India opener Manjot Kalra scored a century to help his country beat Australia and claim a record fourth Under-19 World Cup title. Australia chose to bat after winning the toss and were bowled out for 216 from 47.2 overs, with Jonathan Merlo's 76 their top score. Their opponents made light of the chase as they lost only two wickets in reaching their target in 38.5...
Over the past three months Taliban forced telecom companies into suspending their services after 5 pm in Kunduz province but now for the past three weeks telecom companies suspend their services after 3 pm every day. Residents of Kunduz said that telecom network do not work from 3 pm, creating serious problems for them. They asked the government to address this issue. Meanwhile Amruddin Wali,...
Six Taliban insurgents including three commanders were arrested in Jawzjan, and Paktika provinces by National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives. A press release from NDS named the commanders as Ahmad Ghani son of Zahir, Rafigul son of Mueeb Khan, Rasoul Gul son of Mohammad Rasoul. The statement added that Samoot Khan son of Nawab was another prominent Taliban commander arrested in Paktika. The statement further stated...
All parties in the unending conflict in Afghanistan have the blood of civilians on their hands but there’s no comprehensive list of either war crimes or war criminals. An investigation: Officials in the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), transitional justice campaigners, and other activists admit such a list has yet to be compiled. Civilians have paid a high price in the continuing war. They...
The Saudi-led coalition that is fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen is responsible for the deaths of scores of children since last summer, a United Nations report says. Al Jazeera obtained excerpts from the confidential report by the UN Office on Children and Armed Conflict, which was sent to the UN Security Council on January 19. According to the excerpts, the Saudi-led coalition killed 68 children...
A delegation from Islamabad led by Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua will visit Afghanistan today to hold discussions with Afghanistan on all issues, including counter-terrorism, peace and reconciliation and repatriation of refugees. According to Pakistani media, the Pakistani delegation will participate in the first meeting of Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Solidarity. Earlier Afghan government handed a list of names over to Pakistan of people suspected of...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani talked on phone with US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday evening. A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that Ghani and Pence discussed recent terrorist incidents in the country and other relevant issues on peace and security in Afghanistan. “Afghanistan has strong will to fight against terrorism and also it has a strong will to ensure enduring peace and bring...
Balkh has two rulers Ata Mohammad Noor has not stepped down as governor though his resignation has been accepted by the government of national unity. Mohammad Dawood has been assigned as governor of Balkh province. What are the reasons for the deadlock? Halim Adel, an economist, says, “Unofficial self-authorisation in some of the provinces including Balkh has caused that revenue and tax collections from Hairatan port go...
Gulajan Abdulbadi Sayyad has been elected as the head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in a poll that was carried out by the members of the commission. Sayyad told Killid that the polling was held this morning. Sayyad was previously the spokesman for the IEC. Wasima Badghisi has been appointed as the operational deputy of the commission and Maazullah Dawlati as the financial and administrative...
Masoom Stanekzai, chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak arrived in Pakistan today in an unannounced visit. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal wrote on his Tweeter that Barmak and Stankezai have arrived in Islamabad. The Afghan officials will have some important meetings with Pakistan prime minister, civil, military and intelligence leadership. Earlier Afghan media quoting a reliable...