JALALABAD – Three border police personnel, including a commander, were killed as a result of a roadside bombing in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning. Ghorzang, a local public representative, told news sources that a tank of border police struck the roadside bomb in the Gorgoray area of Haska Mena …
Read More »Biden, Stoltenberg Discuss Counterterrorism in Afghanistan
KABUL – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke to US President Joe Biden on Tuesday night about the “range of challenges that NATO allies face, such as countering international terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq,” NATO said in a statement. Stoltenberg welcomed President Biden’s focus on rebuilding alliances, stressing that …
Read More »Blasts in Kabul Kill Two Policemen, Injure Four Others
KABUL – Two explosions targeted police vehicles on Wednesday morning in Kabul city, killing at least two Afghan National Police members and wounding four others, police confirmed. According to police, the first blast targeted an ANP ranger vehicle in the Daspachri area in PD15 of Kabul at around 8:04am. Two …
Read More »Sources: Khalilzad’s Mission as US Peace Envoy Extended
KABUL – Joe Biden’s administration has extended Zalmay Khalilzad’s mission as the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation for an unspecific period of time, US sources have disclosed. US sources added that the Biden administration has started the assessment of the US-Taliban peace deal signed between the two sides in …
Read More »Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin Discuss Arms Control and Ukraine in First Call
MOSCOW – Russia and the United States have reached a deal to extend the New Start nuclear arms control treaty, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. This decision preserves the last major pact of its kind between the two largest nuclear powers in the world. The US President, Joe Biden, and …
Read More »Indian Farmer will Continue Protests: Leader
NEW DELHI – Leaders of farmers’ unions in India condemned the violence at a “tractor rally” organized by farmers in the Indian capital to demand the repeal of new farm laws. On Tuesday, tens of thousands of farmers started the day in a convoy of tractors adorned with Indian and …
Read More »NATO Secretary General Speaks with US President
BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, spoke with Joe Biden, President of the United States, NATO.int reported Wednesday. He congratulated the President on his inauguration, which was a powerful demonstration of the strength of American democracy and the values shared by NATO and the United States, and the start …
Read More »US, Pakistan Host Private Sector Engagement Forum
ISLAMABAD – The U.S. Mission to Pakistan and the provincial government of Punjab have opened a three-day forum with the private sector to identify opportunities and challenges for business and social investments in the region. The forum was organized by the Punjab Enabling Environment Project (PEEP) of the United States …
Read More »Regional Countries’ Cooperation Can Bring Long-Term Peace: Zarif
TEHRAN – Upon his arrival in Yerevan, the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that cooperation between countries in the region could bring long-term peace and stability. Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Yerevan on Wednesday for the third destination of his trip to the region, told reporters that …
Read More »Pakistan to Boost Markets Along Pak-Afghan Border
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Foreign Ministry, in a press statement, said that Afghan Foreign Minister, Haneef Atmar on Monday in a telephone conversation spoke with Shah Mahmood Qureshi wherein both discussed matters of mutual interest. According to the statement, Qureshi stressed strengthening trade policies between the two countries, adding to the …
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