Khaama Press: The Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif met with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during a brief visit to capital Kabul. A spokesman for Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, General Asim Bajwa, said, Gen. Sharif had a brief stop over at Kabul to meet with
Tolo News: Eleven Afghan migrants died recently in a traffic accident in Karman province of Iran and three others were wounded – but one victim’s brother told of how they had been on their way to Europe in search of a better life. Aimal, whose brother Romal died in the accident said all his brother wanted
Tolo News: Afghanistan is preparing to start work on the key Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project amidst four nations talks between the stakeholder countries, officials said Wednesday. Officials from the Mines and Petroleum Ministry said they have started awareness programs and assessments on social and environmental issues. “The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum [MoMP] is fully ready
Tolo News: Ahmad Zia Massoud, President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Representative on Reform and Good Governance, in an interview with TOLO news said that there are certain circles that do not want Taliban to be suppressed in military operations. Massoud said that these circles in collusion with the Taliban do not let the security forces move from
Tolo News: Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday said that lack of coordination between security forces and a lack of cooperation between people and the Afghan National Police force members is the main reason for the increase in insecurity in the country. “People can say their pain to the security officials only
Bakhtar News Agency: Pul-e-Khumri (BNA) A strong earthquake jolted northwest of the country at 12:05 pm today. Mohammad Nasir Kohzad head of counter-disaster in Baghlan said BNA, the center of the earthquake was Baghlan province, but said nothing about the damages and casualties of the earthquake so far. The news will update as more information comes available.
Khaama Press: A new book authored by the wife a former operative of Pakistan’s spy agency has once again made the claim that Nawaz Sharif received money from al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. The book, Khalid Khawaja: Shaheed-i-Aman, is authored by Shamama Khalid, the wife of former ISI operative Khalid Khawaja. Click here to read more
Khaama Press: The Afghan passport has been identified as the least powerful in the world for the restrictions the Afghans face in terms of visa-free travel, according to an updated index by a London-based consulting firm. The index found Germans held the most powerful passports in the world for third year in row in 2016, according
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 18, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—A Sweden-based charity has condemned a deadly raid it says the Afghan army staged against one of its health facilities in central Afghanistan. Three people, including two patients and a personal caretaker were killed in the overnight attack in the Tangi Saidan area of the Wardak province,
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Pakistan have reported no progress in their probe to ascertain motives or locate the whereabouts of a visiting senior Afghan politician, nearly a week after he was kidnapped in Islamabad. Fazlullah Wahidi, former governor of Afghanistan’s western Herat province, arrived in the capital city with his