A Yemeni militia backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been accused of kidnapping several young "northerners" in the southern port city of Aden, with relatives alleging they have been wrongly detained, tortured and denied access to a fair trial. In a series of videos and documents sent to Al Jazeera, the relatives said they had not heard from or seen their loved...
Ringing in the new school year, President Ashraf Ghani vowed to improve quality of education and overcome lack of school buildings across the country. Speaking at an event in Kabul to mark the start of the 1397 school year, he said 6,000 school buildings will be built within the next two years. He said 200 million USD has been allocated for this plan. “My decision is...
Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar at a press conference said President Ashraf Ghani has agreed on major parts of a peace plan offered by him to the Afghan government. He said only one issue has remained which needs the president’s agreement, referring to handover of safe zones to the Taliban as part of the peace offer to the group. “I thank the president (Ashraf Ghani) that...
Taliban in a statement has said the group welcomes the Following former Jihadi leader Mohammad Ismail’s call for peace with Mujahedeen. Mohammad Ismail who was former governor of Herat and ex-minister of energy and water under Hamid Karzai’s government last week called on the Taliban to sit on negotiations table with Mujahedeen leaders. He said war is not the solution to end the crisis. “I call...
An explosion was reported in Jalalabad city shortly after 1pm on Monday, killing at least three people. Initial reports indicated one person had been killed and five wounded. However, Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khoghyani later revised the death toll to three and said eight people had been wounded. Khoghyani said that bomb had been used in the bombing in PD3 Jalalabad city. “Three were killed and...
Kabul police confirmed that a student of private school, Danish-e-Kawsar School, died in Kabul’s PD 13th this morning when trying to throw a grenade. Naser Naderi, police chief of 13th police district, told Killid the student had been trying to throw the grenade at the school in Dasht-e-Barchi area in the west of Kabul city, when it exploded. He added that the attacker might also...
Britain has reaffirmed its commitment to Afghanistan, citing the continued funding for Afghan national security forces and the recent uplift of UK troops to around 650. Britain Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, in a meeting with Afghan Minister of Defence Bahrami, said the security, development and governance of Afghanistan remained crucial to reducing the terrorist threat to the UK. On his maiden visit to Afghanistan, the...
Two children were killed and 17 injured in an explosion in Nadersha Kot district of Khost province yesterday. A security source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told media that the incident happened nearby a Madrasa in Zinokhail area of the district. The type of the blast is yet to be known but the source added that it might be a mortar shell explosion. It is...
Russia will expel 23 British diplomats in retaliation against the UK's expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats, Russia's foreign ministry said. The tit-for-tat expulsion follows after the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in London on March 4. UK's Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that Russia's dismissal of the British representatives "doesn't change the facts of the matter" of the poisoning. "Russia's...
The Maimana-Mazar Shairf Highway has been reopened for traffic as a result of a security forces operation in Faryab province, an official said on Saturday, about one year after the road had been closed. Jannat Gul Karokhel, Afghan National Army’s 209th Shaheen Military Corps first brigade commander, said that a clearing operation “Naweed-8” was underway in Sherin Tagab and Khawaja Sabz Posh districts and...