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AT-KABUL: A policeman was injured on Tuesday in bomb blast in Jalalabad city, capital of the eastern Nangarhar province. The blast which was of low intensity took place near the Pakistani consulate. The consulates of Iran and India are not too far from the blast’s site. According to sources, an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on the last night attack on the Indian Consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province. According to a media statement issued by the India’s premier office, President Ghani also condemned the terrorist …

AT-KABUL: At least 29 people were injured in two suicide attacks on Monday in the capital city, Kabul. The first suicide attack took place near the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Fortunately, no casualty was reported. Chief of the 101st Asmayee security zone, Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, told media that …

There has been much hullabaloo over the upcoming quadrilateral meeting in Islamabad in mid-January. It is believed that Afghanistan, US, China and Pakistan would discuss ways to device new peace mechanism. After the mechanism is drafted, the Taliban will be asked to join the reconciliation process. According to Afghan and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have made major geopolitical progress in Afghanistan during last year, said the former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the premier spy agency of the United States. Michael Morell predicted that Afghanistan would re-emerge as a pivotal foreign policy issue during the …

By David Cameron-This year’s four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare is not just an opportunity to commemorate one of the greatest playwrights of all time. It is a moment to celebrate the extraordinary ongoing influence of a man who – to borrow from his own description of …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Telecommunication Minister Abdul Raziq Wahidi assured parliamentarians that the ISIS broadcaster’s activity has been stopped. The parliament summoned Monday minister Wahidi for an interpellation over the people’s concerns about the ISIS radio, which has reportedly broadcasts in the eastern region. The broadcaster called Radio Caliphate is …

Months after putting up a spirited display in the cricket World Cup, Afghanistan’s national team left the football field as national heroes, despite losing to India in the South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) Championship final on January 3. The two teams did not score any goals until the last minutes …

India and China are deepening their engagement to facilitate Afghanistan’s political transition, in tune with the evolution of a full-spectrum dialogue between the two countries, which includes counter-terrorism and emergence of new regional trade blocs. In a conversation with The Hindu on the divergence between New Delhi’s and Beijing’s stances on engaging …

KABUL: Explosions and gunfire heard as local officials say a number of gunmen, who took position in a nearby building, are targeting Indian consulate in city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The Indian consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif has come under attack as gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades rocked the surrounding …