Kabul: At least 10 police force members, including Abdul Mohammad Sarwari, the police chief of Sangin district, were killed in a Taliban attack in the city of Lashkargah last night, a source said, Tolo news reported Zaman Hamdard, a spokesman for Helmand police chief, said that three security force members, including the police chief, were […]
New Delhi: US and UK today imposed new sanctions on military-owned conglomerates in Myanmar in response to the military coup, the All India Radio (AIR) reported. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in response to the military’s refusal to disavow the coup and continuing violence against peaceful protestors, today the US is taking its […]
Kabul: The Pentagon says US commanders are capable of a complete drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan, signaling that such a move–adhering to the US-Taliban deal made during the Trump administration–is still on the table despite its being reviewed by the Biden admistration, Tolo News reported. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Wednesday that […]
ISLAMABAD: US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin on Monday discussed Afghanistan with Pakistan and praised the role of the country’s cooperation for peace in Afghanistan, Dawn newspaper reported Austin, in telephone conversation with Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa, according to a readout of the conversation issued by Pentagon, “expressed gratitude for Islamabad’s continued support for […]
Kabul: Nine people, including a pilot and five security force members, on board an Mi-17 helicopter belonged to Afghan army were killed after it crash landed in Behsud district in Maidan Wardak province, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Thursday, Tolo news reported The Defense Ministry said the incident his under investigation. […]
New Delhi: Myanmar continued to witness large scale protests and police firing even as the death toll mounted sharply over the last few days, All India Radio (AIR) reported. Following the killing of 38 people on Sunday, at least 20 people were shot dead on Monday, said the advocacy group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners […]
Kabul: The death toll in a deadly car bomb attack in the city of Herat rose to eight, according to officials, who said that at least 60 others were wounded in the blast, Tolo news reported. The attack happened near a police outpost in Herat city’s district 14 on Friday evening, the provincial governor Waheed […]
Kabul: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday said the UN-led meeting on Afghan peace “is planned to be held in Istanbul in April,” Tolo news reported. “We were one of the few countries invited to this signing ceremony, and we are one of the most important actors in Afghanistan,” the Turkish minister said as […]
New Delhi: France launched its first military exercise in space this week to evaluate its ability to defend its satellites and other defense equipment from an attack, All India Radio (AIR) reported Michel Friedling, the head of France’s newly created Space Command said the exercises are a “stress-test of their systems. The AIR reported that […]
Kabul: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a letter to President Ashraf Ghani seen by TOLOnews put forth suggestions to the Afghan government to accelerate the peace process, including convening a UN-facilitated conference with international stakeholders, proposals to facilitate discussion between the two sides to form a negotiated settlement and ceasefire, a meeting in Turkey […]
