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Afghan lawmakers approve 11 cabinet nominees, reject one after months of stalemate
Dec 04, 2017 14:20Afghanistan's parliament has approved nearly a dozen nominees for ministerial posts after months of deadlock in the embattled unity government.
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Mattis in Pakistan for talks on US military strategy in Afghanistan
Dec 04, 2017 09:14US Defense Secretary James Mattis is on a visit to Pakistan for talks on Washington’s new military strategy in Afghanistan amid friction between the two sides over what the White House calls Islamabad’s support for militant groups.
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Iranian speaker: Drug trafficking source of revenue for terrorist groups
Dec 03, 2017 12:39Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned that the terrorist groups are using the trafficking of drugs as a source of revenue for their survival, and lashed out at the NATO for inefficiency of its methods to fight production of narcotics in Afghanistan.
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6 civilians killed, 13 injured in Afghanistan bomb attack
Dec 03, 2017 11:04A major blast has rocked the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province, leaving at least six civilians dead and thirteen others injured.
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Daesh terrorists kill 2 policemen in bomb attack in Nangarhar
Dec 02, 2017 14:25The Daesh Takfiri terrorists have killed at least two members of Afghan security forces and inflicted injuries on nearly a dozen others, including civilians, in an ambush carried out in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials say.
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Iran: US, allies fail to bring peace, stability to Afghanistan
Nov 21, 2017 11:22Iranian ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Gholamali Khoshrou, underlined the failure of the US-led coalition against terrorists in Afghanistan, and called on the international community to help the Kabul government in its ongoing fight against terrorism.
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Iran ready to cooperate with UN on Afghanistan: Zarif
Nov 21, 2017 02:29Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is prepared to cooperate with the United Nations and all its affiliated bodies to promote stability in Afghanistan.
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Taliban militants kill 6 policemen in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah
Nov 19, 2017 13:49At least six policemen have been killed after the Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks on three checkpoints in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, local officials say.
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Afghan forces free 30 people from Taliban captivity
Nov 19, 2017 09:02Afghan government forces have rescued at least 30 people from captivity at the hands of the Taliban militant group in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, officials say.
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About 18 killed in Afghan bomb attack near political gathering
Nov 16, 2017 10:21At least 18 Afghan people, including policemen and civilians, have lost their lives in a bombing near a hotel in the country’s capital, Kabul.