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Afghanistan’s national cricket team will warm up for World Cup 2019 with practice matches against former champions Pakistan and England in Bristol and The Oval in May. According to the list of warm-up fixtures announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday, Afghanistan will take on Pakistan at the …

The Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid and the commander of NATO-led Resolute Support Mission Gen. Scott Miller visited Kandahar to review the security situation in the southern province. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid who was accompanied by U.S. commander Gen. Scott …

The United States President Donald Trump says he would bring the American troops home if a peace deal reached with the Taliban to end the 17 years of war in Afghanistan.  “For the first time they’re talking about settling, they’re talking about making an agreement, and we bring our people back …

The U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Thursday revealed fresh details of his six days of talks with the Taliban representatives in Qatar. “The path to peace doesn’t often run in a straight line,” Khalilzad said in a series of tweets. ” The situation in Afghanistan is complex and like …

The United States and the Taliban would soon establish technical commissions for implementing the agreements being made in their recent meeting in Qatar, sources close the Taliban told Ariana News on Thursday. The U.S.-Taliban’s another round of talks is set for February 25, after a draft pact was reached to …

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has sent a letter to the U.S. President Trump offering him reduced costs for keeping American troops in the country, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The letter, confirmed by three officials and described by one who had seen its contents, is among the strongest signs …

The strength of the embattled Afghan defense forces has declined to its lowest level in four years, a U.S. watchdog said on Thursday. The latest quarterly report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) noted that the control of Afghanistan’s territory and population “became somewhat more contested …

A number of Afghan analysts on Wednesday warned that if a political consensus has not been reached in the peace talks, challenges will increase in the war-weary Afghanistan. The U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad who has recently held six days of talks with the Taliban in Qatar said that there …

Amid escalated diplomatic efforts to end the nearly two decades of war in  Afghanistan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e-Islami says the Afghan government has no clear plan for ensuring peace in the country. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Ariana News on Wednesday, Hekmatyar said that the current government …

The U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that negotiations in Afghanistan are going well, after the U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad earlier this week said that there had been significant progress in talks to end 17 years of war in the country. Negotiations “are proceeding well in Afghanistan after 18 …

Afghans have welcomed the United States’ recent diplomatic efforts to each into a political settlement in war-torn Afghanistan. They said they are tired of 40 years of war in Afghanistan and that lasting peace should be ensured in the country. “We urge the Taliban to sit in a negotiating table …

Mohammad Ismail Khan, a senior member of Jamiat-e-Islami party says the Afghan government should accept the proposal of an interim administration if it can ensure peace in the country. Speaking in a special interview with Ariana News on Tuesday, Ismail Khan said that the Afghan people, political parties and the …

The Taliban have asked the Afghan political parties to come up with a team of negotiators amid escalated peace efforts to reach into a political settlement in Afghanistan, sources told Ariana News Tuesday.   Though, the Taliban repeatedly refuse to engage in direct talks with the Afghan government – including in …

The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the alliance’s forces will not stay longer than necessary in Afghanistan. Addressing in a meeting, with the Acting Defense Secretary of the United States Patrick Shanahan in Washington, Mr. Stoltenberg said that the foreign forces will continue its presence in Afghanistan …

  Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami party Atta Mohammad Noor has urged President Ashraf Ghani to avoid victimizing peace for his personal interests. In a statement released on Tuesday, Atta Mohammad Noor said that the National Unity Government leaders particularly the president should avoid taking emotional actions which are not in …

The U.S. and Taliban officials have reached to “agreements in principle” on key issues for a peace deal that would end the 17-year war in Afghanistan. Khalilzad made remarks after six days of talks with the Taliban in Qatar, where he urged the armed group to enter into direct talks …

Residents say they were lining up on daily bases at Pakistan embassy in Kabul to obtain visa but cannot acquire it easily unless they pay a bribe to relevant authorities. They said obtaining a visa for a person, particularly ailing individuals, consumes a lot of time and some even fail …

President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said that the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan is based on need and that no Afghans want them for the long term in the country. Through a televised address, Ghani said based on an international agreement, foreign forces will not be required in the …

The U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khailzad met President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday night in Presidential Palace, where he shared the details of his recent six days of meeting with the Taliban representatives in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Presidential Palace in a statement on Monday said that Khalilzad has rejected …

Another round of peace talks between the Taliban and the United States is tentatively set for Feb. 25, after a draft pact was reached to potentially end the war in Afghanistan, Reuters reported, citing a Qatari foreign ministry official. “Both parties agreed tentatively to reconvene on February 25th,” the official …