Freedom Front responds to Taliban governor’s remarks on opposition groups
BADAKHSHAN: The Freedom Front of Afghanistan has reacted to recent remarks by Taliban-appointed Badakhshan governor Rahmatullah Najib regarding armed and political opposition groups in the country. Dawood Naji, head of…
Cross-border tensions spike following deadly Kohat attack and Afghan official’s controversial remarks
ISLAMABAD / KABUL — Diplomatic and security friction between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban administration has intensified sharply in the wake of a devastating bombing at a mosque within the…
Seven Afghan migrants dead in Iran accident
TEHRAN / KABUL — At least seven Afghan migrants lost their lives and nine others sustained injuries following a traffic collision in Iran’s volatile southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province. According…
43 nations demand immediate reversal of Taliban restrictions on Afghan women, girls
UNITED NATIONS / NEW YORK — A coalition of 43 countries has issued a joint statement at the United Nations strongly condemning the Taliban administration’s sweeping restrictions on the rights…
Pakistan Army spokesman reiterates ultimatum for Afghan govt to halt cross-border terrorism
ISLAMABAD — In a stern and comprehensive briefing addressing the escalating security landscape along the western frontier, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry delivered…
Afghan Taliban welcome Saudi mediation to ease tensions with Pakistan
KABUL — The chief spokesman for the Taliban administration, Zabihullah Mujahid, has stated that Kabul desires continued dialogue and cooperation with Pakistan, explicitly welcoming a constructive role by Saudi Arabia…
Afghan warlord Hekmatyar challenges Taliban’s mega energy deal with Saudi firm
Says resource competition could transform Afghanistan into a theater for devastating proxy wars KABUL — Veteran Afghan politician and Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has launched a scathing critique of the…
Steel against shrapnel: the Afghan trail Kohat’s martyrs leave behind
By Dr Muhammad Shahid KOHAT — In the wreckage of Friday’s massacre at the Old Police Lines mosque, investigators say they have found the first hard thread connecting Pakistan’s latest…
Two Afghan militants killed in Indian-held Kashmir clash
Two militants, identified as Afghans nationals, were killed during a clash with Indian forces in the Majalta area of India-held Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. The high-altitude operation, codenamed Operation…
Badakhshan residents complain over stalled road construction project
Residents of the sixth district of Feizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, have raised concerns over the suspension of a road construction project, saying the work has stopped before the…