The Taliban have also now officially confirmed the NEWS on Thursday that Mullah Omar died of an illness some time ago and that they have elected Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansoor as his successor. The Taliban are very happy with their new leader and have termed him as the most “trusted” […]
At the very beginning of his government, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had made the negotiation with the Taliban and the restoration of peace in his country a top priority agenda. In the regional political milieu, almost all of the surrounding states are particularly concerned about the future of the […]
Afghanistan’s government has termed the news about Mullah Omar’s death as “credible”. Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani’s office issued a press release that confirms earlier claims of BBC that Mullah Omar died two years ago in Pakistan. The short press release stated, “the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, based […]
In Afghanistan, 20 people were killed in a gunfight at a wedding party in Baghlan province. Most of the dead are said to be the guests at the wedding party, aged between 14 and 60. Some 400 people were gathered for the wedding ceremony of a local Mullah’s son. Among […]
The landlocked country of Afghanistan located in the Southwest Asia on the Iranian Plateau shares its borders with Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. The country possesses identical importance and diverse interests for the whole region. Countries like Pakistan and India are not merely dominant stakeholders, but China also […]
What if Pakistan were the world’s sole superpower? Would it be any different from the United States today? Would it treat the less powerful in the same way as Pakistanis currently expect to be treated by the US? Would Pakistan stand up for freedom and justice? However, improbable such a […]
In a major development in Afghanistan, Major General Harold J. Greene, a U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said on Tuesday. Major […]
Pakistan Army’s public relations wing, ISPR, reports that a soldier on Pak-Afghan border got killed by a bullet coming from Afghan side. The incident occurred today at 11:45 AM PST. However, it is unclear yet as to who may have been responsible for the. The 2640 kilometer long border between […]
The sun has barely risen and already dozens of Afghan men are swapping fistfuls of bank notes, frantically betting in one of the country’s goriest pastimes: bird fighting. In a shady patch, under a cluster of trees in a Kabul park, two partridges face off at opposite ends of a small […]
Two Afghan boys who were aged 10 and 16, were allegedly beheaded by Taliban because they sold yogurt to Afghan Police and Army personnel. The boys were warned that they should not have any business dealings with any Afghan official. However, today when the boys were coming back after selling […]
