Kabul: Afghan politicians hope that the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban will achieve a political agreement on peace ahead of the announced date for the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, predicting that an otherwise scenario will not be in the country’s favor, The Tolonews reported. Former mujahideen leader Mohammad Ismail Khan said that […]
KABUL: Eight members of a family were killed in an attack by unidentified armed men at a mosque in Nangarhar province on Saturday evening, the provincial governor Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhel said, The Tolonews reported. The incident happened at around 9 pm local time at a mosque in Jalalabad city’s district 9 after unidentified gunmen opened fire […]
Kabul: The Taliban, responding to US President Joe Biden’s troops pullout policy on Wednesday, issued a statement on Thursday saying that the US by skipping the May 1 troop deadline has violated the Doha peace agreement, Tolo news reported. US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the full withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan, […]
Washington: “President Biden will withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan over the coming months, people familiar with the plans said, completing the military exit by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that first drew the United States into its longest war,” the Washington Post reported. According to the report, Biden is expected […]
New Delhi: Japan began COVID-19 vaccinations for its sizable elderly population today, All India Radio (AIR) reported Shots for people aged 65 and above began at 120 sites across the country. According to a health ministry schedule about 2,810 people in Tokyo are expected to get a shot from the first batch, the report said […]
WASHINGTON: The US State Department has refused to comment on Pakistan cancelling an earlier decision to import sugar and cotton from India but did ask the two neighbours to hold direct talks to normalise relations, Dawn reported “I wouldn’t want to comment on that specifically. What I would say is that we continue to support […]
Kabul: One security force member was killed and four more were wounded in an IED explosion that targeted an army vehicle in Qarabagh district in Kabul on Monday morning, police said in a statement according to Tolo news. The incident happened at around 7:00 am local time in Sabz Sang village in Qarabagh district, police said. […]
Kabul: Five civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the city of Lashkargah in Helmand province on Friday morning, the provincial governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak said, Tolo news reported. Zwak said the incident happened in the Chahar Gul area along the Helmand-Kandahar highway at around 11 am on Friday. The incident comes as […]
New Delhi: New York lawmakers passed a bill to legalize adult use of marijuana, which will make it the 15th state in the United States to allow recreational use of the drug, All India Radio (AIR) reported. Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement yesterday, that, New York has a storied history of being the […]
Kabul: The city of Dushanbe in Tajikistan on Monday hosted the ninth “Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process” ministerial conference that will continue for two days, which will focus on building regional consensus around Afghan peace, Tolo news reported On the first day of the conference that was attended by senior officials of member nations, […]
