Taliban ‘open letter’ urges US to honour Doha agreement on troops withdrawal
DOHA, Qatar: The Taliban has published an open letter calling on the United States to honour the Doha agreement regarding the withdrawal of international troops...
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New Zealand to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after 20-year deployment
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand has announced that it will withdraw its last remaining troops from Afghanistan by May, concluding a 20-year deployment that was...
Endless war: US airstrikes increased civilian deaths by 330% in Afghanistan
NEW YORK, USA: The number of Afghan Muslims killed in airstrikes carried out by the US and its allies has risen 330% since 2016, a...
Australian troops killed 39 Muslims for ‘blood lust’ in Afghanistan : report reveals
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia said on Thursday that its special forces killed 39 unarmed civilians and prisoners in Afghanistan, as it released a long-awaited report into...
Experts discuss Pakistan-Uzbekistan collaboration for regional peace, trade
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Area Study Center (Russia, China and Central Asia), University of Peshawar and Centre for Global and Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad jointly organised a...
Australia to probe soldiers over Afghanistan war crimes
CANBERRA, Australia: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the government would appoint a special investigator to probe and consider prosecutions over war crimes by...
Australian soldiers shot dead unarmed man, son while asleep in Afghanistan: report
SYDNEY, Australia: Human rights reports leaked revealed that some Australian special forces killed an unarmed farmer and his child during a controversial raid in Afghanistan’s...
Afghanistan presidential polls marred by low turnout, chaos
KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s presidential polls closed on Saturday amid reports of historically low voter turnout, chaos among candidates and flawed voting procedures. About 9.6 million...
32 killed as passenger bus hit roadside bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL (Afghanistan): At least 32 passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan when a bus hit a roadside bomb. A spokesman for...
Powerful car blast rocks Kabul
KAUL (Afghanistan): Several people were injured when a powerful explosion Kabul in Afghanistan. The blast near the ministry of defence in the downtown area rattled...