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IS-K Terrorists Move to Afghanistan: SCO Secretary General
The Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has said that the IS-K terrorists moved to Afghanistan from the Middle East and posed a threat to regional security.
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Afghan reconciliation council convenes inaugural meeting
The first meeting of the leadership committee of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation was held on Saturday, three days after negotiators announced breakthrough in peace talks.
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Araqchi: 'Good progress' made in Vienna talks, diplomats to rerun home for consultations on remaining key issues
The top Iranian negotiator says “good progress” has been made in Vienna talks between the remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but participants need to return to their respective countries for further consultations on certain remaining issues.
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PTM doesn’t want to insult Pakistan but to raise voice for Pashtun’s rights: Pashteen
Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen, the leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) has said that the movement does not aim to insult the Pakistani government but to raise voice against the oppression of Pakhtun
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Chinese Official in Xinjiang Slams UK Genocide Declaration
A spokesperson for the Xinjiang region called accusations of genocide “counter to the facts” as China came under more pressure this week over its treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group in the remote border area.
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Court hears Mullah Mansour used fake identities to buy insurance and properties
Former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in 2016 in a US drone strike, had a life insurance policy with a Pakistan company under a false name, and had properties in Karachi worth millions, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi heard on Saturday.
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Jamiat-e-Islami calls for interim government
The Jamiat-e-Islami party on Saturday called for an interim government to be established in order for a peace agreement to be reached with the Taliban.
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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ crimes against Palestinians
An international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians – and against its own Arab minority – that amount to crimes against humanity.
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Russia Extends Punitive Twitter Slowdown Until Mid-May
Russia said on Monday it would extend a punitive slowdown of Twitter until May 15, though it acknowledged the US social media company had speeded up deletion of what Moscow calls banned content.
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Nine dead after Wardak mob clash with police
The Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) said that a team would be assigned to probe Friday’s skirmish in Maidan Wardak which left at least nine people dead and seven wounded.
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Gunmen kill Pakistani anti-terrorism court judge, family
An anti-terrorism court judge along with his wife and two children were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire at their vehicle in Swat valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Transparency International Opens Office in Afghanistan
Transparency Afghanistan has officially become the national contact of Transparency International in Afghanistan.
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US Slams New Study on Afghan Civilian Casualties
The United States military Tuesday refuted as “one-sided” a new report that civilian casualties caused by American and coalition airstrikes in Afghanistan had spiked to record levels, VoA reported.
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US, Europe urge Taliban to stop ‘spring offensive’ and resume talks
The United States and European countries in a joint statement have called on the Taliban to stop their “undeclared spring offensive” and immediately resume peace talks.
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Atta Noor changes tack, mulls interim government
Former Balkh governor and politician Atta Mohammad Noor said he has recently started considering the option of an interim government which he said could help resolve the current crisis.
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Blinken and Qureshi discuss Afghan peace process
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Sunday and discussed the Afghan peace process among other issues.
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Gov’t inflicts heavy casualties on Taliban across Afghanistan
According to defense and provincial officials, 67 Taliban have been killed in operations conducted by the Afghan national defense and security forces in various parts of Afghanistan.
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India’s hospitals overrun as COVID-19 infections top global record for 2nd day
People across India scrambled for life-saving oxygen supplies on Friday and patients lay dying outside hospitals as the capital recorded the equivalent of one death from COVID-19 every five minutes, Reuters reported.
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Minister Says Serious Measures on Hand to Contain Second Wave of COVID-19
Kabul (BNA) Addressing a press conference together with Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs, the Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dr. Ahmad Jawad Osmani, briefed the media on ministry’s serious measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus in the country.
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MPs Blame Govt for Allowing '$8M Per Day' Embezzlement in Customs
A number of lawmakers in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga—the lower house of Parliament--on Wednesday blamed the Afghan government for what they described as systematic corruption and the embezzlement of the national assets of the country.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)
