TEHRAN  – Afghanistan’s election commission is not Independent and follows President Ashraf Ghani’s orders, senior Afghan lawmaker said. First Deputy of Afghanistan’s Parliament Speaker Homayoun Homayoun referred to the establishment of a commission by Ghani to provide the logistical support for the election process and said the move is “direct interference” in upcoming elections affairs. […]

TEHRAN – Iran and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Saturday to expand their bilateral trade cooperation. The document was signed in Washington between Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Massoud Karbasian and Afghanistan’s Finance Minister Eklil Ahmad Hakimi. Mohammad Khazaei, the head of the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of […]

TEHRAN – Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) elements in Afghanistan attacked the Taliban controlled region north of Afghanistan in which 14 militants from both sides were killed. According to local officials, Daesh elements ambushed two villages of ‘Gardan’ and ‘Shirbeyk’ in the Qush Tapa district of northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday. In the […]

TEHRAN – Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement released on Wednesday claimed that the group has seized 10 security checkpoints in Khaje Ghar district in Afghanistan’s Takhar province. According to local media, the spokesman said that police forces abandoned the checkpoints after militants’ attack on Gor Tepa and Pol-Moamenin region. “Seven police forces were […]

Taliban militants have targeted a military convoy of Danish NATO forces in the Afghan capital of Kabul. There have been no reports of casualties among the foreign forces but at least three civilians have sustained injuries. Afghan officials said the incident took place early on Sunday when a bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the […]

TEHRAN – The US will deploy more than 3,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary James Mattis said. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon on Monday that most of the new forces are already on their way to Afghanistan or have orders to deploy. “Frankly I haven’t signed the last of the orders right now. […]

TEHRAN – Afghanistan is considering training and arming 20,000 civilians to defend territories where militants have been driven out, officials say, sparking fears the local forces could become another thuggish militia. The proposal for a government-backed armed group that would protect its own communities from the Taliban and Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) […]

Pakistani Foreign Minister said Thu. he will visit Tehran in two or three days to hold talks with Iranian senior officials on regional and international issues, including the US new strategy in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Muhammad Asif made the announcement during a press conference on Thursday, saying his upcoming visit to Tehran […]