Haqqani network used child bomber in French school attack: NDS

The Haqqani terrorist network has been accused for being involved in plotting and conducting a suicide attack in at the French Institute of Afghanistan in Estiqlal high school in Kabul. The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Friday that the a 15-year-old child...

Logar Districts on the Edge of Collapse: Officials

Afghan Members of Parliament and Logar provincial council members have raised their voices in concern of the possible collapse of Logar's districts in the hands of armed opposition. According to the government officials, most parts of Charkh, Kharwar and Azra districts are under the control of...

CIA Chief Defends Agency, But Admits 'abhorrent' Abuses

US spymaster John Brennan admitted Thursday that some CIA interrogators had used unauthorized and "abhorrent" tactics in the past decade and said he believes torture tends to lead to false intelligence. In an extraordinary news conference, broadcast live from the agency's Langley headquarters...

President Ghani appoints new acting ministers for four ministries

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed acting ministers for the ministries of foreign affairs, finance, women’s affairs and trade and commerce. According to Bakhtar state news agency, citing a presidential decree, Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor has been appointed as acting finance minister,...

Suicide attack in Estiqlal high school leaves 1 foreigner dead

A suicide attack targeted a theatre show in Estiqlal high school in Kabul city this evening, leaving one foreign nation dead and ten Afghan civilians injured. Head of the Ministry of Interior, Gen. Ayub Salangi confirmed at least one person was killed and over 10 others were injured following...

Six MoD Personnel Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack

Six Ministry of Defense (MoD) personnel were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul early Thursday, the MoD said in a statement. Fourteen others were injured in the attack. The attack took place about 7a.m. in Tangi-Tarkhil area of Kabul after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive near a MoD's...

President Ghani Condemns CIA Torture Tactics

The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has strongly condemned the torture tactics by America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) used to interrogate Al-Qaeda suspects since 9/11 attacks. The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released a report of over 500 pages detailing the grotesque CIA...

Parliament Calls Mehsud Handover Violation of Afghan Sovereignty

The House of Representative on Wednesday denounced the U.S. decision to handover Latifullah Mehsud, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) deputy leader, to Pakistan earlier in the week. They claimed the move was a clear breach of Afghanistan's sovereignty.Mehsud, the second in command of the...

No More Combat Mission Needed in Afghanistan: NATO

NATO senior civilian representative spokesman in Afghanistan, Christopher Chambers, stressed that there is no need for continued combat mission of the alliance in the country. In a joint press conference with the spokesman of Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday, Chambers declared that NATO would...

Two foreigners killed in rocket attack on Bagram

At least two foreigners have been killed in Afghanistan in a fresh rocket attack on the US-controlled Bagram air base, near the capital, Kabul. Local officials confirmed that Bagram air base, located next to the ancient city of Bagram in eastern Parwan Province, came under attack on Monday morning. The...

Militants launch rocket attack on US airbase in Afghanistan

Suspected Taliban militants have carried out a rocket attack on one of the biggest US-controlled military bases in Bagram, north of the Afghan capital city of Kabul. In a statement, NATO has confirmed that Bagram air base, located next to the ancient city of Bagram in the eastern Parwan Province,...

US drone strike kills 4 people in northwest Pakistan

At least four people have been killed and two others wounded in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. Pakistan security officials say the attack was carried out on Sunday in the Khar Tangi area, about 45 kilometers west of the city...

Key Pakistani Taliban Leader Handed Over to Islamabad

The second top leader of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Latif Mehsud, who was in the custody of NATO and Afghan security agencies, has been handed over along with three other members of the group to Pakistan's government, said Pakistan's Dawn News. But Nazifullah Salarzai, spokesman to...

Abdullah Discusses Taliban, Pakistan in Britain

While speaking at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Britain, Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of the Afghan government, affirmed that Afghanistan's relations with Pakistan would be essential in coming to a durable solution for peace with the Taliban. Abdullah was in London this week...

Top al Qaeda leader killed in South Waziristan

    A senior al Qaeda militant was killed following an operation in South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan, the Pakistani military said Saturday. The senior al Qaeda leader was identified as Adnan El Shukrijumah who was indicted in the US over a plot to bomb New York’s subway...

US Defense Secretary Arrives in Kabul

The outgoing US Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, has arrived in Kabul in an unannounced visit early Saturday and met the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) General Commander in Afghanistan Gen. John F. Campbell. Hagel, who resigned Nov. 24, will meet new President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive...

Kabul Bank Corruption Case Closed, Supreme Court Upholds Ruling

The Attorney General's office on Thursday reported that it would move forward with implementing the ruling of the Supreme Court on the Kabul Bank corruption case after the high court reaffirmed a previous appeals court decision on Thursday."The superior court and public security court of the...

Clash in Badghis Kills 6 ANA

Six Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and a Taliban insurgent were killed in a clash in western Badghis province on Monday night, local officials said on Tuesday. The clash took place in Bala Murghab district of the province when a number of Taliban insurgents attacked a military outpost and began...

Ministry of Interior rejects Gen. Zahir�s resignation

The Kabul police chief Gen. Zahir Zahir will continue to serve as Kabul police chief after his resignation was rejected by the Ministry of Interior (MoI0. The main reason behind his resignation has not been ascertained so far, but reports suggest that he had resigned due to deteriorating security situation. The...

Ghani, Abdullah Head to Europe for NATO, London Conference

President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah left Kabul for Europe with a delegation to participate in NATO's foreign ministers meeting in Brussels and the London Conference on Afghanistan on Monday, the Presidential Palace said in a statement. Ghani and Abdullah will attend NATO's...

Afghan mom avenges son's murder, kills 25 Taliban militants

An Afghan woman has killed at least 25 Taliban militants in revenge for the killing of her son, who was shot dead before her eyes in western Farah province, local media report. The woman, identified as Reza Gul, picked up arms after her son, who was leading a small group of police forces in a village...

US to increase troops in Afghanistan in 2015

The United States is preparing to increase the number of its military forces in Afghanistan in 2015, a new report says. Informed sources told the Reuters news agency in a report published on Tuesday that Washington may send hundreds of additional troops, but the final numbers are still being...

Race problem can�t be �solved by electing more black faces to high places�: Activist

An American social activist says racial discrimination against African Americans in the United States is a systemic problem that cannot be “solved by electing more black faces to high places”. Bruce A. Dixon, managing editor at Black Agenda Report, and a state committee member of...

AGO freezes assets of Mahmood Karzai and Haseen Fahim

The assets of Mahmood Karzai and Haseen Fahim have been frozen by the Attorney General Office (AGO) over the the outstanding payment of loans from Kabul Bank which collapsed in 2010. Basir Azizi, spokesman for the Atttorney General Office said Tuesday that the assets of Abdul Ghafar Dawi were also...

Paktika Death Toll Rises to 50

At least 50 civilians were killed and more than 60 others were injured in a suicide attack in southern Paktika province on Sunday, local officials said. The attack took place about at 5 p.m. when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive on a volleyball ground in Yahya Khel district of the province,...

US drone attack kills 4 in eastern Afghanistan

At least four people have been killed in a US assassination drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern Logar Province. The attack took place on Monday, with Afghan army officials saying that the victims were Taliban militants. Some reports said a local Taliban commander was among those killed. The...

IncreaseNormalDecrease Afghanistan secretly lifts ban on US night raids: Report

  The new Afghan government has silently lifted the ban on the notorious night raids that former President Hamid Karzai had imposed, a report says. The New York Times, citing Afghan and Western military officials, said the raids in some cases will include members of American Special Operations...

Parliament Enraged Over Pakistani Cleric's Remarks

A number of Afghan legislators on Wednesday condemned the recent remarks made by controversial Pakistani cleric Maulana Fazlurrahman in which he called for war to continue in Afghanistan until all foreign troops withdraw from the country.The firebrand cleric has long been associated with the Taliban,...

Conspiracy to Bring Criminals into Power Not Viable: Abdullah

The chief executive officer (CEO) of the national unity government (NUG) Abdullah Abdullah has declared that the conspiracy to overthrow the government and bring the criminals into power will never be realizable.Despite that the national unity government follows peaceful ways to achieve peace, Abdullah...

Taliban Focus Attacks on Cities: NDS

The Taliban attacks have increased by 68 percent in the capital Kabul and other major cities which is believed to be the new plan of the militant group to turn from villages to the cities, according to intelligence sources. National Directorate of Security (NDS) spokesman Haseeb Sediqi said Wednesday...