Recent News Headlines : Farah - Afghanistan

CHINA OFFERS TO EXTEND CPEC TO AFGHANISTAN AT FIRST TRILATERAL DIALOGUE


The second China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue will be held in Kabul next year... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 105

CHINA, PAKISTAN TO LOOK AT INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN IN $57 BILLION ECONOM


Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani speaks during a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 833

IN TANGLED AFGHAN WAR, ISIS STILL A STUBBORN FOE


So established was Taliban rule in Khogyani that when ISIS fighters started shifting there, many people said they trusted in the Taliban's protection... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 0

AFGHAN POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS AS OUSTED GOVERNOR REFUSES TO GO


Atta Mohammad Noor is the strongest figure in Jamiat, said Bresha Rabeh, another member of parliament from Balkh... READ MORE

25th December, 2017 195

SUICIDE ATTACK NEAR AFGHAN INTELLIGENCE HQ


Ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near the compound of Afghanistan's intelligence agency in Kabul, officials say... READ MORE

25th December, 2017 430

AFGHAN GOVERNOR DISMISSES ANNOUNCEMENT HE HAS RESIGNED


KABUL, Afghanistan AP -- A powerful Afghan provincial governor is dismissing an announcement by the presidential palace that his resignation has been accepted... READ MORE

23rd December, 2017 0

AUSTRALIAN POLICE: MELBOURNE DRIVER SAYS ATTACK MOTIVATED BY MISTREATMENT OF MUSLIMS


Police identified the driver as Saeed Noori, 32, an Afghan granted entry to Australia in 2004 as a refugee... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 743

DONALD TRUMP HAS PUT PAKISTAN ON NOTICE FOR HARBOURING TERRORISTS


President Trump has put Pakistan on notice, Pence told American troops at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 22

NEW US-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY 'ALREADY BEARING FRUIT'


Pence said that Ghani offered assurances that Afghanistan was preparing for parliamentary elections next year and a presidential election in 2019... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 1

EUROPE REBUKED FOR REMOVING AFGHANS TO ONE OF WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES


MPs and MEPs have raised questions about whether the EU tied a 2016 aid package for Afghanistan to its willingness to take back refused asylum seekers... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 604

VP MIKE PENCE MAKES SURPRISE VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN


ET Dec. 21, 2017 CLOSE Vice President Mike Pence met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and then addressed American soldiers to outline President Donald Trump's strategy in Afghanistan... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 688

IN POLIOS WORST-HIT DISTRICT, VACCINATORS STRAIN FOR ACCESS


All four new cases appeared in Taliban areas of control, health workers in Shahwalikot said... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 918

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS ATTACK ON SPY AGENCY CENTER IN AFGHAN CAPITAL


The group, which first appeared in Afghanistan in 2015, has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks in Kabul over the past several months... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 114

MILITANT ATTACK ONGOING AT KABUL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTRE


In November, a suicide attacker blew himself up outside a political gathering in Kabul, killing at least 14 people in an attack claimed by IS... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 0

MILITANT ATTACK ONGOING AT KABUL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTRE


In November, a suicide attacker blew himself up outside a political gathering in Kabul, killing at least 14 people in an attack claimed by IS... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 0

CAR BOMBER ATTACKS NATO CONVOY IN AFGHANISTAN


We can confirm a suicide bomber attempted an attack on a patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan, earlier today... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 105

DEADLY ATTACK ON METHODIST CHURCH IN PAKISTAN


But Pakistan's Christian minority has also frequently been the subject of militant attacks, and guards had been placed near the church in Quetta as a result... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 13487

AFGHAN PRESIDENTS CRITICS LOSING PATIENCE OVER DELAYED VOTE


In return, Mr. Ghani would finally deliver parliamentary elections already delayed by two years before the next presidential vote... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 365

DISPUTES HAVE PUT AFGHAN ELECTIONS IN JEOPARDY. IS THE COUNTRY'S DEMOCRACY ALSO AT RISK?


KABUL -- The last time Afghanistan held national elections, in 2014, the result was a disaster... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 100

HUNTING TALIBAN AND ISIS FIGHTERS FROM 20000 FEET


With the war in Afghanistan now in its 17th year, President Trump's strategy aims to drive the Taliban to a negotiated settlement... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 1812

FRENCH FIGHTERS APPEAR WITH ISLAMIC STATE IN AFGHANISTAN


The Pentagon has said IS numbers fewer than 1,000 in Afghanistan... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 2

PENTAGON CHIEF JIM MATTIS PRESSES PAKISTAN TO 'REDOUBLE' WAR ON TERROR AND INSURGENTS IN SAFE HAVENS


Defense Secretary Jim Mattis pressed top Pakistani leaders Monday to redouble efforts to go after insurgents operating in safe havens, the Pentagon said,... READ MORE

4th December, 2017 0

WAR WIDOWS IN AFGHANISTAN PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR THEIR HUSBANDS' SACRIFICE


Many of Afghanistan's more than 330,000-strong security forces come from villages much like Shemol, which is some 70 km about 44 miles from the provincial capital of Jalalabad... READ MORE

4th December, 2017 16

11-YEAR-OLD AFGHAN GIRL HAS BEEN IN PRISON SINCE BIRTH WITH HER MOTHER, A CONVICTED KILLER


Afghanistan's approximately 30 women's prisons have several hundred children accompanying their mothers. Here's the story of one of them... READ MORE

4th December, 2017 7

CRIME CASUALTIES UNDERMINE US GAINS ON AFGHAN BATTLEFIELD


Although Taliban-controlled areas begin within a 10-minute drive of the city, Kunduz... READ MORE

3rd December, 2017 478

TIME TO BOOST LINKS LI TELLS 3 LEADERS


While meeting with Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, Li said China will work with Uzbekistan to advance projects of production capacity cooperation and connectivity... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 0

IRAN SEES ALARMING SURGE IN HIV SPREAD THROUGH SEX ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH UNAWARE THEYRE INFECTED


More than 50 percent of those with HIV in Iran are between 21 and 35, said Parvin Afsar Kazerouni, the head of the Health Ministry's AIDS department... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 2

AFGHAN GIRLS, WHO WERE TWICE DENIED US VISA, WIN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE IN EUROPE


Theirs was the same team that was denied visas twice in the United States of America... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 148

"OUR APPROACH TO SOUTH ASIA AND SPECIFICALLY AFGHANISTAN MEANS NEW APPROACHES WITH INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO DENY SAFE HAVENS TO TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS," STATE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL STEVE A. LINICK SAID.


The report pointed out that the State Department has no staff in Pakistan for verifying satisfactory contractor performance or monitoring whether required reports were submitted... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 0

NOW PUTIN IS BEING ASKED TO BRING PEACE TO AFGHANISTAN


Russia has a significant role in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table, Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar told reporters in Moscow on Thursday... READ MORE

23rd November, 2017 1398

Trending News Headlines : Farah

A POLICEMANS BEAR HUG STOPS A SUICIDE BOMBER FROM KILLING MORE


Broad-shouldered and heavily muscled, Lieutenant Pacha shouted at the suspect to halt, but instead the man started running... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 52482

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT: THE WAR ON TERROR HAS COST $250 MILLION A DAY FOR 16 YEARS


A 2011 paper from Harvard Kennedy School professor Linda Bilmes estimated the cost of veterans' benefits as 600 billion to 1 trillion over the next 40 years... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 33682

TALIBAN HOSTAGE FAMILY FREED BY PAKISTANI TROOPS


A North American family of five are released from Afghan Taliban captivity by Pakistani troops... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 26659

REPORTER READS NEWS MINUTES AFTER ISIL ATTACKS STATION


Defiant Parwiz Sapy appeared calm and collected on Shamshad TV as he announced to viewers on Tuesday The attack has ended... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 18004

NANCY DUPREE: RENOWNED US HISTORIAN DIES IN AFGHANISTAN


She also established the Louis and Nancy Hatch Dupree Foundation, which promotes the history and culture of Afghanistan... READ MORE

10th September, 2017 7236

CANADIAN SAYS CHILD KILLED, WIFE RAPED IN AFGHANISTAN


Former hostage Joshua Boyle says Haqqani network killed his infant daughter and raped his wife while in captivity... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 6232

KIDNAPPED CANADIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY FREED IN PAKISTAN GUN BATTLE AFTER 5 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY


I've personally written to several of the most senior government officials in Afghanistan, those with great power over the execution of your brothers, Patrick Boyle says... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 6224

ANGER IN KABUL AFTER US AIR RAID WOUNDS CIVILIANS


US forces are equally killing civilians, just like the Taliban, he said... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 6121

TRUMP STIFFED GOLD STAR DAD AFTER PROMISING HIM $25K CHECK


He said, 'I'm going to write you a check out of my personal account for 25,000,' and I was just floored, Baldridge told the paper... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 4566

ISIS IN AFGHANISTAN IS US TOOL TO CAUSE TROUBLE IN WHOLE REGION - EX-AFGHAN PRESIDENT KARZAI TO RT


Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says ISIS is tool of the US in Afghanistan, used to destabilize whole region... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 4231

AFGHAN MILITANT GROUP KILLED OUR INFANT DAUGHTER


U.S. officials have long accused Pakistan of ignoring groups like the Haqqani network, which was holding the family... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 3604

MATTIS MET WITH ROCKETS IN KABUL AHEAD OF AFGHAN TALKS


Afghanistan has struggled to combat offensives by Taliban fighters in the country since the withdrawal of US-led NATO troops at the end of 2014... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 3331

NANCY HATCH DUPREE, AN AMERICAN ICON IN KABUL, DIES


Louis Dupree died of cancer in 1989, the year the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan, but Nancy carried on their research, writing and collecting efforts... READ MORE

10th September, 2017 3180

ANALYSIS | WHAT WERE CAITLAN COLEMAN AND JOSHUA BOYLE REALLY DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?


Why did Boyle and Coleman, seven months pregnant, decide to go to Kabul?... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 3043

MILITANTS ATTACK KABUL AIRPORT DURING MATTIS VISIT US STRIKE HITS CIVILIANS


Ghani said his government remains open to talks with the Taliban as well as a peace strategy involving Pakistan... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 3016

CAITLAN COLEMAN AND JOSHUA BOYLE ARE FREE. THEIR MYSTERIOUS STORY IS RAISING NEW QUESTIONS.


The patriarch of the Khadr family was killed in 2003, along with al-Qaeda and Taliban members, in a shootout with Pakistani security forces near the Afghanistan border... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 2658

DEADLY ATTACK HITS AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING CENTRE


In June, Gardez' police headquarters was attacked by Taliban fighters, killing at least five officers... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 2437

JOSHUA BOYLE SAYS TALIBAN-LINKED CAPTORS RAPED CAITLAN COLEMAN, KILLED INFANT DAUGHTER


Coleman and Boyle were abducted in October 2012 while traveling in a remote area of Afghanistan outside Kabul... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 2362

AT LEAST EIGHT KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK ON PROVINCIAL AFGHAN POLICE HQ


A suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a provincial Afghan police headquarters on Tuesday, killing at least six people and wounding 30, officials said... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 2148

AFGHAN SUICIDE MOSQUE ATTACKS KILL SCORES OF WORSHIPPERS


Some 60 people have been killed in two separate attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, officials say... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 2034

US AIRSTRIKES KILL SCORES OF CIVILIANS IN KUNDUZ PROVINCE, AFGHANS SAY


A US soldier was killed on Saturday after sustaining injuries on an operation in Logar in the eastern part of the country, the US military said... READ MORE

5th November, 2017 2031

TILLERSON AND THE MISSING WALL CLOCK


Images show him meeting President Ashraf Ghani in a windowless room at Bagram Airfield, under a US military clock and a red fire alarm... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 1600

AMERICAN WOMAN AND FAMILY FREED IN PAKISTAN FIVE YEARS AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED BY TALIBAN


The release also could help ease tensions between the United States and Pakistan over efforts against the Taliban and other militant groups along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 1550

TALIBAN ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST 69 ACROSS AFGHANISTAN


Taliban militants struck government targets in many provinces of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, including a senior police commander, and wounding scores of others... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 1547

AFGHAN OFFICERS KILLED IN 'ERRONEOUS' AIR STRIKE


As the Afghan military attempts to push back Taliban fighters, an air strike has killed 10 security personnel in Helmand province, according to an official... READ MORE

1st October, 2017 1414

AFGHAN ARMY BASE DESTROYED BY TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBERS


At least 43 Afghan soldiers have been killed after two suicide bombers in Humvee trucks targeted a military base in the southern province of Kandahar... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 1399

PLAN FOR NEW AFGHAN FORCE REVIVES FEARS OF MILITIA ABUSES


John W. Nicholson, the commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan... READ MORE

16th September, 2017 1337

12 AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES KILLED IN KANDAHAR


Taliban spokesman Qari Yusouf Ahmadi said the Taliban captured Maroof for a few hours and after removing weapons and other items left the district... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 1331

FIGHTERS STORM TV STATION IN AFGHANISTANS KABUL


At least one security guard was killed as fighters stormed a private television station in the Afghan capital, Kabul... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 1315

ICC SEEKS TO INVESTIGATE CIA, U.S. MILITARY FOR ALLEGED WAR CRIMES


The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it was reviewing Bensouda's authorization request, but opposes the International Criminal Court's involvement in Afghanistan... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 1124


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