Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with US under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon in Tashkent yesterday.
A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that both sides discussed Tashkent conference on Afghanistan, peace process, and the United States' engagement and support to Afghanistan.
The statement added that Ghani told Shannon that the new US strategy for South Asia and Afghanistan has been...
The Indian government has signed a contract with Belarus to purchase used Russian-made Mi-24 helicopter gunships for the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) at the special request of the Afghan government.
Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Afghan Ambassador to India, said that the contract was signed a month ago between Afghanistan, India and Belarus.
He added that the helicopters would cost 20 million USD which...
More than 80 traders and money-changers were kidnapped last solar year in Kabul, Nangarhar and Herat provinces, with some being killed and others remained in captivity, a trader representative said on Tuesday.
Deputy head of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Khan Jan Alokozay told in a press conference that on a daily basis one or two traders were kidnapped in Nangarhar and...
Security officials in Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province reported that 15 Afghan National Army soldiers surrendered to Taliban after clashes, a claim rejected by local officials.
Police Chief of Khas Uruzgan Lalai said that 15 ANA soldiers surrendered to Taliban insurgents after clashes.
He added that two ANA soldiers were also killed after severe clashes.
Meanwhile local officials rejected Lalai’s claims and said they have...
Russian officials said that Taliban group has control over half of Afghanistan’s territory as they insist on intra-Afghan peace talks to end the conflict.
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, in his speech at the Tashkent conference on Afghanistan, claimed that Taliban group has fully or partially control over half of the territory of Afghanistan.
He said the group continues to conduct military and acts of...
President Ashraf Ghani addressing Tashkent peace conference on Afghanistan today stated that regional countries need to support Afghanistan’s peace efforts especially as terrorists know no geographic boundaries.
Ghani said that ties need to be strengthened with regional countries in order to fight terrorism, which is a common threat.
He said Afghanistan will do everything in its power to bring about peace and that the recent...
US President Trump has ordered the expulsion of 60 Russians as the diplomatic dispute between Russia and the UK intensifies over a spy poisoning case.
Up to 16 EU countries have also announced that they will expel 31 Russian diplomats.
The US - backing up its closest ally - said on Monday it was closing the Russian consulate in Seattle in response to the attempted...
President Ashraf Ghani yesterday met with his Uzbekistan counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent where the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to the two countries, the region and a wider international arena.
A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that during the meeting, both sides also talked about bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan as well as the prospects of...
Afghanistan national football team will face Cambodia in Tajikistan today.
It will be their sixth and final match in the third round of qualifier for 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Afghanistan, placed in Group C, have already failed to qualify for the major event as they have three draws and two losses in their record.
They drew against Vietnam (1-1), Jordan (3-3), Vietnam (0-0), and lost to...
Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan Liu Jingson yesterday said his country would increase assistance with the war-hit country in education, infrastructure projects and preservation of historic monuments of central Bamyan province.
The Chinese ambassador, who arrived in Bamyan City, told reporters that the People's Republic of China and Afghanistan had a long-standing relationship.
He emphasized his country was determined to expanding its relations with Afghanistan in...
