Insecurity And Bureaucracy Threatening Economic Development

President Ashraf Ghani's Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish said on Sunday that security threats and bureaucracy are two major challenges in the way of Afghanistan's economic development. Danish suggested that there is a need to bring about structural reforms in the trade laws and to...

China Killed over 12 US Spies, Unraveled CIA Network

China has killed or jailed some 20 CIA sources between 2010 to 2012, systematically dismantling the spy agency's operations in the country, US officials say. An intelligence breach lasting for two years led to imprisonment or killing of the informants working for the US Central Intelligence Agency,...

Yemenis Protest US Arms Deal with Riyadh as Trump Faces Censure at Home

Yemeni people held mass rally the capital city of Sana'a to protest the US complicity in Saudi Arabia's aggression against their nation. Thousands of people poured to the streets of Sana'a as US President Donald Trump was visiting the oil-rich kingdom as his maiden foreign trip. The...

Bahraini Court Convicts Shiites� Spiritual Leader as Trump Meets Al Khalifa

Bahraini regime has issued an unjust verdict against top Islamic scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on the day the regime's King Al Khalifa was meeting US President Donald Trump in Riyadh. On Sunday, a Bahraini court sentenced, Sheikh Qassim, spiritual leader of the country's Shiite Muslims...

Trump, Tillerson meet Russia�s top diplomat at White House

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has met with US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, on a trip overshadowed by the firing of former FBI chief James Comey. Lavrov met with Trump and Tillerson on Wednesday as he visited the White House for the first time...

Iran�s Enemies Seek to Create Insecurity, Sedition: Ayatollah Khamenei

Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali says the enemy's short-term goal is meant to distort the country's security and trigger chaos and sedition. Speaking at Imam Hussein AS University in Tehran on Wednesday at the graduation ceremony of IRGC cadets, Ayatollah Khamenei...

Germany to launch reforms in army, defense minister says

Germany’s Defense Ministry plans to begin a reform process in the army’s recruitment and education system amid reports that far-right sympathizers in the military have been plotting to launch hate attacks in the country. Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that...

MPs Concerned Over Hizb-e-Islami�s Refusal To Give Up Arms

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami members have so far refused to hand over their weapons, which has in turn sparked concern among MPs. This comes after Hekmatyar and his men officially returned to Afghanistan early this month after the group's leader sealed a peace deal with government last...

�Deteriorating Security� In North Has MPs Worried

A number of lawmakers in theLower House of Parliament on Wednesday said they are concerned about the ‘deteriorating security situation' in northern and north-eastern parts of the country. The MPs criticized President Ashraf Ghani for his recent remarks on corruption and said he should roll...

Govt Plans to Review TIR System Agreement

Officials from the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) on Wednesday said Afghanistan will review the TIR agreements it signed with other countries that aim to find a long term solution to the road transport problems with other nations. Addressing the 3rd Transport International Routine...

Pakistan�s notion regarding Spin Boldak clash was challenged: Zakhilwal

The Afghan Ambassador to Islamabad Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal says Islamabad's notion regarding the recent clash between the Afghan and Pakistani security forces was challenged during a meeting with the country's foreign affairs adviser. "I met Mr Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan...

US Builds Pressure Tool Out of Alliance with Kurds

The US relations with Kurds in Syria and Iraq are turning controversial as Washington tries to boost ties with the ethnic group. Washington holds multiple goals behind its interactions with the Kurdish forces and at the same time avoids making it clear its measures in the Kurdish-inhabited regions of...

Why Trump Chose Saudi Arabia as His first Foreign Visit?

The American President Donald Trump has chosen Riyadh as destination of his first official foreign visit as leader of the US, aiming at sending significant messages to the regional countries, among them Iran. Many analysts argue that the expected trip to Saudi Arabia is mainly meant to lay foundation...

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Relative of Palestinian Toddler Burned Alive by Zionists Sue Israeli Regime

Relatives of Ahmad Dawbasha, whose parents and 18-month-old brother were burned alive by Zionist Settlers, are now suing Israeli regime for “criminal negligence". Ahmad Dawabsha, four-year-old Palestinian toddler, severely injured in the arson attack that took place in the town of Duma in the...

Russia�s Putin Urges Global Unity to Combat Terrorism, Extremism

Russian President Vladimir Putin says in order to effectively combat terrorism, extremism, and neo-Nazism the entire world community should unite. Putin made the remarks during a Victory Day parade at Moscow's Red Square, adding that the lessons of the past should not be ignored. "The lessons of...

US, UK, Jordan deploy troops, tanks in southern Syria: Reports

Reports coming out of Syria suggest that a joint military force of US, British, and Jordanian troops, equipped with tanks and helicopters, have reportedly been deployed in the war-torn country's southern border areas from Jordan's northern region. The troops are now reportedly positioned...

UNHCR says about 250 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says nearly 250 people are missing and feared dead following two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days. UNHCR says one of its partner agencies, the International Medical Corps, has reported a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on...

14 killed in Mexico fireworks warehouse explosion

An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Mexico has killed at least 14 people and wounded 22 in the second such tragedy in a matter of months. The blast occurred Monday night in a rural area of central Puebla state, Diodoro Carrasco, a senior official in the state government, told radio station...

Heavy Clashes Ongoing Close To Kunduz City

A number of security forces in Kunduz province on Tuesday said heavy clashes are ongoing between Afghan soldiers and Taliban in areas close to Kunduz city and at least five police and army outposts are under siege by the insurgents. According to the soldiers, the clashes have closed the Kunduz-Takhar...

Pakistan Asked To Stop �Supporting Terrorists�

Dozens of residents and tribal elders from both sides of the Durand Line blamed Pakistan on Tuesday of supporting and training terrorists and stated that Daesh is also supported by some circles within Pakistan. Speaking at a gathering in Nangarhar they urged Pakistan to stop "supporting terrorists",...

Trump committed to defeat ISIS and Taliban: White House

The White House says President Donald Trump wants to make sure that the Taliban group and Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group are defeated in Afghanistan. In response to a question regarding the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, the White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, said "Well, I think...

ICC recognizes Afghanistan�s domestic ODI tournament as List A league

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has recognized Afghanistan's Ghazi Amanullah One Day International (ODI) tournament as List A League. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in a statement said "Afghanistan Inter Region One Day tournament recognized as list A league through ICC." The statement...

Ghani Vows to Reform MoI As EU, UN Warn Against Corruption

President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said the ministry of interior was the heart of corruption in the security sector, but vowed to undertake structural reforms and end the problem. Speaking at the Third Annual European Union Anti-Corruption Conference in Kabul on Monday, Ghani said besides tackling issues...

U.S Seeks to Establish Hegemonic Govt in Afghanistan: Pedram

Abdul Latif Pedram, the leader of the National Congress Party (NCP), on Monday raised concerns over Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's recent remarks and said the Hizb-e-Islami leader's comments give the impression that Afghanistan could be heading for another civil war. Speaking at a press conference in...

Kunduz Battle Enters Third Day, MPs Criticize War Leadership

The battle between Afghanistan security forces and the Taliban on the outskirts of Kunduz city is now in its third day and has both residents and MPs concerned. Clashes are also ongoing along the Kunduz-Khanabad highway while Qala-e-Zal, a district of the city, that fell to the Taliban on Saturday,...

Terrorists safe havens will be hit in Pakistan, Tehran warns Islamabad Terrorists safe havens will be hit in Pakistan, Tehran warns Islamabad

Iran has warned that the safe havens of the terrorist group will be hit if the Pakistani government failed to take actions against them. The head of the Iranian armed forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri issued the warnings following a deadly attack that left at least ten Iranian soldiers dead as the...

11 dead, 200 missing in fresh refugee shipwrecks in Mediterranean

At least 11 people have reportedly been killed and 200 more people remain unaccounted for following two separate shipwrecks involving refugees in the central Mediterranean. The Libyan Red Crescent said on Monday that bodies of 10 women and one child were found on a beach in Zawiya, 50 kilometers (31...

Unemployment And Poverty On The Rise: Word Bank

The World Bank recently released its Poverty Status Update report on Afghanistan for 2013-2014 and said the results on unemployment and poverty was worrying. According to the report, the rate of unemployment had risen in 2013 and 2014 against previous years. The report also stated that insecurity and...

SIS radio station destroyed, 34 militants killed in East of Afghanistan

A radio station airing propaganda in the favor of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group was destroyed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said "In past 24 hours, 34 Daesh terrorists killed and a radio station run by Daesh terrorists destroyed after...

UAE-Saudi Disputes Emerge Further as Yemen War Unfolds

As the United Arab Emirates' goals and plans for Yemen's southern port city of Aden become clearer days by day, the rifts between ABU Dhabi and Riyadh increase with the same pace. Last week, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, the resigned president of Yemen who has the backing of Saudi Arabia fired Aden's...