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The United States and India have agreed to work together to strengthen the National Unity Government of Afghanistan, US and Indian foreign ministers addressing a joint press conference in New Delhi said on Tuesday. “We also had detailed discussions on the developments in our region, particularly Afghanistan. We have agreed …

The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that authorities were assessing the validity of a video released by Afghan militants that depicts U.S. hostage Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, who were seized four years ago. State Department spokesman John Kirby said the United States was concerned about …

Serbia’s defense ministry says three people have been detained for attempting to smuggle 64 migrants from Afghanistan, including a pregnant woman and a baby. The ministry said Tuesday that a joint police and army patrol near the border with Bulgaria caught the smugglers late Monday as they were transferring the …

Kabul has deported 250 Pakistani workers as tension persists at the Pakistan-Afghan border in Chaman which remained closed for the 10th consecutive day. The Bab-e-Dosti gate was closed on August 19 after Afghan protesters attacked the Friendship Gate and burned a Pakistani flag, the Pakistan Times reported. A Pakistani official …

AFP: Germany expects up to 300,000 asylum seekers to arrive this year, less than one-third of the total during 2015’s record influx, the Federal Office for Migrants and Refugees (BAMF) said. BAMF chief Frank-Juergen Weise told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that Germany’s healthy economy and improvements to refugee services …

The United States and Russia failed on Friday to reach a breakthrough deal on military cooperation and a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria, saying they still have issues to resolve before an agreement could be announced. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, addressing …

A 20-year old Afghan migrant was shot dead in woods in Serbia near the border with Bulgaria overnight, the defense ministry said. A member of a hunting party was detained at the scene on suspicion of shooting the man late on Tuesday, the ministry added, without saying whether authorities were …

US State Department spokesman, Mark Toner has said that the United States has made a long-term commitment to build a more stable, peaceful, democratic, and prosperous Afghan future. Mark Toner said that the US is trying to reduce differences between President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah. While delivering …

Three Afghan prisoners and 12 Yemenis have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates from the Guantanamo Bay. “The United States is grateful to the government of the United Arab Emirates for its humanitarian gesture and willingness to support ongoing US efforts to close Guantanamo,” the Pentagon said in a …

Afghanistan has sought more military supplies from India including attack helicopters and US favours Indian support in enhancing Afghan security forces, a top American commander overseeing US operations in the war-ravaged country said. India has already provided four Mi-25 helicopters to Afghanistan and US Commander General John Nicholson said the …

Iran has committed the Afghan government serious cooperation on suppressing terrorists and drug dealers. During a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, national security adviser to president, Muhammad Hanif Atmar has called for Tehran-Kabul joint cooperation in fight against terrorism. “Our friendship with Iran has turned into a great national capital …

A man shot dead by police after he attacked two women police officers with a knife in Charleroi city of Belgium. Reportedly the man has shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“Allah is greatest”) while attacking the officers. According to the reports one of the policewomen who was targeted suffered minor cuts, but …

China is to set up an anti-terrorism alliance with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, state media said on Thursday, as it seeks to boost coordination with neighbours to tackle what it says is a growing domestic militant threat, Reuters reported. Fang Fenghui, a member of the powerful Central Military Commission which …

The Pentagon will not pay Pakistan $300 million in military reimbursements after U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter decided not to tell Congress that Pakistan was taking adequate action against the Haqqani network, a U.S. official said. Relations between the two countries have been frayed over the past decade, with …

Two Australians were on board an Emirates flight that crash-landed and burst into flames at Dubai International Airport, the airline says. All 282 passengers and 18 crew on the flight from India were all “safely evacuated”, officials and the airline said. Photos posted on social media showed a thick black …

A Welsh mother has been jailed for five years after filming videos of her having sex with her 14-year-old son. She then sent the videos to a cousin of hers in Pakistan, alongside indecent images of her three-year-old daughter too. Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard how the 36-year-old, who has …

Afghan National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar heads to Moscow for talks with Russian officials on Afghan Air Forces equipments. The two sides will talk about procuring and providing Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters to Afghan National Defensive and Security Forces (ANDSF), a tweeter account run by the office of the …

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and the head of the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA), Tadamichi Yamamoto, have strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Kabul that struck a peaceful demonstration, a statement released on Saturday said. On Saturday afternoon, at least 80 people were killed and more than 231 others …

Indian national Judith D’souza, who was abducted in Kabul, has been rescued, India External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted this morning at around 6am. “I am happy to inform you that Judith D’souza has been rescued,” Swaraj said in a tweet, “I have spoken to Judith. She is reaching Delhi …

A 17-year-old Afghan refugee was shot dead by German police after he launched an attack on a commuter train and injured at least four people using a knife and an axe. The incident occurred on Monday night on a regional commuter train near the southern German city of Wurzburg, some …