The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said Monday that equipment at Kabul International Airport, destroyed last year by withdrawing foreign troops, has been repaired. According to Hamidullah Akhundzadeh, the minister of transport, about 70% of equipment was destroyed but with the help of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, equipment has been repaired. In addition to this, 3,243 flights […]

A year has now passed since the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from decades of war and occupation in Afghanistan. With the Taliban functionally in charge, the country faces a deteriorating humanitarian crisis and economic collapse. But instead of taking action to promote stability and reinvigorate the economy, the U.S. has made it worse and penalized innocent, ordinary Afghans. According to the […]

At least one Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) security force member was killed and six others, including three civilians, were wounded in a roadside IED explosion in Kunar province, local officials said. Kunar Police Commander Abdullah Haqqani said in a video message sent to the media on Sunday, that the explosion took place at 8:30am Sunday in the Asad Abad […]

The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting on Afghanistan on Monday where they will discuss the humanitarian and economic crises. The meeting will be held behind closed doors. The Chargé d’Affaires of Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, said to the media that Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at […]

Former US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Frank McKenzie has stated that Pakistan was correct about the United States not staying in Afghanistan. In an interview on Friday with NBC, McKenzie admitted the US failed in Afghanistan and that Washington had failed at nation-building as it had insisted on a Western model. He said, “I don’t know that Afghanistan is […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sunday the Islamic Emirate will soon finalize the investigation into Washington’s claim that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul in a US drone strike. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a spokesman for the foreign ministry, said in an interview with CBS that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate was not aware of the presence […]

Afghanistan’s Defense Minister Yaqoub Mujahid on Sunday said American drones flying over Afghanistan are entering the country’s airspace from Pakistan. Speaking at an accountability session in Kabul, Mujahid called on Pakistan to stop allowing the use of its airspace against Afghanistan. He said the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) did not have reliable radar detection systems in place but that […]

In the first year of commemoration of the killing of 13 American soldiers outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the president of the United States has said that his country will maintain pressure against terrorist groups in Afghanistan without a military presence. In a statement published by the White House on Friday, Joe Biden said that Washington has […]

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Friday called for establishment of a council whose members would be elected by the people and which would draft a constitution and decide the future governance system. “We never want to join a government which is not formed based on the people’s votes…where the highest authority is not a council that would represent the […]

Officials in Balkh province said plans are underway to establish a trade zone within two months in the border area of Balkh province and Surhandarya province of Uzbekistan. Officials said 120 acres of land would be utilized and the cost would be $75 million. The plan to create a joint trade zone was signed between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan last year […]