Tag: Afghan
Afghan high-level delegation meets COAS
RAWALPINDI: Afghan delegation led by Afghanistan National Security Adviser(NSA) Mohammad Hanif Atmar met on Sunday with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa...
Afghan officials say Taliban attacks kill 16 security forces
KABUL: Afghan officials say Taliban fighters have attacked several security posts in three provinces, killing 16 security forces.
Ramadan Ali Mooseni, deputy provincial police chief,...
UN urges Pakistan, India to de-escalate LoC tensions
Welcomes Pakistan and Afghanistan’s decision to increase cooperation through the implementation APAPPS
UNITED NATIONS: A senior United Nations (UN) official has urged India and Pakistan...
Pakistan rejects allegations of violating Afghan airspace
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday rejected the allegations claiming Pakistan Air Force (PAF) violated Afghanistan's airspace and conducted air raids inside its territory.
Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal...
Afghan hunger strikers protesting for peace taken to hospital
Several hunger strikers taking part in a rare sit-in peace protest in Afghanistan’s restive south have been taken to hospital for treatment, officials and...
Afghan national arrested for carrying $30,000 gets bail
PESHAWAR: Zar Khan, an Afghan national imprisoned in Peshawar Central Jail, got released on bail when his son, for whose treatment he had sold...
Nearly 2,300 Afghan civilians killed, wounded in attacks during 2017: UN
KABUL: Nearly 2,300 civilians were killed or wounded in suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan in 2017, more than any previous year of the...
US commander sees Afghan troops improve in fighting against Taliban
PENTAGON: A top US commander says he has seen improvement in Afghan forces' capabilities in the fight against Taliban extremists in Helmand Province since...
US watchdog says Pentagon bars data on Taliban in Afghan war
WASHINGTON: A US government watchdog said Tuesday the Pentagon has barred it from disclosing how much of Afghanistan is under Taliban control – a...
Afghan governor resigns over ‘region’s worsening security’
LASHKAR GAH: The governor of the western Afghan province of Farah resigned on Thursday after months of increased fighting that have fuelled protests by...
Pakistan says US drone targetted militants in Hangu refugee camp
ISPR DG says individual targetted in US attack had mixed up with Afghan refugees in a camp, calls for their repatriation
FO Spokesman...
Gunmen attack Save the Children office in Afghanistan
NANGARHAR: Gunmen blasted their way into Save the Children's office in Afghanistan's restive east on Wednesday, witnesses and officials said, in an ongoing attack...
No changes to Afghan refugee schools’ textbooks: UNHCR
ISLAMABAD: The UN refugee agency said Monday that there have been no changes to the textbooks currently being used in refugee schools in Pakistan.
The...
Death toll from hotel attack in Kabul rises to 18: ToloNews
KABUL: The death toll from the deadly attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul climbed to 18 and six other people were wounded, according to...
Istanbul hosts Afghan Taliban talks with the government
KABUL: A quadrilateral intra-Afghan peace dialogue began on Saturday in the Turkish capital Istanbul, to find a negotiated end to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan,...
Daesh cells operate in capital of Afghanistan
KABUL: Middle-class Afghans turned extremists have assisted Daesh’s expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan’s restive east to Kabul, analysts say, and helping to make...
Afghan health professionals completed training at PIMS
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Health Professionals (AHP), who underwent a 12-month training and capacity building programme at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) have been...
