As US and NATO troops continue withdrawing from Afghanistan, dozens of Afghan workers who have partnered with foreigners over the past 20 years are concerned about the situation and are seeking protection. Translators and other local employees of the French military forces in Afghanistan at a gathering in Kabul said they are faced with increasing threats from various groups, and […]

A new wave of violence in five provinces over the last 24 hours killed at least 20 civilians and wounded 34 others. One of the incidents was a magnetic IED blast that targeted a bus carrying lecturers and employees of Alberoni University in Parwan province on Saturday evening. Maiwand Frooq Nijrabi, a medicine faculty lecturer at the university, was among […]

Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Russia Said Tayeb Jawad said Kabul is ready to purchase weapons from Moscow. In an interview with Russia’sTASS news agency, Jawad said: “We are hoping that Russia will consider repairing the existing Russian equipment, especially helicopters.” He also said security forces cadets – particularly those from the Ministry of Interior “are getting training here,” in Russia. Tass […]

A group of Chinese investors met with President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday to discuss the possibility of establishing a coal-fired power plant in the country. The Presidential Palace (ARG) said in a statement the group plans to invest $400 million in the energy-generating project. The plan is for the coal power plant to generate 300 megawatts of electricity. “In the […]

The 209th Shaheen Military Corps said Sunday that the Afghan Air Force has targeted a Taliban hide out in Chahar Bolak district of Balkh province – killing Mawlavi Qudrat, Taliban’s intelligence commander for the Northern Zone, along with 11 other fighters. In addition Mawlavi Rohani, the Taliban’s commissioner for the district, along three other fighers were wounded, the Corps said. […]

A key member of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mira Khan aka Mufti Khalid, was killed in Kunar province of Afghanistan on Saturday, Dawn News reported Sunday. According to the report Khan was a close associate of Mullah Fazllulah, the TTP chief who died in a drone attack in 2018, also in Afghanistan. Reports indicate that Mufti Khalid’s death was attributed […]

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hiz-e-Islami, said Sunday that the Afghan government has failed to form a single and decisive authority for peace. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Hekmatyar stated that important issues over a unified plan for the Istanbul peace conference were agreed upon during a trilateral meeting with President Ashraf Ghani and former President Hamid Karzai. According […]

Facing a serious strategic threat from the US, China was urged to increase the number of nuclear weapons, especially its sea-based nuclear deterrent of intercontinental submarine-launched ballistic missiles, to deter potential military action by US warmongers, Chinese military experts said on Friday, after reports that the US’ new defense budget will modernize its nuclear arsenal to deter China. Having a […]

Pakistan has conveyed to the leadership in Afghanistan it will no longer conduct official business with Kabul’s top national security chief because of his recent “abusive outburst” against Islamabad, highly placed officials and diplomatic sources confirmed to VOA Friday. The controversy has again highlighted political tensions and historic mistrust plaguing relations between the South Asian neighbors, which share a nearly […]

A bus carrying lecturers from Alberoni University in the Bagram district of Parwan was targeted in an explosion on Saturday afternoon, killing four, the Interior Ministry (MoI) confirmed. Sources told Ariana News that the bus hit a roadside mine in the Rabat area in the Bagram district at around 4 pm on Saturday. Tariq Arian, a spokesman for the MoI […]