First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum met with Chief Executive’s Deputy Mohammad Mohaqiq in Turkey.
A press release from First Vice President Office stated that both sides discussed current situation, and activities of Coalition for Rescue of Afghanistan.
The statement added that current situation, emphasis on the fight against terrorism and terror, solidarity and unity of the people to build a united and stable...
Security officials in north zone reported that three suicide bombers were arrested in Badakhshan.
A press release from Shaheen 209 Corps, stated that the bombers were arrested in Dasht-e-Oche area of Baharak district.
The statement added that three suicide vests were also recovered from the men.
The statement further stated that in a separate incident, five Taliban insurgents were killed in a clash with Afghan security...
US President Donald Trump may formally recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital early next week and direct his staff to prepare for moving the embassy to Jerusalem, Channel 2 News reported Wednesday night.
The report, to which there was no immediate confirmation, followed a speech US Vice President Mike Pence gave a day earlier in which he said that Trump was “actively considering” the step.
“While...
The work on first phase of Chabahar port is set to be inaugurated by Iranian president and Afghan-Indian authorities today.
About two and a half years ago, Afghanistan, India and Iran signed a trilateral agreement based on which Afghanistan and India would ship their goods through Chabahar port.
India’s state television, Doordarshan on Saturday said that the port with a billion dollars investment would be...
At least three children suffered injuries in a landmine explosion in Greshk district of Helmand province yesterday.
The Greshk administrative chief, Mohammad Salim Rodi, said the incident occurred yesterday evening in Hawz Khoshk area where the children were grazing cattle.
The victims were around 10-years-old. Two of them lost legs to the blast and the third suffered superficial wounds.
The children received first aid at Greshk...
At least one policeman was killed and two National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel were injured in Nangarhar explosions today.
The blasts happened around 10:30 in PD 4th area of Jalalabad, provincial capital of Nangarhar.
Ataullah Khogyani, provincial governor’s spokesman, told Killid that the first and second blasts did not have any casualties but the third and fourth blasts had casualties as security forces had...
At least 12 Taliban insurgents were killed and 16 injured in a joint military operation conducted by Afghan security forces in Farah province.
Iqbal Baher, spokesman for Farah police, said that the operation was conducted in Shewan area of Balablok district.
Baher added that there were no casualties among Afghan security forces.
Taliban militants are yet to comment.
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Local officials in Nangarhar reported that foreign forces’ airstrike targeted Daesh hideouts in the province.
Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar governor, said that one of the airstrikes targeted Daesh militants’ hideout in Wazir Tangi area in Khogyani district where four insurgents were killed and eight others were wounded.
Khogyani added that eight Daesh fighters were killed a separate airstrike by foreign forces in Achin district...
A senior Chinese general committed suicide while being investigated for corruption in a case that state media has portrayed as evidence of President Xi Jinping's determination to root out graft in the military.
Zhang Yang, a former member of the Central Military Commission that oversees the armed forces, hanged himself at home last Thursday morning, the government's Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.
Investigators alleged that...
Afghanistan and Azerbaijan signed five agreements in different sectors on the sidelines of Heart of Asia Conference in Baku yesterday.
A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that President Ashraf Ghani met with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Baku and both discussed different issues including the improvement of ties between the two countries.
Ghani and Aliyev discussed the opportunities on cooperation in transportation, agriculture...
