1395 A Year Of Tension Between NUG Leaders

1395 was a year full of tension and disagreements between the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders after CEO Abdullah Abdullah accused President Ashraf Ghani of monopolizing power. "Political will is questioned and I totally question it, because I am aware of the issues," Abdullah said. Despite...

Pakistan�s PM Orders Immediate Re-Opening Of Torkham

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday ordered the immediate re-opening of Torkham, Spin Boldak and other gates that were closed in the aftermath of recent "terrorist" attacks in the country, Pakistani media reported. Sharif said in a statement that the border was being re-opened as "a...

Saudis urge UN to control Yemeni port after botch

Saudi Arabia and its allies have urged the United Nations to assume control of a Houthi-held Yemeni port where scores of refugees were killed Friday in an aerial attack blamed on Riyadh. At least 44 people lost their lives and dozens of others were injured after an apparent Saudi...

Russia summons Israeli ambassador over Syria attacks

The Russian foreign ministry says it has summoned the Israeli ambassador to Moscow over an airstrike last week inside the Syrian territory. Israeli envoy Gary Koren "was asked” about the Friday’s incident during which Israeli warplanes intruded Syrian airspace, striking several...

Nawaz Sharif orders immediate opening of Pak-Afghan routes

The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shrif has ordered for an immediate opening of the routes located along the Durand Line connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to a statement released by the Prime Minister House of Pakistan, the decision to reopen the routes was taken as a gesture of goodwill. The...

Leader of the Islamic iran:
Viewing women as commodity Zionist plot

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned about a “Zionist plot” to corrupt the involvement of women in the society. The Leader of iran made the remarks on Sunday on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Fatimah (AS), the daughter of the Prophet of...

Yemeni ballistic missile strikes air base in Saudi capital: Report

Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah fighters and their allies in the army have fired a long-range ballistic missile at an airbase in the Saudi capital Riyadh, marking the second such attack on the city, a report says. The missile of Borkan-2 type accurately struck King Salman Air Base...

Ex-US envoy questions Trump�s understating of NATO after tweets

President Donald Trump’s assertion that Germany owes "vast sums of money" to NATO and the United States suggests a lack of understanding of how the military alliance works, according to a former US ambassador to NATO. On the heels of a visibly awkward meeting with German Chancellor Angela...

Clash among Junbish and Jamiat gunmen leaves 4 dead in North of Afghanistan

At least 4 people were killed during a clash between the irresponsible gunmen of Jamiat-e-Islami and Junbish-e-Millie in North of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials in Faryab, the incident took place late on Saturday afternoon in Maimana city, the provincial capital of the province. Provincial...

Third party should monitor work on list of wanted terrorists, Kabul tells Islamabad

The Afghan government officials have proposed that a third party should help, verify, and monitor work on the lists of the most wanted terrorists exchanged between Kabul and Islamabad. The National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar quoted by a local newspaper in Pakistan said the Afghan government's...

16 ISIS militants killed in Afghan commandos operation in Nangarhar

At least sixteen militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during an operation conducted by the commando forces of the Afghan National Army in eastern Nangarhar province. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces in a statement...

1 killed, 2 wounded in gunmen firing in Kabul city

A civilian was killed and two others including a policeman were wounded in an attack by gunmen in capital Kabul. According to the Kabul police officials, the incident took place late on Friday night in the vicinity of 17th police district of the city. The officials are saying that a number of gunmen...

Trump repeats charge that Obama ordered spying on him

US President Donald Trump repeats his accusation that former President Barack Obama had ordered intelligence agencies to spy on him. Speaking at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, Trump said he and Merkel might find common ground over allegations of wiretapping...

Russia reiterates contacts with Taliban only aimed at promoting Afghan peace

The Russian officials have reiterated that the recent contacts with the Taliban group were aimed at encouraging the group’s leaders to participate in an Afghan-led peace talks. Russia’s security adviser Nikolai Patrushev made the remarks during a meeting with the Afghan national security...

Turkish diaspora in Europe should have at least 5 children: Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Turkish citizens residing in Europe to have at least five children in an attempt to multiply their presence in the continent amid rising tensions between the European Union and Ankara. The Turkish leader, father of four, made the...

Militants begin leaving last bastion in Syria�s Homs

A first group of militants and their families has been evacuated from their last bastion in Syria’s western city of Homs under a Russian-backed deal struck with the Syrian army earlier this week. Two buses left Homs’ al-Waer district on Saturday morning, carrying the militants and their...

Israel says will continue hitting Hezbollah in Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said in brazen remarks that his regime will continue to conduct military attacks against Hezbollah targets inside Syria, a day after Tel Aviv had to admit airstrikes inside Syrian territory. Israeli warplanes intruded Syrian airspace on Friday, striking...

Afghan MP Lalai accused of irresponsible firing in Kabul under alcohol influence

A prominent Afghan lawmaker representing the southern Kandahar province in the Lower House of the Parliament, WolesiJirga, has been accused of conducting aerial firing in Kabul city while being under the influence of alcohol. The Kabul Police has confirmed that the incident took place late on Thursday...

US set to deploy 1,000 more troops to Syria: Pentagon official

The United States is set to deploy about 1,000 additional US troops to northern Syria, according to a Pentagon official, following reports that the Trump administration is planning to send thousands of soldiers to the Arab country.   The official told AFP on Wednesday that President Donald...

No Famine in Yemen but Over Half on the Brink: U.N.-Backed Report

A U.N.-backed report on Yemen has found no full-blown famine in the country but said 60 percent of Yemenis, or 17 million people, are in "crisis" or "emergency" food situations, 20 percent more than in June. The World Food Programme said in a statement on Wednesday that the governorates of Taiz and...

Ghani: �There is No Sovereignty of the Law in the Country�

President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said there is no sovereignty of the law in the country and stressed the need for equal treatment under the law for all citizens of the country. He said that one of the main factors hindering the establishment of peace in the country is the non-existence of legal sovereignty...

Taliban: Transformation from Stabilizing to Destabilizing Force

The world's perception of Taliban movement is mixed with a picture of armed men and a brutal sociopolitical institution that grows in its head a comprehensive military campaign. But this image from Taliban is only partly true about the militant group. In fact, a comprehensive understanding of Taliban...

31 killed in Damascus court house bombing

A terrorist bomb explosion has rocked a court building in the Syrian capital Damascus, leaving scores of people dead and injured. Syria's official news agency SANA reported that Takfiri terrorists detonated a bomb on Wednesday in the Palace of Justice, a court house in the capital's al-Hamidiyah...

Probe team updates on Kabul military hospital attack, 50 confirmed dead

A delegation which has been given the task to investigate the deadly Kabul military hospital attack provided partial updates regarding the investigation. According to the head of the probe team Hialuddin Hilal, investigations confirm fifty people were killed in the attack and at least 30 others...

Afghanistan defeats Ireland in first ODI series by 30 runs

The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Ireland by 30 runs during the first of the One Day International (ODI) series. The Afghan team sealed victory days after the Afghan team clean washed Ireland in a series of Twenty20 International matches. Afghanistan won the toss in today's match and...

1 killed, at least 8 wounded in Kabul explosion

An explosion rocked Kabul city in the vicinity of the 10th police district earlier this evening, leaving at least one person dead and nearly eight others wounded. A minibus was targeted as it was travelling between Taimani and Qala-e-Fatullah area of the city, carrying the employees of a private...

Backing Abdullah biggest mistake of my career: Noor

The Balkh governor and secretary of Jamiat-i-Islami (JI) on Monday called his support to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) during presidential elections the biggest mistake of his political career. Addressing a gathering marking the death anniversary of former Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qaseem Fahim,...

Turkey summons Dutch envoy over treatment of minister, protesters

Turkey has summoned the Netherlands' envoy to formally complain about the treatment of Turkish diplomats over the weekend as well as the excessive use of force against demonstrators in an ensuing protest. The Foreign Ministry said the Dutch Embassy's Charge D'affaires, Daan Feddo Huisinga,...

Kabul and Moscow to hold talks on counter-terrorism and bilateral ties

The Afghan and Russian officials are expected to hold talks on host of issues including counter-terrorism and improvement of bilateral ties between Kabul and Moscow. National Security Council spokesman Tawab Ghorzang said "Mohammad Haneef Atmar, National Security Adviser of the Islamic Republic...

Russia Regaining Its Superpower Status?

Following visit of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who touched down in the Russian capital on 9 March to make clear to the Russian leaders the Israel security considerations and concerns over the Syrian conflict developments, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the German...