After a 26-year gap, Afghanistan’s civilian air traffic control system was able to stand on its own. President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday officially inaugurated a new radar system located in Hamid Karzai International Airport in the capital Kabul. Shahhussain Murtazawi, a spokesman for President Ghani, said that by using the new system the Afghan government is able to take control […]

Pakistan will reinforce its Afghan border with tens of thousands of additional troops to curb the flow of militants. Up to 60,000 paramilitaries are being raised to step up patrols along the porous, mountainous border which is notorious for smuggling and infiltration by insurgents. The recruitment to Pakistan’s Frontier Corps comes as the country builds a fence along the 2,300-kilometre […]

Mawlawi Habiburrahman, the military head of Daesh, and his deputy for the northern region of Afghanistan, and 150 of their fighters surrendered to security forces in Jawzjan province on Tuesday, local officials confirmed on Wednesday. Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, a spokesman for the provincial governor said that Habiburrahman and his deputy Mufti Nematullah along with their fighters handed themselves over to […]

Eighteen Taliban militants and three civilians have been killed during clashes with Afghan security forces in central Logar province, an official said on Wednesday. Police spokesman ShapourAhmadazi said the Afghan security forces conducted air and ground operations in Khaka, Doshanbi, Qala-i-Hayat, QalaMalak localities of Baraki Barak district and in Sapandokas locality of Azra district late on Tuesday night.

The soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces were deployed in Jalalabad city to help improve the security of the city after yesterday’s deadly attack on the provincial refugees and repatriation directorate.

The US is in “close consultation” with the Afghan government to work out a peace process which Washington insists will be “Afghan-led,” an official said on Wednesday. The US is currently “exploring all avenues to advance a peace process in close consultation with the Afghan government,” said State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert.

National Security Advisor Haneef Atmar on Wednesday during Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) session said that peace and counter terrorism efforts will be followed side by side across the country. “As we are following the peace strategy with Afghan networks, we will pursue counter terrorism strategy with foreign networks,” said Atmar. He said that the army will be a […]

A senior Pakistani diplomat has urged Afghan parties and the world community to seize the opportunity presented by the recent moves towards reconciliation in Afghanistan to help promote durable peace in the war-torn country, saying Pakistan would assist the process. “While the onus for seizing the moment rests on the parties directly involved in the Afghan conflict, Pakistan, for its […]

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Alice G. Wells — is scheduled to visit Pakistan next week to explore the possibility of a permanent peace in Afghanistan, official sources told Dawn. US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis told Pentagon reporters on Monday that he saw encouraging signs for substantive talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban after 17 years […]

The Afghan and Pakistani military officials have reportedly met in Pakistan to boost the bilateral cooperation on security level amid ongoing efforts to establish the joint working groups as part of the Afghanistan Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS). The Afghan and Pakistani operations chiefs participated in the last round of the bilateral talks on Sunday to review […]