World News | Pakistan Army Chief Cites TTP and Cross-border Attacks as Key Issues with Afghanistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], January 15 (ANI): Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has identified the presence of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan and cross-border terrorist activities as the main points of …

Afghanistan rejected notion of border market, Senate panel told

ISLAMABAD: The Senate functional committee was informed that Afghanistan has rejected the notion of a border market, and progress on the proposal with Iran is slow owing to what the commerce ministry officials claimed the Iranian government’s inordinate …

Qatar-Afghanistan Joint Labour Committee Meeting convenes in Doha

Doha, Qatar: HE Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour Sheikha Najwa bint Abdulrahman Al-Thani and HE Head of Labor Deployment Department at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in the caretaker government of Afghanistan Mohammad Ameen …

CNN reporter defends Afghanistan story that led to defamation lawsuit

Jeremy Barr | The Washington Post CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt told a Florida jury Monday that he never had any ill intent while reporting a 2021 story that featured security contractor Zachary Young. Young sued the network in …

Pete Hegseth, in Senate confirmation hearing, blames Oct. 7 on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

(JTA) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, said in his Senate confirmation hearing that the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel were the direct result of President Biden’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. …

India presses its advantage in Afghanistan

South Asian geopolitics is undergoing a profound upheaval, shaken by the aftershocks of citizen-led revolutions, brutal changes of government and the rivalry between India and China. India, whose influence has been weakened in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the …

Gold Star families devastated by Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal endorse Hegseth for SecDef

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., sizes up Pete Hegseth's Senate confirmation hearing on 'The Story.' Families who lost loved ones during the disastrous 2021 withdrawal from …

Tahawol: Biden’s defense of Afghanistan withdrawal decision discussed

Pakistan fears India’s growing influence in Afghanistan amid Taliban tensions

Al Jazeera reported that a recent meeting in Dubai between India’s Deputy Foreign Minister and the Taliban’s Foreign Minister signals a significant shift in New Delhi’s stance toward the group. India, once viewed as a Taliban adversary, is now engaging in …

UN requests $ 279 million for health services in Afghanistan

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) states that $279.7 million is required to provide health assistance in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, January 14, OCHA announced through a message on its X platform that health …