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The second round of quadrilateral meeting on Afghan reconciliation process was held in Kabul today with the participants of the meeting calling on the Taliban groups to enter into early talks with the Afghan government in a bid to end the ongoing violence in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the participants Read the full article...

The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Monday announced the schedule for the parliamentary and district councils elections. The elections date scheduled for 15th October was announced by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) Chief Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani during a press conference in Kabul today. Nuristani further added that the elections would be organized on Read the full article...

A man has escaped to a Taliban-held area after cutting off his wife’s nose in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, local officials said Monday. Provincial police chief Syed Aqa Andarabi said the incident took place late on Sunday in Ghormach district. He said an investigation has been launched with preliminary reports suggesting the man committed Read the full article...

Five security men have been killed and two wounded in a landmine explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan. The blast took place when a convoy of security forces was passing in Marget area on Monday. According to local media, those killed were identified as Mubashir Nadeem, Muhammad Saleem, Awais Muhammad, Muhammad Qaseem and Fareed. Soon Read the full article...

The budget for fiscal year 1395 which was rejected in December finally passed Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of Parliament with majority of votes. It was rejected for imbalance of funds allocation. Lawmakers had said that all provinces were not considered equally. But during today’s session, majority of lawmakers accepted the budget and used Read the full article...

Australia has announced increasing the number of its troops in Afghanistan. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull who made a surprise visit to Kabul on Sunday announced that more than 20 Australian soldiers would join those already serving under the NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. The addition of 20 soldiers would bring the number of Read the full article...

The second preparatory quadrilateral meeting for peace talks with Taliban has kicked off in Kabul. Before the meeting started, Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah told the Council of Ministers that this is a follow up meeting of the Islamabad quadrilateral and will focus on the roadmap for peace. He further said that a Read the full article...

The United States Embassy in Iraq has confirmed that ‘several’ Americans have gone missing in Baghdad. Reports suggest that at least three Americans went missing while on their way to airport in southern Baghdad on Sunday. An Iraqi police colonel told AFP on condition of anonymity that three Americans and an Iraqi translator were kidnapped in Read the full article...

Sunday’s terrorist attack in Jalalabad city that left 13 people killed and 14 others wounded has been widely condemned. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says terrorists attack public places because they fear facing Afghan National Security and Defense Forces. “Terrorists attack public places & martyr our innocent citizens b/c they fear facing our Security & Defense Read the full article...