US media outlets lobby Biden, Congress for visas for Afghan journalists

A coalition of US news organisations on Tuesday wrote two separate letters to the US President Joe Biden and Congress calling on them to grant special...

Sola: US and Moscow calls for peace process to be accelerated



US general says Taliban appear to have ‘strategic momentum’

The Taliban appear to have “strategic momentum” in the fight for control of Afghanistan as they put increasing pressure on key cities, setting the stage for...

US calls for permanent, comprehensive ceasefire

The US embassy in Kabul has urged the Taliban and all parties to the conflict to call a lasting and comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan. “We call...

7-year-old takes global stage with TED talk on how Peek-A-Boo can change the world

A ground-breaking TED Talk by a 7-year-old girl is set to change the way parents and caregivers around the world view early childhood brain development and...

MoFA objects to ongoing comments by Pakistani minister over kidnapping

The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has raised concerns about the continued remarks by the Pakistani Minister of Interior, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad. According to a statement...

Ariana Television Network to air Olympics after securing broadcast rights

Ariana Television Network is very excited and honored to have secured the rights to broadcast this year’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in Afghanistan. The deal, signed...

Ghani claims Taliban has ‘deep ties’ with various terrorist organizations

President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday the Taliban still has “deep ties to al-Qaeda, Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba” and wants Afghanistan to become a safe haven for...

Karzai claims Afghanistan is being played by global powers

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday that he has suspected for “a long time” that the United States and some of its allies have...

Iran launches matchmaking app as fertility rates fall

Iran, facing a fall in fertility rates, has launched a state-approved matchmaking app to promote marriages in the Islamic country which restricts contact between unrelated men...

Russian tanks deploy near Afghan border before drills in Central Asia

Russian tanks deployed near the Afghan-Tajik border on Tuesday ahead of military exercises next month and Moscow announced more drills in neighboring Uzbekistan as regional tensions...

Jeff Bezos, world’s richest man, carries out inaugural space voyage

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, and three crewmates soared high above the Texas desert aboard his space venture Blue Origin‘s New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday...

Morning News Show: Landing of rockets during Eid prayers in Arg discussed

Haj pilgrims take part in first of three-day ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual

Fewer pilgrims than normal flocked to the city of Mina on Tuesday, the first of the three-day stoning of the devil ritual amid the coronavirus. The...

Taliban not interested in working together for peace: Ghani

President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday after a prayer ceremony at the Presidential Palace marking Eid al-Adha, an event marred by a rocket attack, that the Taliban...

Erdogan calls for U.S. funding to back Kabul airport mission

President Tayyip Erdogan called on the United States on Tuesday to meet “conditions” including financial, logistical and diplomatic support, so that Turkey can run and guard...

Rockets fired at Presidential Palace during Eid prayers

Three rockets landed close to the Presidential Palace in Kabul city during Eid al-Adha prayers, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said. According to the MoI, the...

Pakistan says needs Afghan cooperation for probe into envoy’s daughter’s kidnapping

Pakistan said on Monday it was waiting for information from the Afghan government in an investigation into the brief kidnapping of the Afghan ambassador’s daughter in...

Khalilzad calls for urgent political settlement during Pakistan visit

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited Islamabad on Monday and met with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General...

Ghani visits Herat, says the Taliban has lost the war against the people

President Ashraf Ghani led a high-ranking delegation on Monday to the western province of Herat to assess the security situation, said the Presidential Palace (ARG) in...