Tag: Afghan
Afghan radio station shuts down after threats by suspected Taliban
KABUL: A private radio station in Afghanistan has shut down after numerous threats from a suspected Taliban commander who objected to women working as...
Angelina Jolie pushes for women to be part of Afghan peace...
UNITED STATES: Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan...
Pakistan wants Taliban to hold talks with Afghan govt
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in an interview to a local media outlet stated that Pakistan wants the Taliban to settle the 17-year-old conflict...
Afghan nationals taken off visa on-arrival list
Pakistan has excluded Afghans from the list of foreign nationals who are offered visa on arrival in the country, according to a media report.
Federal...
Afghan policeman kills 2 officers in latest ‘insider attack’
KABUL: Two Afghan police officers were gunned down by a fellow policeman in southern Kandahar province, the latest in so-called "insider" attacks in the...
Candidates begin campaign for Afghan parliament elections
KABUL: Contenders in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections kicked off their campaigns Friday ahead of next month's balloting as authorities reported that five candidates were killed...
FM Qureshi to visit Kabul on 15th
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will embark on one-day Kabul trip on September 15. It would be his first foreign visit in the...
Afghan troops to train in China, ambassador says
BEIJING: China will train Afghan troops on Chinese soil, Afghanistan's ambassador to Beijing said, describing the military cooperation as an effort to fight al...
‘Afghan’ jailed for knife murder in Germany amid far-right tensions
LANDAU IN DER PFALZ: A German court Monday jailed a failed asylum seeker who claims to be from Afghanistan for stabbing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend...
Taliban reject Afghan ceasefire, kidnap nearly 200 bus passengers
KABUL/PESHAWAR: The Taliban rejected on Monday an Afghan government offer of a ceasefire and said they would persist with their attacks, militant commanders said,...
Pakistan welcomes Afghanistan’s ceasefire announcement on Eid-ul-Azha
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the Afghan government's declaration of a ceasefire during the upcoming religious festival of Eid -ul-Azha. Pakistan fully supports all such...
Taliban cling to pockets of Afghan city after assault
KABUL: Afghan forces were still battling the Taliban in parts of Ghazni on Saturday, a day after the insurgents launched a multi-pronged assault on...
Exiled Afghan Vice President Dostum due to return home on Sunday
KABUL: Afghanistan's Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, who left the country last year amid allegations of sexual abuse and torture, will return home...
Saudi-based Islamic organisation hosts Afghan conference
KABUL: The Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is hosting a two-day conference to encourage peace talks to end Afghanistan's nearly 17-year war.
The OIC, a...
Afghan district chief killed by roadside bomb
KABUL: An Afghan official says a district chief has been killed in a roadside bomb blast in western Ghor province.
Abdul Hai Khateby, provincial governor's...
Afghan special forces’ commander gunned down as truce nears
KABUL: Gunmen shot and killed a senior police special forces commander who was known as a dogged anti-Taliban warrior barely 24 hours before President...
Afghan peace marchers arrive in Kabul exhausted and tired of war
KABUL: Hundreds of Afghan peace marchers arrived exhausted in the capital, Kabul, on Monday after spending the fasting month of Ramadan crossing the sun-baked,...
