Nearly 10 million USD worth of border security equipment is sitting unused in Afghanistan after nearly a decade, the US Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported on Friday.
The equipment was procured by US Central Command more than a decade ago “to improve the Afghan government’s ability to reduce commercial smuggling, and increase the efficiency of the customs process and domestic revenue collection”...
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah today left Kabul for Russia.
The CEO would attend the 16th meeting of the council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Sochi, Russia.
Abdullah would speak on regional cooperation in areas of trade, counter-terrorism and peace, a statement from the CEO office said.
On the sidelines of the event, he will meet prime ministers of Russia, China, Kazakhstan,...
National Directorate of Security (NDS) reported that Taliban military in-charge was arrested in Takhar province.
A press release from NDS stated that Qari Abdul Rahim was arrested by NDS operatives in a special operation.
NDS statement added that Abdul Rahim was an active member of Taliban group who had prominent role in terrorist activities in the province.
Taliban militants are yet to comment on the statement.
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Gen. John Nicholson commander of Resolute Support forces and US forces in Afghanistan said that Pakistan was still harbouring “agents of chaos” and providing safe havens to militant groups waging the insurgency against the Afghan government.
Nicholson told Pentagon reporters the US soldiers would accompany Afghan units at the battalion level in 2018, placing them closer to the front lines.
Senior Taliban leaders were based...
North Korea said it had successfully tested a powerful new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that put all of the US mainland within range, declaring it had achieved its long-held goal of becoming a nuclear power.
Wednesday’s missile test, North Korea’s first since mid-September, came a week after US President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a US list of countries it says support...
Four Taliban insurgents including a commander were killed and several others injured in operations conducted by Afghan security forces in Alingar district.
Sarhadi Zowak, provincial governor’s spokesman, said that the operations were conducted in Sangardara and Mandarez areas of the district last night.
Taliban militants are yet to comment.
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The Afghanistan National Cricket team will play their last match of the ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament against the United Arab Emirates at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, in Abu Dhabi today.
Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced that Afghan team is fully prepared to win the tournament.
Currently Afghanistan is top of the table with 101 points. Ireland is in second place with 89 points.
The UAE meanwhile...
Local officials in Kandahar reported that seven civilians were killed and two others injured in a roadside blast yesterday.
The blast happened at around 5:30 pm in the area between Marouf and Arghistan districts.
Police spokesman Zia Durrani said the blast hit a vehicle in which people from one family were traveling. He added police arrived at the site of blast and evacuated the injured...
At least 11 people were injured in a suicide attack in Pul-e-Alam, provincial capital of Logar, today.
Salim Saleh, spokesman for Logar governor, told Killid that the incident happened around 10:30 am in Barakebarak area.
He added that the target of the attack was security head of Logar police but he survived the attack.
Saleh further stated that two injured were transferred to Kabul for treatment...
Syria's government and opposition will start a new round of UN-brokered talks in Geneva on Tuesday, but there is little optimism for progress towards ending the seven-year conflict.
After months of stalemate, the talks are expected to focus primarily on a new constitution and elections, two of the four so-called "baskets" of reforms laid out by the United Nations for a political settlement to...
