Kabul, April 6 (IANS) Taliban on Monday claimed that it has captured a Pakistani border post in Eastern Afghanistan after a clash with the soldiers of the neighbouring country, local media reported. Local officials confirmed the exchange of fire betweenTaliban forces and Pakistani soldiers in a border area, Amu TV reported citing Taliban-run national broadcaster RTA. They said that an outpost was captured during the clashes and casualities have been reported on the Pakistani side.The incident co…
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Kabul, March 20 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Chief of Armed Forces Fasihuddin Fitrat has accused Pakistan military of violating the ceasefire along the Durand Line, local media reported on Friday. Several people were killed in attacks conducted by Pakistani forces in border areas, according to the statement released by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence. Fitrat stated that Pakistan’s continuous attacks despite the ceasefire “demonstrates a lack of commitment and deception” by Islamabad, Afghanistan-based…
Kabul, March 19 (IANS) Pakistani military forces fired over 70 artillery shells in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, local media reported on Thursday, citing officials. The incident coincided with Eid al-Fitr, during which Afghanistan and Pakistan had announced a temporary pause in hostilities. Zia-ur-Rahman Spin Ghar, head of information at Kunar’s Department of Information and Culture, said 35 shells were fired in several areas, including Barikot, Dokalam and Tsongalai in Narai district, Afghani…
Kabul, March 18 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Wednesday held a virtual meeting with diplomats of Afghan embassies and consulates abroad, giving them necessary instructions and guidance regarding Kabul’s clear position, policy and future actions following Pakistan’s deadly bombing of a drug treatment hospital in which hundreds of people have lost their lives. According to the Afghan Foreign Ministry, in this meeting, the minister shared information about the aggressio…
Kabul, March 18 (IANS) The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, on Wednesday, called for an immediate, independent and transparent probe into Pakistan’s airstrike on drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul. He demanded that compensation should be paid to victims and their families. His statement comes after a Pakistani strike on Monday night targeted the 2,000-bed Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul’s Pul-e-Charkhi area, killing hundreds an…
Kabul, March 9 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has accused the Pakistani Army Generals of putting the security of whole region at risk instead of resolving the country’s internal issues, local media reported on Monday. Muttaqi, during an iftar gathering for ambassadors of various nations in Kabul, said that Pakistan’s military leadership is in conflict with the country’s lawmakers, religious leaders and its people and is trying to resolve issues through confrontation and …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Senior Taliban member Mufti Noor Ahmad Noor has arrived in New Delhi to take over as Charge d’Affaires at Afghanistan’s Embassy, officials said on Saturday.Noor Ahmad Noor has previously served as the Director General of the First Political Department at Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.India and Afghanistan have witnessed a steady rise in their bilateral relations in the past few months, especially after the seven-day visit of the Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mut…