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QALAT – At least five employees of the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s largest power distribution company, were killed in a roadside mine blast in Zabul province on Thursday, officials said. One other was wounded in the blast, according to Zabul province officials. The provincial governor’s spokesperson Gulsalam Siyal …

KABUL – The Afghan government has rejected the Taliban’s offer of a seven-day reduction of violence in the war-torn country on the condition that a peace deal with the US was signed, saying it was ‘unacceptable’ and insisted that the insurgent group must agree to a ceasefire before engaging in …

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, it became official: The Senate impeachment trial into President Donald Trump is underway. Although the end result seems predetermined – it is very difficult to see 67 senators vote for the removal of Trump – that does not mean that the way we go from here …

WASHINGTON – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at an event Thursday hosted by a think tank in Washington, D.C. called on the United States to remain engaged in Afghanistan even if it eventually withdraws its troops from the country. Speaking at a discussion held by the Center for Strategic …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and senior US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in a meeting held in Washington D.C. agreed upon the fact that sustained and high-level engagement between Pakistan and the United States was in mutual advantage of the two countries. Qureshi and Graham discussed bilateral …

WASHINGTON – The United States military has said that 11 of its troops were wounded in an Iranian retaliatory missile attack last week despite Washington’s initial claim denying casualties. “While no US service members were killed in the January 8 Iranian attack on al-Asad Air base, several were treated for …

DOHA – Negotiators from the United States and the Taliban have resumed talks in Doha and are discussing “the signing of the peace deal and a ceremony for it” over the past two days, a Taliban spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen, said in a tweet early on Friday. Shaheen said that the …

BEIJING – After Trade Deal Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump met with Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Liu to sign the Phase One trade agreement, the first step to end a trade war between the two economic superpowers. China’s Foreign Ministry said Friday it was closely following a US …

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said that France will deploy the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its battle group from January to April to support French military operations in the Middle East. He further said, that, the aircraft carrier will support Chammal (Middle East) operations from January to …

KABUL – John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) told US Congress on Wednesday that US officials have ‘routinely lied’ to the public with exaggerating reports on the Afghan war. Sopko was summoned by the US Congress to talk about the ‘Afghan Papers’ recently published by America’s Washington …