KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack as an “inhuman act”. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a crowd of the religious scholars celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) at the Uranus wedding hall. At least 55 people were killed and around 100 more wounded, …
Read More »Parliament calls off session for ‘no agenda’
KABUL: The parliament canceled its Wednesday session for the lack of agenda, with the lawmakers saying that the Tuesday suicide attack on religious scholars should have been discussed, but the administrative board did not make agenda. The parliament’s administrative board refused to comment on the lack of agenda for Wednesday’s …
Read More »Veteran US General optimistic about political solution to Afghan conflict
KABUL: The US and NATO commander, General Scott Miller says he is optimistic to a political solution in the Afghan conflict. Miller said Wednesday during his visit to Ghazni province that despite preparations in fight against “militants”, Afghans and the international community expect the current efforts for peace talks give …
Read More »59 militants killed in military offensives
Kabul: Security forces have killed 59 insurgents and injured 24 others in military offensives across the country over past day, authorities said Wednesday. Four militants were arrested and handed over to judicial organs for further inquiry. Security Forces shelled and bombed enemy’s sanctuaries and stations with air strikes and artilleries. …
Read More »24 sentenced to prison for drug offenses
KABUL: Twenty four people have been given prison sentences by counternarcotics courts of the country for drug trafficking over past week, authorities said Wednesday. Criminal Justice Task Force said in a statement that its primary and appellate courts have sentenced 24 smugglers to 18 months -30 years prison time. Counter …
Read More »Civilians allegedly killed in pre-dawn raid by army in Logar
KABUL: Tribesmen in southeastern Logar have said that a number of civilianshad died in a pre-dawn raid by the army in a remote village on Tuesday night as government forces escalated their offensive to squash rebel strongholds there. Police Spokesman of Logar Shapoor Ahmadzai said that security forces last night …
Read More »Afghans want peace, but Taliban are unresponsive: Abdullah
KABUL: All Afghans including the government want peace, but the Taliban have not nodded to this hankering of the people, said Executive Abdullah Abdullah, stressing that efforts for peace have been sped up. Dr. Abdullah made these comments at a conference at the Sciences Po in France on Tuesday. He …
Read More »“US, Afghanistan reach agreement on key peace issues”
KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) says that the Taliban delegation and the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad had reached agreements over a number of issues. Khalilzad met for the second time with the members of Taliban political office in Qatar, after which he offered hopes of …
Read More »Karzai backs ‘any move’ leading to peace
KABUL: The former president, Hamid Karzai in a meeting with the US special envoy for the reconciliation of Afghanistan promised to support any move leading towards the peace and strength of the national sovereignty in Afghanistan, his office said Tuesday. Zalmay Khalilzad informed Karzai of the fresh development regarding the …
Read More »Our problems stem from detachment from Prophet teachings; Ghani
KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that the country’s current problems were caused by lack of properly learning Prophet Mohammad’s morality. Ghani who was addressing a number of religious scholars on the occasion of Prophet Mohammad’s (PBUH) birth anniversary in Kabul, said Tuesday that the prophet was fighting against violence and …
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