(AL Arabiya News): he exchange of three senior Taliban prisoners for two foreign hostages announced by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has been delayed, a spokesman said on Saturday. The Taliban prisoners “are still being held by the Afghan government. The inability of the Taliban to meet the conditions has caused a delay in the exchange,”
(Afghanistan Times): Former President, Hamid Karzai emphasized on the cooperation by the regional powers particularly Russia and China with stability in the region. “We all including Afghanistan, Central Asian states, and particularly the region’s great powers Russia and China to fully and closely cooperate to control situation in the region and bring economic security and
(CGTN China): U.S. President Donald Trump has granted clemency to two service members accused of war crimes in Afghanistan on Friday, ignoring Pentagon's advice to "stay out." Trump has granted full pardons to Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance and Army Major Mathew Golsteyn, while also restoring the rank of Eddie R. Gallagher, who had been
(BNA): Six Taliban terrorist group were killed in a conflict of security troops in Urozgan province last night. The conflict occurred in Charcheno district and the Taliban were suppressed on their strongholds. ANA key commander in south of the country told BNA six Taliban were killed in the clash. The Taliban were targeted on their
(BNA): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani received credentials of Wang Yu, as new ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Kabul during a ceremony at the presidential palace, a statement said yesterday. Welcoming the new Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, President Ghani hoped his new mission further strengthened the bilateral ties between the two countries. The president
(Radio free Europe): U.S. President Donald Trump has issued pardons to two U.S. Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan, action that critics say undermines the country’s military justice system. Trump on November 15 also restored the rank of a Navy SEAL platoon commander who was demoted for actions in Iraq, including allegedly posing
(Khaama press): A series of airstrikes of killed 6 Taliban militants in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan, the military officials said Friday. The officials further added an airstrike killed 4 Taliban militants and destroyed a small cache of weapons in Maiwand district of Kandahar. A similar airstrike killed 2 Taliban militants in Nahr-e
(The time of India): Afghanistan’s participation at the 39th India International Trade Fair in New Delhi is reminiscing on time, the endeavours and bonding that Afghanistan has created with India. IITF has set a perfect bench mark for Afghan traders to connect with Indian market and more importantly to come forward to build new ties
(TOLO News): Afghanistan’s First Lady Rula Ghani, while speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC on Thursday, said that the attempted prisoner swap for professors from the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) “did not work.” “The situation is very complex...and, as you mentioned, it did not work,” Rula Ghani said in response
(ATN News): Local security officials confirmed that Mohammad Afzal Hakimi, the Police Chief for the Warsaj District of Takhar Province, was killed along with his three bodyguards, in a Taliban ambush in Baghlan Province. According to Ahmad Jawid Basharat, a spokesman for the Baghlan Police, the incident happened on Friday morning on the Takhar-Baghlan Highway.