SYDNEY, Feb 2, 2015 (AFP) - Australia's foreign minister said Monday there is a danger of Islamic State jihadists expanding operations to Afghanistan, even though there is little evidence of a presence there now.
Tehran, YJC. Iran's Shamkhani has stated that the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan would serve as an opportunity for the country’s armed forces to prove themselves against terrorism.
KABUL, Dec 28, 2014 (AFP) - NATO will hold a ceremony in Kabul later Sunday formally ending its war in Afghanistan, officials said, after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence.
Alliance are interested in the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on NATO force deployment in Afghanistan after 2014, Russian Permanent Representative in NATO Alexander Grushko said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Nov 22, 2014 (AFP) - Barack Obama has extended the combat role for US troops in Afghanistan for another year, in a classified order he signed in recent weeks, the New York Times reported Friday.
KARACHI: The departure of Nato combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistan towards a proxy war in the troubled state, former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf warned in an interview with AFP.
Tehran, YJC. The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has stated that his country’s security accords with other countries will not pose a threat against Iran.
TEHRAN, YJC. A spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Wednesday that Iran and Pakistan has reached an agreement to further chase terrorist groups after the IRGC foiled an attack on an Iranian outpost in Saravan, near Pakistani border.
SYDNEY, Sept 03, 2014 (AFP) - Australia will accept an invitation to boost its role within NATO at the group's summit in Wales, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, saying it was in the country's national interest.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug 26, 2014 (AFP) - Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah threatened on Tuesday to withdraw from an audit of votes cast in the election, a move that could wreck UN efforts to rescue the country's first democratic transfer of power.
KABUL, Aug 11, 2014 (AFP) - The families of thousands of civilians killed by American forces in Afghanistan have been left without justice or compensation, an Amnesty International report said Monday, in a damning indictment of the US military as it withdraws.
Tehran, YJC. Foreign Ministry in a statement addressing the recent elections in Afghanistan has urged the neighbor country’s leaders to respect the public choice.
Four soldiers from the US-led NATO mission fighting in eastern Afghanistan died on Tuesday in "an enemy forces attack", the coalition force said, as foreign troops wind down their war against the Taliban.