BRUSSELS: Urged on by the United States, NATO is open to keeping more troops in Afghanistan than initially planned after 2016, but officials said Thursday the alliance is waiting for the Obama administration to announce its decision on a larger military presence there. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he discussed …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one person has been killed and three others injured in a series of explosions in Kabul city on Friday, security officials said. The deputy police chief of Kabul, Sayed Gul Aqa Rohani, said that three magnetic bombs went off near a Shiite Muslim’s congregation hall …

“Government of India is committed to support the Afghan civil employees through its technical facilities as this country tried its best in the last one decade for training of Afghans,” says Deputy Chief of Mission   By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Embassy of India in Kabul celebrated the Indian Technical and …

The commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission and US forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell, acknowledges the unfortunate reality that the war-hit country is passing through critical juncture but remained hush on the root cause. He stresses on presence of the US forces beyond 2016 to help the Afghan …

At least 13 militants were killed and another 18 wounded during separate clashes with Afghan forces in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Thursday. Governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said 12 rebels were killed and 18 injured in Afghan security forces’ ambushes in Dawran Khail, Biskamand valley, Noor Khail and …

About 60 to 70 percent of the Taliban would end up reconciling with the Afghan government, General John Campbell told lawmakers here on Thursday. The US and NATO top commander in Afghanistan said he did not expect the Haqqani network, members of Al Qaeda and a section of the Taliban …

KABUL: Pakistan has once again offered facilitating another round of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Pakistan reiterated the offer on Thursday amid the recent events in Afghanistan, where the Taliban captured and controlled for several days the northern city of Kunduz. Pakistan had earlier arranged the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) foiled a major terror attack on the Ministry of Defense (MoD). According to a media statement issued by the NDS on Thursday, the spy agency foiled the coordinated terror attack by arresting five suicide bombers linked with Haqqani Network. The would-be bombers were …

By Farhard Naibkhel-KABUL: Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières MSF) sought independent investigation in the US airstrikes on its hospital in Kunduz on October 3, which claimed lives of 22 people, including 12 MSF staff members and 10 patients. General Director MSF, Christopher Stokes, said that they could not rely …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) organized the fifth international conference on improvement of mother and child health here on Thursday. Around 62 medical experts from different countries shared their researches and experiences. Chief of Medical Department of the FMIC, Abdullah Fahim, told reporters that …