Taliban forces have arrested a suspected Islamic State militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday. IS claimed the bomb blast that tore through the Seh Dokan mosque during midday prayers in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday. The attack also wounded 58 people. Balkh […]

KABUL — A four-day blitz of terrorist bombings across Afghanistan has left the country reeling after months of relative calm, raising fears that the Taliban — which spent years fighting the Afghan state and its U.S. backers — will be unable to maintain the peace. Sunni extremists from the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, known as Islamic State-Khorasan or […]

On April 15, 2022, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), issued a letter – ‘Haryana Banega Khalistan’ (Haryana will become Khalistan) – and threatened to raise ‘Khalistani’ flags at the office of the District Collector in the Ambala District of Haryana on April 29, 2022. SFJ posters on roads near Ambala urged the people to join the group on April 29. SFJ […]

Most of the politicians in Pakistan, being part of the ruling junta or sitting in the opposition, talk ‘bad’ about International Monetary Fund (IMF), mainly to attain political mileage. While every political party in opposition blames IMF of economic malice of Pakistan, but no sooner did it comes in power approaches the lender of last resort and often agrees on […]

Days before Imran Khan’s ouster on April 10 as prime minister in a no-trust motion in the parliament orchestrated by foreign powers, two impersonators were arrested in Washington for posing as US federal security officials and cultivating access to the Secret Service, which protects President Joe Biden, one of whom claimed ties to Pakistani intelligence. Justice department assistant attorney Joshua […]

The death toll from air strikes in the Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar carried out by the Pakistan military has risen to at least 47, officials said on Sunday. Afghan authorities claim the pre-dawn air assault was carried out by Pakistani military helicopters. Since the Taliban seized power last year, border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen, with […]

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Tarig Ali Bakhiet, held a virtual meeting on Tuesday morning with Washington’s special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West to discuss a wide range of issues including counterterrorism and the issue of Afghan girls not going to school. “An extensive range of critical issues were discussed, mainly humanitarian and […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials confirmed three explosions occurred in the Dasht-e Barchi area of PD18 in Kabul city on Tuesday morning and that at least 17 people were killed or wounded. The blasts reportedly took place in front of the Abdul Rahim Shahid Public School. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police headquarters, confirmed that three explosions […]

The United States is working with Pakistan to bring about a more stable, secure and prosperous Afghanistan that respects the fundamental rights of all Afghans, including minorities and women, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday. Addressing a news briefing in Washington, Price said: “We view Pakistan as an important stakeholder, an important partner, with whom we are […]

The Ministry of Defense said that an Afghan air force pilot who fled to the United States returned to the country on Tuesday in order to serve his homeland. Suhrabuddin Sahak, the pilot who returned home, says he fled to the US after recent developments but has since decided to return home. Sahak also called on his former colleagues to […]