The Afghan-born US citizen who was arrested by the Los Angeles police last Wednesday in connection to scamming an Afghan-based bank was not eligible for taking a loan, bank’s US branch head said. Hekmat Foushanji, the head of the...

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Courtesy Photo – Social Media The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack on Sikh temple in Kabul city which left a number of people dead or wounded. The terror group issued a statement confirming that the assailants...

Afghan female journalist, Lailuma Sadid won an award by the European Leadership Women Association and was known as an active Europe-based journalist on Friday, the March 6th. The other award winners are from Italy, Belgium, Taiwan, Congo,...

The American university of Afghanistan is drawing plans to close next year, as there are fear of ‘federal funding’ stoppage by US Agency for International Development (USAID), sources told CNN. The annual budget of the university...

Taliban has released 27 abducted members of peace marches group who were kidnapped while traveling to western parts of Afghanistan. Bismillah Watan Dost, a spokesman for the People’s Peace Movement (PPM), said the 27 members abducted...

An Intelligence Bureau report has said that there is a plot that has been hatched to bomb the Indian missions in Afghanistan, OneIndia reported on Wednesday. The report further states that the ISI has tasked the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and...

Eleven out of thirteen presidential candidates who were unable to secure at least 10% votes will get fined 1m AFN each as per the procedure, Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, an IEC spokesperson said. Each presidential candidates deposited AFN 1,000,000.00...

A U.S soldier was killed in the northern Kunduz province by the Taliban militants, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson claimed on Monday. “Last night we performed a heavy explosion on the U.S occupiers and their slaves in...

Afghan Saffron products have been ranked first in terms of ‘quality’ by an international instituted based in Brussels, Afghanistan’s Saffron Union reported. “We have fortunately done a lot of good work for the...

Taliban announced on Friday that the intra-Afghan peace dialogue is possible only after a full foreign forces withdrawal agreement is in place. “Intra-Afghan negotiations will begin only after an agreement with America on the withdrawal...

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday declared his stance on expected reduction of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Speaking from capital Kabul late on Monday, Senator Graham said “If President Trump decides in the next few weeks to...

The Home Ministry of Afghanistan is working on an interesting concept, being drafted, to promote ‘reading culture’ amongst the ‘prisoners’. According to this draft if the prisoners read books, they will receive...

Immigrants granted permanent residency pose with their certificates of Indian citizenship at the collector’s office. (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo) At last 391 Afghans and 1595 Pakistani nationals have received Indian citizenship during the...

As a result of a landslide in Badakhshan goldmine, 5 illegal miners have been killed and 35 others have been disappeared, a provincial spokesperson said. Nek Mohammad Nazari, the spokesperson for Badakhshan governor confirmed the presence...