by Mahmoud Rahmani | Feb 27, 2017 | World
Kabul – In a rare public statement, Taliban called on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly and other-worldly good. Taliban usually sends messages on different occasions and on a range of issues such as civilian casualties, upcoming military operations, and the...
by Mahmoud Rahmani | Aug 30, 2016 | World
Kabul – Afghanistan Intelligence arrested the Iranian official Qurban Ghalambor for recruiting Shiites to fight on behalf of the Syrian regime, according to a governmental official who preferred to remain anonymous. Ghalambor is the representative of Iran’s Supreme...
by Mahmoud Rahmani | Jun 27, 2016 | Features
Kabul-Taliban announced in the last week of May the appointment of Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada to succeed its former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed by an American air raid. The new leader was born in a small village in Kandahar province, in southern...
by Mahmoud Rahmani | Jun 7, 2016 | Features
Afghanistan has suffered from the consequence of a long war that took place more than 40 years ago, when the Soviet forces invaded the country to support the communist government in the late seventies. Since then, many states intervened in its interior issues and...
by Mahmoud Rahmani | May 9, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
Kabul, Asharq Al-Awsat—“Nations remain alive if they preserve their history and culture.” These are the words that greet visitors to Afghanistan’s National Museum, located near what remains of Kabul’s once-lavish Darulaman Palace, now lying in ruins after being...