Morning News Show: Kabul prepares to attend Russia and Turkey peace summits

Pakistani national assembly speaker to visit Kabul: Rahmani

The speaker of the Afghan Lower House of Parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani said Sunday that the Pakistani National Assembly speaker Asad Qaisar will visit Kabul in...

Officials cry foul over ethnicity and tribe categories for ID cards

The Afghan National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) has allegedly classified a number of ethnic groups and tribes into categories – in a move met with...

Rashid’s 11 wickets help Afghanistan level series against Zimbabwe

Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan picked up his second 10-wicket haul in test cricket to help his side beat Zimbabwe by six wickets for a series-levelling win...

India records sudden, sharp increase in COVID-19 cases

India reported the year’s biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with 25,320 new infections, a day ahead of a lockdown in the western state...

Education Ministry reverses ban on schoolgirls over 12 singing in public

The Afghan Ministry of Education (MoE) has made a U-turn on the ban it imposed last week on schoolgirls over the age of 12 from singing...

Sceptics warn Washington’s new peace plan could backfire

Some Afghan officials have warned that Washington’s aggressive push for a political settlement could backfire, by deadlocking talks, undermining the elected government and plunging the country...

Zerbena: Reduction in Afghanistan & Pakistan trade discussed



Interior Minister warns against hasty withdrawal of foreign troops

Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi warned on Saturday against a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan of foreign troops, saying that the Taliban’s ties to al-Qaeda remain intact...

Tahawol: Istanbul peace summit discussed



Pas Az Khabar: Death toll in Herat car bomb climbs to 8



Sola: Govt’s readiness for Istanbul & Russia meeting discussed



Williams and Tiripano frustrate Zim’s bid to beat Afghanistan

Sean Williams hundred leads superb Zimbabwe fightback vs Afghanistan to leave second Test in balance Zimbabwe’s captain Sean Williams scored a solid hundred and allrounder Donald...

Govt confirms it will attend Moscow and Turkey peace summits

The Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib said Saturday that Afghanistan will attend the Moscow and Istanbul peace conferences scheduled to take place in the...

United Nations ready to mediate the Afghan peace process

The United Nations has announced that it was ready to participate in the mediation of the Afghan peace process. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General...

Death toll in Herat car bomb climbs to 8

The death toll in a deadly car bomb attack in Herat city rose to eight, the Interior Ministry (MoI) confirmed early Saturday morning. The MoI said...

UNSC calls for immediate end to alarming targeted attacks in Afghanistan

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in a statement condemned in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in Afghanistan.  “These heinous...

Sola: Moscow summit on Afghan peace discussed

Tahawol: Plans for formation of Interim government in Afghanistan discussed

Heavy explosion rocks Herat

A car bomb blast rattled Herat city on Friday evening, local officials confirmed. According to the officials, an explosive-loaded vehicle detonated in PD14 of the city....