The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, is holding its 2018 policy conference in Washington, DC, on Sunday, an event meant to underscore its outsized influence inside America's corridors of power by hosting key Congressional leaders; the US vice president; the US ambassador to the UN; and several foreign leaders.
This year's conference will crown several of AIPAC's accomplishments in advancing its pro-Israel...
Afghanistan will return to action in their opening match against Scotland at the World Cup Qualifier tournament today.
Afghanistan is placed in Group B alongside Hong Kong, Nepal, Scotland and Zimbabwe while Group A consists of Ireland, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, United Arab Emirates and West Indies in total of 10 teams competing in the tournament.
After the group stages, the top three teams of...
Acting Mines and Petroleum Minister Nargis Nehan, leading a high-level government delegation, has traveled to Canada to attend International Convention, Trade Show & Investors Exchange (PDAC) conference.
Abdul Qadir Mutfi, spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP), said that extraction of Afghanistan’s mines would be discussed with the Canadian firm.
He added that Nehan will also present Afghanistan’s Strategy for the Extractives Sector...
Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop today confirmed two of its nationals were injured in Friday’s suicide bombing in Qabel Bai area in Kabul’s PD9.
Bishop said in a statement that a car bomb was detonated near a convoy of Australian Embassy vehicles while they were travelling in Kabul.
“All Australian Embassy staff are safe,” she said in the statement. However, two Australian security contractors...
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s offer to hold peace talks with the Taliban.
Ghani on Wednesday unveiled a plan to open peace parleys with Taliban, including the group’s recognition as a political party -- days after the militants sought negotiations with the US.
Khan held a telephonic conversation with Afghan Ambassador Dr. Omar Zakhilwal and hailed Ghani’s offer to...
Four Taliban insurgents were either killed or injured in explosion of a mine in Hesarak district of Nangarhar province.
Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for Nangarhar police, said that two Taliban insurgents were killed and two injured in the mine explosion last night.
He added that the incident occurred in Chartot area of the district while Taliban militants wanted to plant a mine in the region.
Taliban...
Interpol removed the leader of a banned Tajik Islamist party from its wanted list, he said, in a setback for the Dushanbe government’s efforts to portray its opponents as militants.
Muhiddin Kabiri, leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), told Reuters by telephone that the removal of the Interpol “Red Notice” would allow him to work more actively on building an opposition...
At least 80 athletes, including girls, competed in the eighth round of ski racing in Bamyan titled the Ski Challenge.
The National Olympic Committee spokesman Munawar Shah said some foreign athletes also took part in the competition.
Mujtaba from Bamyan, Parquin Cooper from England, and Mahdi Husaini from Bamyan got the first, second and third positions respectively in this event.
Fatima Nazari got the first position...
Local officials in Farah said that Taliban militants executed three people allegedly involved in kidnapping cases in Khak-e-Safid district on Friday.
Farah provincial council head, Farid Bakhtawar, confirmed the incident and said the three men were usually kidnapping passengers from Farah-Farah Rod highway and then transferring them to unknown locations.
Few days back, the three men who also kidnapped a child were arrested by Taliban...
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah touts the freedom of expression as a fundamental success contributing to the promotion of human rights, social accountability in the country.
The Law on Access to Information has helped exposed the citizenry, including a vibrant civil society, to concepts and tools associated with human rights promotion and protection, he said.
Addressing the 37th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council...
