The Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday called for a peace process in war-ridden Afghanistan while criticising the United Nations Security Council for its inability to handle the contemporary security challenges. Swaraj reiterated the need for bringing reforms in the UNSC to be able to respond to the ever-evolving security challenges in the world while focusing on the […]

Several Afghanistan security officials have been killed in separate clashes with the Taliban, police officials said on Tuesday. As per reports, at least five soliders were killed and two were wounded during an attack at their checkpoints in Bala Buluk district. Six Taliban fighters were killed and three others were wounded in the battle, which lasted several hours. Taliban insurgents […]

The United States and the United Nations Security Council have condemned the terrorist attack at a voter registration center in Kabul, with the White House insisting that it is moving forward on its South Asia strategy. “We’re continuing to move forward with the strategy that was announced. And I don’t have any other policy announcements at this time,” the White […]

One Taliban ‘commander’ Mullah Nusrat of Sheikh Karim Badghesi Group was killed after he reached to the area to support the Taliban ‘commander’ Abdul Rahman Maldar and seven other Taliban militants were injured in Zarb-e-Momin Operations conducted by Zafar Corps in Chesht-e-Sharif District of Herat Province, reports Khaama Press on April 20.

18 militants (affiliation not specified) were killed and 18 others injured by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in operations conducted with support from Afghan Air and Artillery Forces in Nangarhar, Kunar, Kapisa, Logar, Paktia, Urozgan, Zabul, Faryab, Balkh, Herat, Khost, Takhar, Kunduz and Helmand Provinces in the last 24 hours, Bakhtar News reported on April 20 quoting Ministry […]

Afghanistan officials handed over the bodies of five martyred personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) as well as an injured soldier to the elders of Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on April 16 as talks continued between the two sides to deescalate tension along the border, reports Dawn. According to reports, 10 attackers from the Afghan side […]

Afghanistan said that 24 militants were killed and 43 others were injured in operations conducted by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) with support of Air and Artillery Forces in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Khost, Logar, Paktia, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Herat, Farah, Badghis, Ghor, Faryab, Kunduz, Baghlan and Helmand Provinces in the last 24 hours, reports Bakhtar News on April 16.

According to the latest report of UNAMA, from 1 January to 31 March 2018, UNAMA documented 2,258 civilian casualties (763 deaths and 1,495 injured), reports Khaama Press on April 12. The report further adds that quarterly report describes civilian casualties from suicide improvised explosive devices (IED) and complex attacks as the leading cause of civilian casualties, a new trend observed […]

As many as 26 militants have been killed in the last 24 hours by the Afghan air forces and ground operations, Afghanistan’s defence ministry said. The defence ministry’s spokesperson, Mohammad Radmanish said that out of the 26 killed, 12 Taliban militants were killed in Khak-e-Safed and Balabuluk districts of Farah province and in Farah, the provincial

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has underlined the need of a regional approach to lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan. Leading the Pakistani delegation to the Tashkent Conference he appreciated Uzbekistan’s leadership on its initiative for peace in Afghanistan, cooperation on counter-terrorism and connectivity.