A top Pentagon official has warned that United States defeat in Afghanistan will lead to instability in the region and will result to re-emergence of extremist groups. Gen. Martin dempsey, Chariman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told lawmakers,...

According to reports, a boat carrying asylum seekers sunk off in the Indian Ocean with more than 60 people missing feared dead. A search involving RAAF planes, Navy vessels and merchant ships was conducted about 65 nautical miles north west...

Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday attended the 10th US-Islamic World Forum hosted by the Brookings Institution in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar. While delivering keynote address at the opening of the 10th US-Islamic...

Officials in the finance ministry of Afghanistan on Sunday said that the government of Afghanistan is looking to promote the insurance across the country. Head of the Insurance Regulatory Body in Afghan Finance Ministry Mohammad Arif Hamidi...

Germany on Sunday opened a new consulate in northern Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan in a bid to show it’s commitment to a civilian partnership with Afghanistan after the withdrawal of all NATO troops from the country by the end of...

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif summoned a top American envoy to protest a U.S. drone strike that killed at least six militants in the volatile North Waziristan province. According to a statement released by Pakistan government, “Pakistan...

Afghan president Hamid Karzai discussed polio eradication with Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist and founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Presidential Palace media office following a statement said, “President...

A NATO soldier was killed following militants attack in western Afghanistan on Saturday. NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) following a statement confirmed, “An International Security Assistance Force service member...

By Dominic Medley After three years as the Spokesman for the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan my time has come to move on from my current position. I have worked in Kabul for more than 11 years, since February 2002, but I am...

The British defense ministry has announced that Afghan detainees being held by British forces will be handed back to Afghan authorities. Up to 90 suspected insurgents have been stuck in limbo in Camp Bastion with lawyers arguing that it is both...

A group of militants attacked International Committee of the Red Cross in eastern Jalalabad city of Afghanistan on Wednesday, 29 May 2013, killing at least one security guard and injuring three others. Gerardo Pantrandolphe, ICRC chief in Afghanistan...

A senior Taliban leader was killed during a joint military operation by Afghan and coalition security forces in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan on Tuesday. NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) following a statement...

NATO Defence Ministers will hold a first round-table discussion dedicated to cyber defence at their two-day June ministerial talks which start on Tuesday (4 June 2013). The mission in Afghanistan, capabilities and a meeting of the NATO-Georgia...

According to reports, Taliban group has sent a delegation to Tehran to hold talks with the Iranian officials. An informed source quoted by Iran’s Fars News Agency said, “Taliban’s political delegation has arrived in Tehran...

Center for a New American Security (CNAS), an American think-tank with close ties to the Obama administration following its latest report said Pakistan is and will remain a major player in the final outcome in Afghanistan, an American think-tank...