Pakistan plans to take action against militant groups operating on its soil, a minister said on Monday, amid global pressure to act after a suicide bomber killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir last month.
At least nine Taliban militants were killed during the airstrikes which were conducted in Helmand, Uruzgan, and Jazjan provinces.
Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah met with Markus Potzel, German special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan here at the Sapidar Palace.
The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) says two plots of land belonging to Afghanistan in Saudi Arabia have been added to Haramain Sharifain’s property.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Sunday Afghan Taliban and US officials have not reached any agreement in the current round of peace talks in Qatar so far.
The new commissioners for the Independent Election Commission and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission took the oath of office at a ceremony in the Presidential Palace on Monday, a day after they were appointed to the posts by President Ashraf Ghani.
Uzbek Foreign Minister (FM) Abdul Aziz Kamelov and Esmatullah Ergashov, the special envoy of the Uzbekistan President for Afghanistan met Sunday with Taliban group’s deputy Mullah Baradar in Doha, the Taliban said in a statement.
Another biggest success of the Afghan Air Forces (AAF) in the war on terror as they killed 350 terrorists after pondering their safe havens across the country in last one week.
According to sources, there are many points of disagreement between the two sides at this stage, particularly on the issue of the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the war-ravaged country.
Asadullah Zaeri, deputy spokesman for Afghanistan High Peace Council, confirmed that the gathering could not be held on the scheduled dates due to technical problems particularly caused by snowfall and rainfall.