Biden administration to review Taliban peace deal
The new US President Joe Biden wants to review a peace deal his predecessor Donald Trump signed with Taliban insurgents last February.
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Commandos rescue 27 civilians from Taliban prison
The Afghan security forces have rescued 27 people from a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province, the Defense Ministry (MoD) said Thursday.
Biden revoked many of Trump’s orders, reversed actions
U.S president Joe Biden signed 15 executive orders, he addressed coronavirus pandemic, climate change, reversed Muslim immigration bans, he also addressed racial inequality.
Ghani travels to Herat to assess overall situation
At the head of high-level delegation, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday travelled to western Herat province to meet residents and evaluate overall situation in the province, an official said.
Foreign minister Atmar arrives in Saudi Arabia
Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar arrived in Jeddah on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia, yesterday.
Meshrano Jirga: Biden should reconsider US policies on Afghanistan
Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) members on Tuesday called on US President-elect Joe Biden to reconsider US policies on Afghanistan that were mostly instituted during outgoing President Donald Trump’s tenure.
FBI claims woman may have tried to sell Pelosi’s computer device to Russia
US law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6 siege of the Capitol and tried to sell the device to Russian intelligence, Reuters reported.
In Uruzgan blast, 8 were killed
A least 8 civilians, including one journalist, were wounded in a motorbike explosion in Tarinkot city, capital of Uruzgan province on Tuesday afternoon, local officials confirmed.
Saleh: Some elections including Ghazni poll planned for summer
First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Tuesday that various elections will be held across the country in summer, including the long overdue Ghazni parliamentary elections as well as provincial council, district council and municipal elections.
In Badakhshan, Taliban ambush security checkpoint
Abdullah Naji Nazari, a member of the Badakhshan Provincial Council, said Tuesday the Taliban attacked a checkpoint in Pul-e-Soch in Badakhshan’s Jurm district at midnight on Monday.