In an interview with an Indian news channel on Friday, July 29, Afghanistan&s acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani said that the al-Qaeda network does not have a military presence in Afghanistan and that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is bound by its commitments to the international community to fight ISIS.

Haqqani added that...

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The United States on Tuesday announced that it killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

US President Joe Biden said that justice was delivered with killing of Zawahiri, which reportedly happened in a drone strike...

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Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) announced that a humanitarian cash aid package of $40 million arrived in Kabul on Tuesday.

This comes just two days after another cash aid package of $40 million arrived in the country.

DAB said in a statement that on arrival of the cash packages are transferred to a commercial bank in the country.

DAB welcomed the...

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A helicopter carrying senior military officials went missing in Balochistan on Monday night, Dawn news agency reported Tuesday.

According to an official statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), &A Pakistan army aviation helicopter which was on flood relief operations in Lasbela, Balochistan lost contact with Air Traffic...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), has strongly condemned the US drone strike in Kabul on Saturday.

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the IEA said in a series of tweets at first it was suspected that it was an explosion, but investigations by the security and intelligence agencies showed that the attack was carried out by an American...

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The United States killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, US President Joe Biden said on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who had a $25 million bounty on his head, helped coordinate the September 11, 2001,...

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