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NSA Asks China To Help Establish A ‘Mountain Brigade’

While in China this week, Haneef Atmar said there was a need to safeguard mountainous areas that border China.

While in China this week, Haneef Atmar said there was a need to safeguard mountainous areas that border China.

Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) will not hold any talks with…

Last Report: 21.04.2018

North Korea Says It Will Stop Nuclear Tests, Scrap Test Site

Kim Jong Un’s announcement comes ahead of planned summits with South Korea next week and the US in May.
Iraq, Iran, Russia And Syria Discuss Anti-Daesh Campaign

The meeting came as Iraq launched airstrikes in neighboring Syria against Daesh militants.
Turkey's Erdogan Declares Early Elections on June 24

The elections will take place under a state of emergency that has been in place since the failed coup in 2016.
Geo TV Returning To Air After Negotiations With Military

Pakistan’s largest TV channel was taken off air in about 80 percent of the country, after the military “ordered” cable operators to pull…

Afghan Govt Determined To Protect Cultural Heritage Sites

The head of Herat’s Information and Culture Department said more effort needs to be made to preserve Afghanistan’s rich heritage.
Watercolor Exhibition Opens In Herat

A female university lecturer in Herat city has 32 paintings on show, depicting life of Afghans.
Hindus, Sikhs Preparing For Vesak Festival

Hindus and Sikhs will celebrate the Vesak Festival on Saturday in Kabul in which they have invited some government officials…
Saudi Arabia Hosts Its First-Ever Fashion Week

Fashion designers flock to Riyadh for the country’s inaugural Arab Fashion Week.

The World's Largest Aircraft May Take Off Soon

Stratolaunch has successfully performed two taxi tests at the Mojave Air and Space center in California.
China To Open World’s Longest Sea Bridge To Traffic

The China's Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao mega bridge is more than an engineering challenge and will open to traffic by the middle of the year.
90,000-Year-Old Human Finger Found in Saudi Arabia

The oldest human fossil from Saudi Arabia changes the timeline for migration of early humans out of Africa.
Zuckerberg Resists Effort To Commit Him to Regulation

The Facebook chief managed to deflect any specific promises but repeated apologies to the US senators.

A disabled artist and her friend put brush to canvas outside the Kabul National Art Gallery. Photo: Qasem Behnud

Navigating the alleys of Old City in Kabul in a rain shower. Photo: Nabilla Ashrafi

Heavy clouds cover Kabul as welcome rain in the capital continues. Photo: Ahmad Javed Arzoomand

Blossoms frame Barbur Shrine in Kabul’s Bagh-e Babur - Photo by Hayatullah Amanat

An elderly Herat resident sells his goods on a tree-lined street close to Shindad Bazaar. Photo: Samim Faramarz

Seventy two high quality reproductions of Mughal art are currently on display in Kabul’s Bagh-e Babur.

Burqa-clad women sell their vegetables on the streets of Kabul. Photo: Mir Aqa Popalzai

Old City Kabul - Photo: Salim Naeemi

Spring Comes To Kabul - Photo: Nabilla Ashrafi

Two ladies take a stroll through a Kabul suburb on a sunny, spring day. Photo: Ahmad Reshad

Resolute Support Extends Best Wishes For Nawroz

In his Nawroz message Resolute Support chief Gen John Nicholson writes the foreign forces “stand with you for a more peaceful and…
The Beginning of a Peace Process in Afghanistan – Finally?

Former UNAMA chief Kai Eide writes that the new peace plan carried a different tone and had no “aggressive language so often heard in the…
OPINION: An Open Letter to the Taliban

An American who helped open secret negotiations with the Taliban, Dr Barnett Rubin, calls for the group to accept a ceasefire and hold…