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KABUL (Pajhwok): India views the Islamic State militant group -- also known as Daesh -- as a threat to its interests in Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval shared the concern with Obama... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): An influential Republican lawmaker has lent his weight to a visa programme for Afghani interpreters and their relatives.
The initiative is funded with higher costs imposed on US military veterans’ healthcare, an immigration... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States has once again asked the Pakistan government to go after Afghan Taliban leaders on its soil for the sake of peace in the region.
“We continue to cooperate closely with Afghanistan, certainly, but also urge... read more

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Afghanistan this week to inaugurate a major dam project in Western Herat province, a news channel reported.
After his trip to the war-torn country, where India is sponsoring... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished President Ashraf Ghani a happy birthday for a second time this year.
However, this time around, Modi got the date right -- unlike the February 12 tweet. Then the suave Afghan leader... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): A senior Afghan diplomat has urged the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG), which is due to meet this week, to declare the Taliban “irreconcilable”after their refusal to enter peace talks with Kabul.
Afghanistan’s ambassador... read more

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok):Military action against the Taliban refusing to join the Afghan peace process remains an option but the time for it has not yet come, a Pakistani official has said.
Last week’s visit to Karachi by a three-member team from the... read more

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghan citizens without valid travel documents would not be allowed to cross the Torkham border into Pakistan after May 21, a newspaper reported on Monday.
“After the deadline, they will not be allowed to cross the Torkham... read more

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): During their recent visit to Pakistan, the Taliban signaled their willingness to return to peace talks with the Afghan government, a media report said on Monday.
However, the three-member delegation from Taliban’s political... read more

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The distraught father of an Australian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan has pleaded for her safe return.
Katherine Jane Wilson from Perthwas abducted by unidentified gunmen in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar... read more