Once again militants have accredited them for deadly terrorist attack against recruits of an academy of security forces affiliated secret agencies at Maidan Wardak province. Almost the victims were youngsters who on completion of education have made a mind of serving their motherland which was badly affected in last four …

The horrific truck bombing at the green village on Jan 14,2019 in Kabul ended the life of a young and bright international development professional Ms Shipra Sharma in the most brutal and menacing way. She was intelligent, dynamic and luminary in her own right. It was just 3 months that …

AT-KABUL: Unidentified men—probably armed individuals link to militant groups, set fire to a girl’s school on Sunday night in western Farah province, official confirmed Monday.   The perpetrators yet to be identified, said Mohammad Sadiq Halimi, Deputy provincial of the department of education. “Nearly 1,000 girls were busy pursing education.” With …

AT-KABUL: The US officials and the Taliban Qatar-based members on Monday resumed peace talks on Afghanistan in the wake of short stalemate after the Taliban rejected meeting Zalmay Khalilzad, US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, citing differences over agenda. In a statement Taliban said they agreed to set in talks …

KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said that anti polio campaign kicked off Monday, which through polio vaccination teams will visit 5.4 million children under five years old in 179 high-risk districts across the country. According to a statement the campaign will be launched from 21th to 25th of January in the West, …

KABUL: Police on Monday said it arrested six drug peddlers in Kabul City, a campaign that began with former Interior Minister and is taking momentum. Counter Narcotics Police in their operations against drug peddling in Kabul arrested six smugglers from the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th and 9thPDs of Kabul City. …

AT-KABUL: U.S. President’s special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has wrapped up his Pakistan visit on Sunday, saying they are on the right direction on the Afghan peace mission. “Just completed Pakistan leg of my current trip in the region to advance the peace process. Good meetings. I appreciate …

AT-KABUL: Asfandyar Wali Khan, a veteran Pakhtun nationalist leader on Monday said the ongoing talks on peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan would give no tangible result if the Afghan government sidelined. Awami National Party (ANP) President Wali Khan expressed his surprise over the peace talks in Islamabad in the absence …

The National Unity Government is taking its last breaths as both the partners of “marriage of inconvenience” are going to face each others. Both President Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah have declared their mind of contesting schedule presidential elections. Beside these two around 15 have so …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KabuL: The Taliban killed at least 12 members of security forces and wounded 28 others in a car bomb attack inside a military compound in Maidan Wardak province on Monday morning, officials said. Five assailants who were clad as Special Forces attacked a military base in Maidan Wardak, …