Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Thursday announced squads for the upcoming series against Ireland in Dehradun, India.  The series will consist of three T20Is, Five ODIs and the first ever Test between both teams. The series will be held in Dehradun’s Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium from 21st February to …

The Afghan government which was not part of the two-day talks between the Taliban and Afghan oppositions in Moscow said on Thursday that the joint declaration – issued by the delegates at the end of the meeting – has no “executive” outcome. The delegates on Wednesday issued a joint declaration …

The delegates who attended the two-day peace talks in Moscow on Wednesday issued a joint declaration as a move towards initiating an intra-Afghan dialogue to end the nearly two decades of conflict in Afghanistan. The joint declaration which includes nine key points has considered the Moscow meeting as a major …

The U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has rejected the reports in which claimed that Washington had promised to pull out half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April. “In recent days, I’ve heard some individual Taliban officials claim we have a troop withdrawal timetable for Afghanistan. Today, …

The arrest of a group of ethnic Pashtun activists at a rally in Pakistan this week raised serious concerns of the Afghan government. The members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) were detained during an Islamabad protest against police violence on Tuesday, the latest in a series of moves against …

Pakistan observed ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ on Tuesday (February 5) as the country’s President Arif Alvi reiterated his support to the people of Kashmir in their struggle for the right of self-determination. Pakistan president in a message said that the February 5, is an opportunity to pay tribute to the unparalleled …

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday condemned the armed attack on Radio Hamseda in Taloqan, the capital of the northeastern province of Takhar in which two journalists were shot dead. The attack was carried out by two unidentified gunmen who entered the radio station on Tuesday at around 05 p.m. …

President Ashraf Ghani held a telephone conversation with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday evening, hours before the U.S. President Trump spoke of negotiations with the Taliban in his annual State of the Union address. According to Presidential Palace, the U.S. Secretary of State reiterated the stance …

The U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated on Tuesday that if an agreement has reached in peace talks with the Taliban, he would pullout American troops from Afghanistan. Trump said in his annual State of the Union that his administration has accelerated talks with groups to reach into a political settlement in …

Twenty-one people have been sentenced to imprisonment over last year’s deadly attack on Intercontinental Hotel in the capital Kabul.  Over a two-dozen people including foreigners had been killed in the Taliban attack which took place in January 2018. Jamshed Rasooli, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said that 21 …

The Republican-led U.S. Senate backed largely symbolic legislation on Monday that broke with President Donald Trump by opposing plans for any abrupt withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The Senate voted 70-26 in favor of a non-binding amendment, drafted by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying it was the sense …

Afghan Intelligence operatives have arrested a seven-member group of kidnappers in the capital Kabul, the National Directorate of Security said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement said that the group has been involved in kidnappings, armed robberies, and extortion in the capital. According to the statement, the group was …