Kabul: The Presidency announced on Saturday that President Ashraf Ghani had donated 40 million afghanis to address the situation of IDPs. President Ghani said that a camp will be set up to house the displaced and that all the necessary facilities, including electricity mosques and other facilities, will be provided. "I will help the IDPs with 40 million afghanis and all the activities will

Kabul: The United States and Qatar are reportedly finalizing a deal to temporarily house thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. military and their families as conflict between the Taliban and the Afghan government continues to escalate. As many as 8,000 people from Afghanistan could be temporarily housed in Doha, Qatar, while awaiting decisions on their Special Immigration Visas (SIV) to the United States,

Kabul: President Biden has just sent combat forces back into Afghanistan to evacuate American civilians at the embassy and Afghans who have assisted them in the war effort. U.S. Forces continue to provide security in Kabul, Afghanistan, at Hamid Karzai International Airport and at the U.S. Embassy, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby told reporters during a briefing on the U.S. mission. "These are

Kabul: A number of former Taliban members are urging current members of the group not to harm civilians, children and women during the war. Sayed Mohammad Akbar Agha, a former member of the Taliban, told a news conference in Kabul on Thursday that casualties and displacement of civilians are a matter of concern and should be prevented. He also called on the Afghan government

Kabul: The Kabul municipality said that it has raised 2.340 billion afghanis in revenue over the past six months, 150 million afghanis from tax debts and nine million afghanis from advertising companies’ debts. Mohammad Fazel Sharifi, Kabul Municipality's deputy for social and cultural affairs, told a news conference on Thursday that 220,000 square meters of clear land and 41 small parks had been re-taken

Kabul: Mir Rahman Rahmani, Speaker of the House of Representatives, spoke at a consultative meeting in Parwan about preparations for a serious fight against the Taliban, saying that the northern zone would fight against the Taliban as an invincible zone and that the people's resistance against the Taliban would henceforth, will be formed to fight against Taliban. Rahmani called on all jihadi leaders and

Kabul: The Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday that Mohammad Dawood Laghmani, the governor of Ghazni province, has been detained by the ministry's internal security forces. Interior Ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanekzai said that the governor of Ghazni, along with his deputy, head of the office and his entourage, were arrested on Thursday in Maidan Wardak province. A security source, who did not want to

Kabul: A senior member of the Afghan National Security Council said that the government's priority is still peace. Javid Faisal, an adviser to the National Security Council, told AFP that the government would continue to defend the people against violence by the Taliban and other terrorist groups. "Our priority is peace and dialogue for a kind of political coming. But we also have another

Kabul: Afghanistan’s government is arming local groups as part of a three-phase plan to push back the Taliban offensive, the Afghan interior minister told Al Jazeera in an interview. Afghanistan Minister of Interior General Abdul Satar Mirzakwal said on Wednesday that Afghan forces are also focusing on trying to secure main highways, large cities, and border crossings after the Taliban seized nine provincial

Kabul: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), said that the situation in Afghanistan is serious and critical, with potential threats to the country's health. Abdullah made the remarks on Wednesday at the extended Troika meeting attended by special envoys from the United States, Russia, China and Pakistan hosted by Qatar in Doha. The High Council for National Reconciliation in a