The US has strongly condemned Pakistan's release of the alleged militant accused of masterminding the 2008 attack on Mumbai - saying it sends a deeply troubling message about its commitment to fighting terrorism.
Hafiz Saeed, accused of plotting the commando operation that left more than 160 people dead, was released from house arrest earlier this week by a three-judge panel in the city of...
Mohammad Mohaqiq, the deputy chief executive of Afghanistan, visited Tehran where he praised Major Gen. Qasem Soleimani, commander of foreign operations for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and one of the founders of Fatimiyun Brigade in Syria which is made up of many Afghan fighters.
At the meeting, Mohaqiq thanked the fighters, including Afghans, for their victory in the Syrian war.
“I thank all the...
President Ashraf Ghani met with a number of Faryab elders in ARG (Presidential Palace) yesterday evening.
A press release from ARG stated that Ghani said individuals and groups involved in harassing and intimidating people would be dealt with sternly.
Talking to elders from Khairabad village of Dawlatabad district, the president said the Afghanistan Constitution guaranteed the rights of all Afghans.
The statement added that the elders...
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Saturday said more than 41,000 projects benefiting 12.4 million rural population were executed in the country over the past three years.
Briefing reporters about projects’ implementation, Akbar Rustami, MRRD spokesman, welcomed the Asia Foundation survey that showed one-thirds Afghans were optimistic about the future of their country.
The MRRD implemented 792 projects in 225 districts of the...
A recent report by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) shows that 3,778 incidents of violence against women took place in the last ten months of 2017.
The report shows no decline in the number of cases of violent incidents and point towards the existence of a culture of impunity in cases of brutality against women.
The AIHRC on Saturday disseminated details on the...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials said the organisation will contribute 223 million USD to Afghanistan over the next five years in order to improve the living conditions of Afghans.
According to ADB officials, the aid will go towards improving agriculture, energy, infrastructure and natural resources in Afghanistan, and its plans aim to provide better living conditions for the people and raise the capacity of...
The Egyptian army said an airstrike killed some of the attackers involved in Friday's massacre when at least 235 people died in a bomb-and-gun attack on a mosque.
In a statement late on Friday, army spokesman Tamer Rifai said the Egyptian air force chased down the assailants who, according to officials, arrived in four 4WD vehicles and carried out the attack during noon prayers.
"The...
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah will represent Afghanistan in upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Russian on Friday.
Javed Faisal, deputy spokesman at Chief Executive’s office, stated that Abdullah will speak at the summit on security and economic issues.
Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Afghanistan has observer status....
The foundation stone of a modern cricket ground was laid in the capital of Helmand province yesterday.
Afghanistan Cricket Board director Shukrullah Atif Mashal on Friday said that the cricket ground will take two years to compete in Safyan area of Lashkargah at a cost of 650,000 USD being provided by the Ministry of Counter-narcotic.
He said other facilities like a cricket academy and others...
Afghan government condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist blast that targeted Al Rawdah Mosque in Bir Al Abed, Egypt, on Friday.
Over two hundred worshippers were killed or injured in the attack.
A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that Afghan people have suffered from menace of terrorists and attacks over the past few decades and can feel the pain and suffer...
