Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Fierce battle still continued in southern Ghazni on Sunday as Afghan soldiers and Taliban guerillas fight to claim the tumultuous city, with the army chief of staff claiming rebels sustained heavy casualties, and pledging to end the fight in a few days. “The Taliban are using residential houses, …

There is no clear picture of what is exactly happening in eastern Ghazni province, after Taliban insurgents stormed the provincial capital, triggering fierce fighting with casualties inflected on both sides. Reports over control of Ghazni city is illusion so far as both Afghan security forces and Taliban militants claim they …

AT-KABUL: Provincial councilmen and civil activists warned on Sunday of a humanitarian crisis in the embattled Ghazni if fighting continued, amid a fierce battle that erupted a few days back and spiraled across the city and its outskirts. The Taliban guerillas attacked Ghazni city on Friday night from multiple directions, …

AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan political pundits supported on Saturdaya two-week deadline issued by political parties on the government to ensure a transparent and nationwide vote. Political parties and coalitions on Friday gave the government until two weeks to implement electoral reforms and guarantee transparency in the upcoming parliamentary and district …

AT News Report-KABUL: Kabul Airport is set to generate more revenues as surveillance costs have lowered thanks to a new air space control system, Civil Aviation Directorate said Saturday. A modern air space control system was inaugurated by President Ghani on Thursday in Hamid Karzai international airport. Civil Aviation Director …

AT News Report-KABUL: Political heavyweights and coalition representatives on Friday moved to proclaim their stance on the country’s ongoing fundamental issues including reconciliation effort and elections and made a landmark peace proposition. Ex-president Hamid Karzai too declared his support to a unanimous proposition of the political coalition for constituting of …

AT News Report-KABUL: A sum of 35 election hopefuls was removed on Saturday by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission from the final list of parliamentary elections’ candidates. This deletion comes as the complaints panel had commissioned earlier this month a board to investigate links of some candidates with illegal armed …

At the eve of the legislative and district council elections, a number of people representing political parties and civil society bodies called on the national unity government to pay attention to their demands over brining electoral reforms and guarantee the transparency of the elections. As a country stepping up towards …

By Prithwi Tilak Banerjee-During Pakistan’s election drive, Imran Khan spoke more about corruption, than international relations. But whenever he talked about other nations taking part in the regional politics, it was in an accusatorial tone, mostly to blame international players for machination against him, and Pakistan. That might have been …

The notorious terrorist group, Islamic State (IS) also known as Daesh is in rapid recoil as the Afghan security forces continues to strike them from air and ground. It’s crystal clear that there is no room for conciliation with Daesh extremists because it’s a foreign evil group that must be …