All posts tagged "Security"

IEA leadership understands Pakistan’s concerns: Kakar

Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, has said that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) understands Pakistan’s security concerns and considers them to...

Stay away from ethnic discrimination, acting defense minister tells soldiers

Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid said on Thursday that the security and defense forces should stay away from discrimination along ethnic lines. Mujahid...

Kabul residents express concern over rise in crime across the city

A number of Kabul residents have voiced concern over the increase in crime, especially theft, in the city and say if crime is not stopped, the...

Pakistan army says it killed three militants near Afghan border

Three militants attempting to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, Pakistan’s army said on Sunday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public...

Tahawol: Security achievements of the past year reviewed

Tajik and Pakistani nationals were involved in Daesh attacks in Afghanistan: acting defense minister

Acting Minister of Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid said on Sunday that citizens of other countries, including Tajikistan and Pakistan, were involved in Daesh attacks that happened...

Kakar: Kabul advised us to ‘look inwards’ and we did so

Pakistan’s interim prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, has said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) advised Pakistan to “look inwards” to address the security problem and...

Extremists attempted to infiltrate Tajikistan from Afghanistan throughout the year: Russia

Throughout this year, attempts by extremists to infiltrate Tajikistan have been recorded at the Afghanistan border, Russia’s ambassador in Tajikistan, Semyon Grigoryev, said. “We do not...

Pakistani official: Supporting terrorists will sink Afghanistan

Minister for Information of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Jan Achakzai, on Saturday warned Afghanistan that supporting and harbouring terrorists will sink the country. Speaking in a press...

People’s cooperation with security institutions has increased: Haqqani

Acting Minister of Interior Affairs Sirajuddin Haqqani said on Saturday that the people’s cooperation with the security institutions has increased, which is why they have good...

UN reports a drop in attacks by armed opposition and Daesh in Afghanistan

Attacks by armed opposition groups and Daesh have decreased in Afghanistan, the United Nations Secretary-General said in a new report released on Friday. Between 1 August...

Herat Security Dialogue in Tajikistan calls for inclusive government in Afghanistan

The 11th Herat Security Dialogue titled “Reimagining Afghanistan: Ways Forward” was held on Monday in Tajikistan’s capital and was attended by a number of political figures,...

Peace in Afghanistan has become a nightmare for Pakistan: Asif Durrani

While claiming that thousands of TTP members have taken sanctuary in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, has said that peace in the neighboring...

Pakistan’s PM claims terrorist attacks up by 60% since return of IEA

Pakistan’s Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar claimed on Wednesday that terrorist attacks in his country have increased by 60 percent in the last two years...

Uzbekistan’s president calls for stability in Afghanistan

The heads of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) gathered this weekend in Astana, Kazakhstan, for talks on issues affecting the region, including Afghanistan. Uzbekistan’s President...

Countries should take positive steps to ensure stability in Afghanistan: Stanikzai

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai on Wednesday called on countries in the region and beyond to stop spreading “negative propaganda” against...

Afghanistan should not serve as a refuge for terrorist organizations: Saudi FM

Afghanistan should not serve as a refuge for terrorist organizations and women in the country should have access to education and employment, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister...

Pakistani politician Fazl-ur-Rehman calls for joint Pak-Afghan commission

Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, head of the Pakistan’s Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) party, on Sunday asked the government of Pakistan and Afghanistan to form a joint commission through mutual consultations...

Pakistan’s interim PM says IEA listening to Islamabad’s concerns

Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has ruled out a perception that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is not listening to Islamabad’s concerns. “I don’t...

Pakistan denies Afghanistan’s involvement in Chitral attack

Pakistan’s Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Friday that the Chitral terrorist attack is an “isolated” incident and it does not appear to have...