscow. In an interview with Russia’sTASS news agency, Jawad said: “We are hoping that Russia will consider repairing the existing Russian equipment, especially helicopters.” He also said security forces cadets – particularly those from the Ministry of Interior “are getting training here,” in Russia. Tass […]

The 209th Shaheen Military Corps said Sunday that the Afghan Air Force has targeted a Taliban hide out in Chahar Bolak district of Balkh province – killing Mawlavi Qudrat, Taliban’s intelligence commander for the Northern Zone, along with 11 other fighters. In addition Mawlavi Rohani, the Taliban’s commissioner for the district, along three other fighers were wounded, the Corps said. […]

A key member of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mira Khan aka Mufti Khalid, was killed in Kunar province of Afghanistan on Saturday, Dawn News reported Sunday. According to the report Khan was a close associate of Mullah Fazllulah, the TTP chief who died in a drone attack in 2018, also in Afghanistan. Reports indicate that Mufti Khalid’s death was attributed […]

Pakistan has conveyed to the leadership in Afghanistan it will no longer conduct official business with Kabul’s top national security chief because of his recent “abusive outburst” against Islamabad, highly placed officials and diplomatic sources confirmed to VOA Friday. The controversy has again highlighted political tensions and historic mistrust plaguing relations between the South Asian neighbors, which share a nearly […]

National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib said on Saturday that the Taiban’s supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has not been seen in the last year – which has again raised questions about whether he is dead or alive. Mohib said in a press conference in Kabul Saturday that intelligence findings indicate that Taliban members have not had any contact with […]