A Taliban delegation headed by deputy leader Mullah Baradar has met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday to discuss the Afghan peace process. Mullah Baradar will be visiting Pakistan for two days and during the visit, “the delegation will meet with the Foreign Minister and call on the Prime Minister,” Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday in […]
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District intelligence chief killed in explosion
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) head for Shulgar district has been killed in an explosion in northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday.
Read more ›Major US airbase comes under rocket attack
The largest US military base in Afghanistan came under rocket strike early Saturday morning, officials said. Several rockets struck the Bagram Airfield in central Parwan province, but details of possible casualties from the attack were not immediately available.
Read more ›India’s attack on Pakistan to harm Afghan peace bid: FM
India’s surgical strikes against Pakistan would harm the Afghan peace process, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned. Qureshi issued the warning at a news conference in the United Arab Emirates on Friday evening.
Read more ›Indo–Pak Tension: can it be mitigated?
In recent years, tensions mounted between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers in South Asia. The 2016 Uri attack, the 2019 Pulwama attack on a convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber that led to deaths of 46, and the retaliatory Balakot airstrikes by the Indian air force can […]
Read more ›India and Pakistan are arch enemies. And they both have nukes
The Global Nuclear Rat Race The past few decades have seen strides being made in all aspects of life – from sticks and stones to weaponry. The extreme case of this phenomenon has been nuclear weapons. The menace caused by nuclear weapons in the past is unforgettable. Images of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from 1945 come to mind, after the United […]
Read more ›Responsible for ISIS Car Bombings Arrested in Nangarhar
A man allegedly responsible for organizing ISIS car bombings in Nangarhar has been arrested.
Read more ›Rockets hit US base in Afghanistan, no casualties reported
Five rockets were fired at a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Saturday, but there were no casualties, NATO and provincial officials said. The rockets hit Bagram Airfield, said Wahida Shahkar, spokeswoman for the governor in northern Parwan province.
Read more ›53 Taliban rebels killed in fresh raids
At least 53 Taliban militants were killed and 14 others received injuries in different operations conducted in southern Kandahar, Helmand and Ghazni provinces in the last 24 hours, defense ministry said on Saturday.
Read more ›Rockets hit Bagram airport largest US base in Afghanistan
The Speaker of the governor of Parwan province of Afghanistan said that Bagram airport, the largest US military base in the country, was targeted by rockets for the first time since the signing of a peace agreement with the US.
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