Geopolitics
The Taliban, the Afghan insurgent group, doesn’t represent all Afghanistan, said the Iranian Foreign Ministry amid the continued Taliban offensive in the country’s northern part and Western part. It added the Taliban is a part of the solution to the conflict. more
US to give 37 Black Hawk choppers, two fixed-wing attack aircraft to Afghanistan: Report

The United States will provide 37 Black Hawk helicopters and two fixed-attack aircraft to Afghanistan, the Afghan delegation that traveled to the US last week was reportedly assured of as ...

Afghanistan-Pakistan spat over 'terrorist group' as Islamabad seeks to shift onus

Afghanistan has denied that Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an anti-Pakistan militant group, operates from Afghan soil, a day after Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid urge ...

Taliban transferring seized Afghan military equipment to Pakistan, say Afghan officials

The Taliban has been trying to transfer military equipment they seized from the Afghan military to Pakistan,  claimed Afghanistan’s acting Interior Minister General Abdul Satta ...

US to retain several hundred troops in Afghanistan post-withdrawal: Report

Washington: The United States will retain at least 650 troops in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of its forces from the country for the protection of diplomats in Kabul, reported the Ame ...

Uzbekistan closes border with Afghanistan following Covid spike

Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, its northern neighbor, has decided to close its borders with Afghanistan, media reports said. Uzbekistan’s embassy and con ...

Afghan President Ghani, peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah to meet US President Biden

Amidst the intensified fighting in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani and chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah will visit the United States this week and meet US President Joe Biden, ...

Foreign forces leaving us in total 'disgrace' and 'disaster': Former Afghan president Karzai

US and NATO forces came to Afghanistan to fight extremism and bring stability and they are leaving almost two decades after having failed at both, said former Afghan president Hamid Karza ...

US locks down Kabul embassy amid Covid surge

Kabul: Amid a rising Covid-19 surge in Afghanistan, especially in capital Kabul, the US embassy has ordered a near-complete lockdown. At least one embassy staffer succumbed to the Covid-1 ...

Don't start a new blame game: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday warned his country will not take responsibility for any deterioration in the Afghan peace process.