Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani expressing condolence over deaths in avalanches in various parts of the country and offering any possible assistance in rescue and relief efforts. Modi said in his letter that he had asked India’s Ambassador in Afghanistan Amar Sinha to seek “your (Ghani’s) guidance on assistance […]
A two-month campaign started Sunday for the upcoming presidential election slated for April 5 in Afghanistan, where security remains a major challenge. “The presidential candidates’ political campaign officially started Sunday and will close April 2 or 48 hours before the election day,” an official of the Afghan Election Commission told Xinhua. Afghanistan’s third presidential and […]
lastAt least five people were killed and nine others injured Sunday in a suicide bombing that hit an Afghan National Army bus here, sources said. “At around 7.00 a.m. Sunday, an air force bus of Afghan National Army carrying employees came under attack of a suicide attacker. The initial reports said three Afghan army personnel […]
Afghanistan’s human rights situation regressed in key areas in 2013, increasing uncertainty about the country’s future, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in its World Report 2014. Government policies on human rights were negatively affected by the end-2014 deadline for the withdrawal of international combat forces and the negotiations over US troop presence after 2014. Human […]
US President Barack Obama has ordered the establishment of a temporary office to be known as Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategic Partnership Office (APSPO). The new office would help promote further security and stabilisation and transitioning to a normal US diplomatic presence in the two countries, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported Saturday. The office […]
The Indian capital will host two back-to-back global conclaves on Afghanistan from Thursday, ahead of the drawdown of international forces this year and with the US and Afghanistan still to ink a key security agreement. The International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan and Pakistan, a group of 53 countries, will meet Thursday. S.K. Lambah, the […]
India has its ears to the ground on the developments in Afghanistan ahead of the 2014 drawdown of international forces and is “more than prepared” to face any challenges, said Spain’s Ambassador Gustavo Manuel de Aristegui y San Roman here. In a talk at the India Habitat Centre here Wednesday evening, Aristegui said in Afghanistan […]
A gun battle between security forces and Taliban in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province left 15 militants including a key commander dead Sunday, a local official said. “A group of armed Taliban rebels raided a police checkpoint in Jangul area of Abband district late Saturday night triggering a fierce gun battle which lasted until Sunday morning during […]