An Afghan parliamentarian who has been accused of sexually assaulting a female dancer in Peshawar city of Pakistan said on Sunday that his enemies are spreading propaganda against him. While talking to a press conference in Kabul, Haji Shir...

The United Nations Population Fund or United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has appointed Bannet Ndyanabangi as its new representative for Afghanistan. Ndyanabangi, a national of Uganda, met Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil...

Heavy rain fall has resulted in the floods in parts of central Daikundi province of Afghanistan leaving four people killed, an official said on Sunday. Raza Sadiqi, head of provincial directorate of response to the natural disasters told Killid...

A group of unidentified gunmen have kidnapped 15 de-miners in western part of Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place in Kohsan district of western Herat province late on Friday afternoon. The provincial governor’s...

Tadamichi Yamamoto, the newly appointed head of the UN mission in Afghanistan vows to work for peace between Afghan government and Taliban. Yamamoto who has not yet assumed charges said Afghanistan’s security worsened after the withdrawal...

A large-scale military operation is scheduled to be launched in eastern Nangarhar province. Spokesperson for the provincial governor said that the operation would kick off before armed opponents start their spring offensive. Ataullah Khogyani...

An Afghan prisoner has been impressed by Hillary Clinton’s hopes-giving speeches and statements during her presidential campaign. Shir Hussain Hoaida, a 34-year-old man who has been serving third year of his six-year sentence in central Afghanistan...

Pakistan claims arresting more people alleged of spying for the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Pakistan’s The Express Tribune reports that the arrests were made based on the information provided by Kulbushan Yadav...

The United States and Saudi Arabia have jointly sanctioned four individuals and two organizations, alleged of fundraising for terrorism in South Asia and Middle East. The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday that the sanctioned individuals...

Five people have been killed and several others wounded in an explosion in Lakki Marwat district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The blast took place in a vehicle in Kot Kashmir area on Thursday. Police force and rescue teams...

Kabul’s 101st Asmayee Zone police have seized 19 tons of different kinds of alcoholic beverages on the main Kabul-Torkham highway, an official said on Thursday. Major General Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Kabul Police Chief added that the drinks were...

An under construction bridge has collapse in West Bengal state of India leaving 21 people killed and 85 wounded. Several people are still trapped under the debris of the bridge located in the densely populated locality in Barra Bazar, northern...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has awarded the Mir Masjidi Khan State Medal to cricketers who defended Afghanistan in the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup T20 in India. While talking to the medal award ceremony at the Presidential...

The Hizb-e-Islami party led by Gulbudin Hekmatyar put forward the removal of restrictions as a condition for joining peace process. Sources in High Peace Council (HPC) say Hizb-e-Islami wants the United States and other countries to remove all...

Afghanistan has opposed deportation of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in large number from Europe. “For now the Afghan Government is opposite [sic] for the forcible deportation because the situation is not good in Afghanistan,”...