The emir of Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) and former Afghan prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has warned of an imminent new war in Afghanistan and urged his supporters and party members to begin preparations for “another war.” In his first sermon following the failed coordinated attack on his party’s headquarters in Kabul, which also hosts a mosque where the former warlord delivers […]

The UK will hold an independent inquiry into allegations that its special forces killed dozens of civilians in Afghanistan between mid-2010 and mid-2013, the country’s Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday. The announcement by British officials follows a July report by the BBC that alleged troops from the country’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) had killed 54 people in suspicious […]

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said on Thursday in New York that the recent border clashes between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and Pakistani border forces will not change Islamabad’s policy of engagement with the new government of Afghanistan. Bhutto was in New York to attend the meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of 77, a coalition of […]

Pakistan’s foreign ministry has summoned Afghan charge d’affaires in Islamabad following the latest clash between security forces of the two countries at the Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing. “Pakistan’s strong condemnation over recent incidents of unprovoked cross-border shelling by Afghan Border Security Forces in the Chaman-Spin Boldak area, resulting in loss of life, injuries and damage to property, was conveyed,” Pakistan’s foreign […]

A string of Daesh attacks on foreigners in Kabul over the past four months shows the group’s efforts to target international interests in Afghanistan, experts said on Tuesday, a day after a deadly strike on a hotel in the Afghan capital.  The Chinese-run hotel and residential complex in central Kabul came under an hours-long attack on late Monday afternoon, when […]

It is said that in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies, there are only permanent interests. Therefore, politicians, particularly the rulers of a country, assess long-term implications of the policies that they pursue and take decisions accordingly. The latest rise in terror attacks in Pakistan indicate that the government and the security institutions in the country have failed […]

On December 12, 2022, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) announced that its operatives in Afghanistan carried out a suicide attack on the Kabul Longan Hotel.[1] ISIS-K Claims Responsibility A few hours after the attack, ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack. In a short statement, the group claimed that two inghmasi, or commando-type fighters who carry out attacks behind enemy […]

Acting Defense Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mawlavi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai on Tuesday. Mujahid also met with Afghan businessmen based in the UAE, the ministry said in a statement. In his meeting with the Dubai ruler, both sides discussed the […]

Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, a board member of the Swiss-based Afghan Fund is attending a two-day meeting of the Supreme Council of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB). The meeting got underway on Tuesday and members will discuss a range of issues, including the performance of the central bank, the implementation of planned programs, the economic situation, the implementation of the monetary policy, […]

Afghanistan Food and Drug Administration (AFDA) says they are thinking about establishing a high-tech quality control laboratory in northern Balkh province to test imported medicines and food. Abdul Bari Omar, head of AFDA, said during his visit to Balkh on Wednesday that the importing medicines by unlicensed companies have three days to apply for a license otherwise their companies will […]