Top Haqqani network leader killed in Afghan forces coordinated attack

A top leader of the Haqqani terrorist network was killed in an airstrike conducted by the Afghan forces in Southeast of Afghanistan. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), said the Haqqani leader killed in the operation has been identified as Khan Badshah son of Gulab Shah...

Ghani to brief world leaders on menace of terrorism in Germany summit

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will leave for Germany tonight to attend the Munich security conference and brief the world leaders regarding the menace of terrorism. Deputy presidential spokesman, Shah Hussain Murtazvi, told reporters that President Ghani lead a delegation of Afghan officials during...

No favoring govt collapse but serious reforms need: Sayyaf

A prominent Jihadi leader and former member of the Afghan parliament Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf has said no one is favoring the collapse of the current government but serious reforms are need in various sectors. Sayyaf was speaking during gathering organized by the former Jihadi leaders to mark the...

UAE Ambassador wounded in Kandahar explosion has died

The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates who sustained injuries in an explosion in Kandahar province has died. According to reports, Juma Al-Kaabi succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment. UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced his death via Twitter on Wednesday. According...

Terrorism is a common enemy of both states, Nawaz tells President Ghani

The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said terrorism is a common enemy of both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Nawaz made the remarks during a telephone conversation with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. According to a statement by Prime Minister House of Pakistan “Afghan President Ashraf...

NATO firmly committed to Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan: Stoltenberg

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, NATO mission in Afghanistan, NATO Resolute Support mission, NATO defense ministerial The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance is firmly committed to its Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. Stoltenberg was speaking during a pre-ministerial...

Car bomb explosion rocks Lashkargah city in Helmand

A relatively heavy explosion was heard in Lashkargah city in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. Provincial governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak confirmed the incident took place around 2 pm local time near Kabul Bank Branch. He said at least 7 people were killed and nearly 20 others were wounded...

UN Welcomes NUG�s �Strong Will� For Elections

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said it is encouraged by the strong political will of President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other political leaders to hold timely, credible and transparent parliamentary elections.   “The momentum towards...

6 ICRC employees shot dead in northern Afghanistan by ISIS loyalists

At least six employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were shot dead in northern Afghanistan. According to the preliminary reports, the ICRC employees were shot dead by the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group. A local government official...

Mattis and President Ghani discussed enduring US-Afghan security relationship

The US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani discussed enduring US-Afghan security relationship. Defense Secretary Mattis called President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani following a deadly attack in capital Kabul late on Tuesday afternoon. “Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis...

ISIS fighters held from Peshawar hospital, returned to Afghanistan: Pak officials

The Pakistani authorities have claimed the security forces arrested four ISIS loyalists as they were receiving treatment in a hospital in Peshawar city. The officials have said the arrested ISIS loyalists were handed over to the Afghan authorities. A local official in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Trump threatened to send US troops to Mexico, report says

US President Donald Trump threatened to send troops to Mexico during a phone conversation with President Enrique Pena Nieto last week, says a report. According to an excerpt of transcript of the Friday conversation seen by the Associated Press, Trump told Nieto the troops would be sent to stop the...

Taliban Abducts Two Badghis Health Officials

Two employees of western Badghis’ Public Health Department were abducted by the Taliban in Qadis district of the province on Wednesday evening, local officials confirmed Thursday. The incident took place while employees were on their way to a clinic in the Qadis district. Their vehicle...

SIGAR�s Afghanistan report to Trump admin offers bleak progress statistics

The United States Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko has offered bleak progress statistics about Afghanistan in his latest report to President Donald Trump administration. Sopko released the 269-page report days after the formation of the new US administration. The...

CEO Assures Helmand Residents Lashkargah Won�t Fall To Taliban

During a fleeting visit to Helmand this week, CEO Abdullah Abdullah assured residents that the provincial capital, Lashkargah, will not fall to militants and that other parts of the province will be cleared of insurgents. “There is no possibility of the fall of this city [Lashkargah]. ...

Hekmatyar Expected In Kabul Within Next Three Weeks

Amin Karim, head of Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami’s negotiations delegation on Tuesday said their leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is currently on the battlefields in Afghanistan but is expected to arrive in Kabul in the next couple of weeks.   “Our Mujahid brother is in Jihad strongholds....

Abdullah arrives in Helmand amid deteriorating security situation

The Chief Executive of the Government of National Unity Abdullah Abdullah has arrived in Helmand as the province has been witnessing fierce clashes during the past two days. The Office of the Chief Executive confirmed his arrival in Helmand as he leads a high level delegation to meet with the local...

MoI To Implement AGO's Order Against Dostum Guards

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said they have received the Attorney General’s letter regarding the arrest of First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum’s guards and police are ready to cooperate with the AGO in this respect. The Interior Ministry’s spokesman Sediq...

Taliban earn $4.8 million annually from Kajaki Dam

The Taliban militants group earn around $4.8 million annually from Kajaki dam located in the restive southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. The provincial council officials have said the group earns almost 90 per cent of the income of the dam on yearly basis. Majid Akhunda, deputy provincial council...

36 ISIS militants killed, 20 wounded in South of Afghanistan

At least 36 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed and around 20 others were wounded during the operations in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the militants were killed or wounded during the operations in Khak-e-Afghan...

Pakistan army chief calls President Ghani, suggests intelligence cooperation

The Pakistani army chief of staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani following a series of deadly bombings in capital Kabul and other key provinces to condole the terrorist attacks that left scores of people dead or wounded. According to an official statement released...

Daesh militants attack Nangarhar district, torch 60 houses

Militants of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have raided a district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, setting fire to some 60 houses there. Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman, said people had fled their homes before the Daesh attack in Kot District...

Government strongly reacts at �Taliban Angels of Peace� remarks

The Afghan government has strongly reacted towards the remarks by an official of the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) after he called the Taliban militants ‘Angels of Peace and Holy Group’. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said the Afghan government is strongly committed to freedom...

AHPC official under fire for calling Taliban �Angels, Holy Group�

An official of the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) official is under fire for calling the Taliban militants ‘Angels and a Holy Group’. The acting provincial governor of northern Balkh province and Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Ata Mohammad Noor reacted towards the remarks by Abdul...

NATO admits to killing of civilians in 2016 Afghanistan attack

NATO has confirmed that American troops enlisted with the Western military alliance killed 33 civilians in a single incident in Afghanistan’s volatile north back in November last year. The military alliance’s Afghan Resolute Support Mission made the admission in a report on Thursday....

Iran�s president stresses need for anti-terror fight

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has underlined the need for a campaign against terrorism, which he described as a menace to the entire world.   The Iranian president made the remark during a meeting with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in Tehran on Wednesday. Rouhani...

5 Emirati diplomats slain in south Afghanistan bomb attack

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says five of its diplomats have lost their lives in the massive bomb explosion that ripped through a guesthouse in the troubled southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The slain diplomats have been identified as as Mohammed Ali Zainal al-Bastaki, Abdullah Mohammed Essa...

Top Pakistani leaders of Haqqani terrorist network killed in Nangarhar

2 top Haqqani network leaders hailing from Pakistan killed in Nangarhar Two senior commanders of the Haqqani terrorist network were killed during an operation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) Special Forces. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the two top Haqqani leaders were killed...

US-led drone strikes kill over three dozen in eastern Afghanistan

At least 41 people lost their lives when US-led foreign forces carried out separate drone strikes in Afghanistan’s embattled eastern province of Nangarhar Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said an aerial assault struck Dih Bala district in the...

Taliban wants to be removed from UN blacklist before new peace talks

The Taliban militant group says it wants to be removed from the blacklist of the United Nations as a condition for rejoining peace talks for an end to the conflict in Afghanistan. “We conveyed them to first remove us from the ‎blacklist of the United Nations and allow us to freely travel...