A 15-year-old girl in Afghanistan was beheaded by a relative after she and her family turned down a man's marriage proposal, a British daily reported. The victim named Gisa was decapitated with a knife in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, police told the Daily Mail. ...
02:25 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday freed eight to 10 Afghan Taliban prisoners at the request of peace negotiators to help boost the troubled peace and reconciliation process in war-torn Afghanistan, official sources said. The prisoners, all junior cadres of the Taliban, were freed in response to a request from Afghan High Peace Council chief Salahuddin Rabbani, who arrived in Islamabad with a delegation on Monday for talks with Pakistans top...
04:20 AM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: India will step up training of the Afghan police and military after a request on Monday by President Hamid Karzai, who also urged Indian businesses to invest in his battle-weary nation as it gears up for the departure of NATO troops. The extra help is likely to be welcomed by the United States, which sees India as a stabilizing power in South Asia. But it may unnerve Pakistan,...
12:50 AM, Nov 13, 2012
New Delhi: India and Afghanistan on Monday decided to intensify their cooperation, especially in the economic sector as they inked four pacts, including one on cooperation in development of coal and mineral resources and Indian aid for implementation of small development projects. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held discussions with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is in India to seek investments in his war-torn country, on the entire gamut of bilateral...
04:56 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Monday. He also met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. Four agreements were signed between the two countries. They signed four agreements in diverse areas, including mines and fertilizers, youth affairs, small development projects and fertilizers. India committed a $ 2 billion development and infrastructure assistance to Afghanistan. The two countries decided to work on an...
01:56 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai gets a grand ceremonial reception ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On the agenda is key bilateral issues including training of security forces and inking mining contracts. ...
10:10 AM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai arrived in the Indian capital on Sunday evening on the second leg of his state visit during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and explore the prospect of enhancing India's role in training Afghan security forces. Karzai arrived in New Delhi from Mumbai, where he had begun the first leg of his tour November 9. The Afghan president will hold...
07:47 AM, Nov 12, 2012
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is in India to take ties between the two countries forward. Speaking to CNN-IBN Senior Editor Suhasini Haidar, he said that he saw a greater role for India in training the Afghan forces after the NATO troops exited that country. ...
06:22 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Mumbai: Afghanistan is "ripe and ready" for Indian investments in mining and other sectors, President Hamid Karzai told business leaders in Mumbai on Saturday at the start of a trip to woo investors for his war-ravaged country. "We'd like to welcome you with a red carpet, but you need to arrive at the red carpet," he told delegates at an industry event in the financial capital. "What I'd like to...
04:38 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Mumbai: In an exclusive interview of the Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, he said that the US must go after sanctuaries and financiers of terrorism outside Afghanistan. Karzai also hoped that Afghan-US relations improve after the resounding win for US President Barack Obama. Speaking about the Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai who was attacked by the Taliban in Pakistan for speaking about girl's rights to education, Karzai said, "Afghanistan will hunt...
03:30 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Four pacts are expected to be inked between India and Afghanistan, including one in the mining field during the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai from November 9. The two countries will also explore the possibility of increased role of New Delhi in training of security forces of the war-torn country during the four-day visit. Karzai, who will begin his tour from Mumbai, will interact with the business...
07:51 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Kabul: Roadside bombs and a suicide bomber killed 20 people in a spate of attacks across Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said. The deaths came even as armed clashes between insurgents and Afghan security forces have decreased as the fighting season winds down with the advent of cooler weather in the mountainous nation. In one of the attacks, 10 civilians, including a child and four men, died as their vehicle struck...
05:50 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Kabul: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 35 people and wounding at least 70, government and hospital officials said. The attack in the town of Maymana, capital of northern Faryab province, came as people were gathering at the mosque to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, said Jawid Didar, spokesman for the governor's office. Top provincial officials, including the governor and the...
12:34 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has asked the US to use its influence on Afghanistan to extradite Maulana Fazlullah, a wanted Pakistani Taliban commander whom it says was involved in planning the recent attack on teen rights activist Malala Yousufzai. The diplomatic sources said that the demand was made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar during her meeting with US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Mark Grossman, The Express Tribune reported....
07:47 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Kabul: The Taliban dismissed on Sunday a UN report that roadside bombs are causing most civilian casualties in Afghanistan as "Western propaganda." Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed that the insurgents only use the weapons to target foreign troops and the Afghan security forces. "By spreading such propaganda they are trying to prevent us from planting bombs which cause the deaths of invaders in our country," he said in an emailed...
02:43 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Pakistani teenage rights activist who was shot at by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Malala Yousufzai, has been sent to Britain for further treatment, according to reports. Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban last week for speaking out against them. An air ambulance had arrived at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad to shift the 14-year-old rights activist to Britain for further treatment. ...
10:10 AM, Oct 16, 2012
London: Five elite Royal Marines have been charged with murder over the death of an insurgent in war-torn Afghanistan in 2011, the British Ministry of Defence announced on Sunday. Seven marines were arrested on October 11 by the Royal Military police. Two more were later arrested, one on Friday and one on Saturday. Four have been released without charge pending further inquiries, the Ministry of Defence said. The marines were...
03:00 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Danville: At odds in an instant, Republican Paul Ryan cited the death of the US ambassador in Libya as evidence on Thursday night that the administration's foreign policy is unraveling. Vice President Joe Biden shot back in campaign debate, "That is a bunch of malarkey." "Not a single thing he said is accurate," Democrat Biden declared in the opening moments of the only debate between the two vice presidential candidates...
07:49 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Indian team opened their campaign in the Under-14 SAARC Tournament with a 2-1 victory over Afghanistan at the Tokinosumika Sports Centre in Shizuka. Striker Krishna Pandit scored the goals in the first half. Pandit opened the scoring immediately after kick-off. The goal scored in the 30th second stays the fastest goal in the Tournament so far. Krishna followed Amey Ranawade's pass and chipped it over the rival goalkeeper. The second...
01:46 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Kabul: Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s - least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war. Yet as the Afghan war began its 12th year on Sunday, fears loom that the country will again fracture along ethnic lines once international combat forces leave by the end...
03:41 AM, Oct 08, 2012
