Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan told @VOAPashto's @rgsarwan that a deal between the U.S. and Taliban will likely be signed on August 13th.
1 year agoKabul police on Monday arrested four suspects on charges of kidnapping and murder of a boy in the city, Kabul Police HQ said in a statement
The satellite of the Russian Defense Ministry, which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome, was successfully put into orbit, the press service of the department said. Proton-M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 00:56 Moscow time.
The IED blast occurred at 1900 hours on August 5th at Nehag Banda in Bajaur Agency
Taliban claim to have captured a military base in Khanqa, Jawzjan, claiming to have killed 19 Afghan security personnel and wounding 6
Pro-Taliban channels posted a new photo showing dead bodies of two alleged ISKP militants killed near Tora Bora, Nangarhar in clashes with Taliban militants.
Taliban: CP overrun last night in Shawat area of Ahmad Khel district Paktia resulting in 3 militiamen including commander Naimat Khan killed, another detained. RPG/PKM3 Ak/ssizable amount equipment seized
1 year agoAn IED explosion in the city of Herat this evening left one civilian dead and five others wounded, the Herat police spokesman Farzad Frotan said
At least four people were killed in a mortar attack in Shahjoi district in the southern province of Zabul on Monday, local officials said
1 year agoAfghanistan Ministry of Defense released a footage and said the Afghan Air Force destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle in Ghazni Province.
We want no other system but republic: Ghani
ISKP claimed two limited attacks against Taliban in Kunar province. Afghanistan
1 year agoApart from the counter-attack against Taliban in Nangarhar, on Sunday, ISKP also released multiple other claims. - ISKP claimed killing an Afghan intelligence (NDS) agent in Sershakhi, Rodat district of Nangarhar. Afghanistan - also an attack on a Shi'ite cleric in Kunduz
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 27km W of Ashkasham, Afghanistan
1 year agoIslamic State (ISKP) claims responsibility for today's MIED blast in Kabul
Taliban claimed killing four policemen and wounding one other in an attack on a CP in Mazar-e-Sharif on main Balkh-Jawzjan Highway in Palas Posh area of Khas Balkh district of Balkh province.
Explosion reported in the fifth street of Taimani in Kabul's police district 4 (PD4) at around 5:30pm.
1 year agoTaliban captured ANA base on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Sahjoi district Zabul province
14 Taliban militants killed and five others injured during ANDSF joint clearance operation in Nehr Saraj District of Helmand. ANDSF also seized one rocket launcher, several AK-47 rifle and one radio handset. Two motorcycles used by the militants were also destroyed
1 year agoPresident Ghani on Saturday met with ambassadors of NATO member countries in Kabul and discussed government's preparations for upcoming presidential election and progress in the peace process. Afghanistan
1 year agoHeavy fighting in Ishkamish district in Takhar continues and Taliban so far appear to have the upper hand. The district is quite close to falling to the Taliban. Pro-Taliban accounts released an interview with Taliban fighters from the area.
1 year agoTaliban claimed assassination of alleged Afghan intelligence (NDS) operative Mohib Ullah in Gardez, Paktia
At least 100 Taliban fighters were killed and more than 50 others wounded in an overnight operation jointly conducted by Afghan security forces with air support of coalition forces in western Farah province
1 year agoWeapons seized by security forces in operations near Farah
District Governor Killed In Roadside Bomb Blast In Herat
1 year agoPresidential candidate Rahmatulla Nabil addresses the first gathering of his election campaign in Kabul
US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad who has arrived in Doha for talks with the Taliban, says in a tweet that the Taliban are signaling they would like to conclude an agreement. He says the US is ready for a good agreement
The talks between the US and the Taliban in Doha will begin today, a Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says in a tweet
1 year agoTwo minor children were wounded when a bomb exploded in a mosque in Ghani Khel, Nangarhar on Friday.
"With respect to Afghanistan we've made a lot of progress," says @POTUS. Repeats that he could win the war in a week if he wanted to kill 10 million people there
Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia, and, colloquially, "the 'stans" (as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan", meaning "land of") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.
Central Asia include five republics of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan (pop. 17 million), Kyrgyzstan (5.7 million), Tajikistan (8.0 million), Turkmenistan (5.2 million), and Uzbekistan (30 million), for a total population of about 66 million as of 2013–2014. Afghanistan (pop. 31.1 million) is also sometimes included. (wikipedia)
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