AT-KABUL: At least 81 militants were killed and 36 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal …
Read More »Police ignore harassment complaints: Report
AT-KABUL: Despite the approval of women and children’s harassment prohibition law by the president, there are reports of women and girls being harassed, while police ignores to listen to their complaints. Latifa Soltani, an official of the Independent Human Rights Commission, said Monday that women and girls who refer to …
Read More »Roya Sadat’s ‘A Letter to President’ wins international award
AT-KABUL: The celebrated director Roya Sadat’s film ‘A Letter to the President’ has won the best film award in “One Future Award” in International Film Festival of Munich in Germany. The award festival was held in Black Box, Gasteig in Munich on Saturday, according to a statement from Roya Film House. …
Read More »No deal on Durand Line acceptable: Karzai
AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met with Alice Wells, US principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, in his office on Sunday. The peace process, parliamentary election and the situation in the region were discussed. Karzai told the visiting United States delegation that no …
Read More »Chinese envoy vows to stand by Nangarharis
AT-KABUL: China’s envoy Liu Jinsong has unveiled Chinese government’s plan to provide support to eastern Nangarhar province in the spheres of reconstruction, agriculture, trade and mines. In a meeting on Sunday with Nangarhar governor Hayatullah Hayat at the Chinese Embassy in Kabul, Jinsong promised that Nangarhar’s pine nuts will be …
Read More »Missile attack disrupts security meeting in Ghazni
AT-KABUL: A missile landed near provincial governor’s compound and disrupted a meeting of high security officials in southern Ghazni province on Sunday. Some media outlets reported that a high-ranking meeting of security officials in the provincial governor’s compound was disrupted after a rocked hit near the area. The meeting was …
Read More »Cynicism over election transparency deeps
AT-KABUL: The Coalition for the Rescue of Afghanistan, a newly formed alliance consisted of three major political parties, threatened that it would form an interim government if President Ashraf Ghani’s administration fails to hold a transparent legislative election slated to be held in October. The coalition was formed by Hezb-e-Wahdat …
Read More »Editorial: Transparency of election at stake
Election is the principal pillar of democracy with which citizens of a democratic nation practice their franchise and throw themselves into their fate. In the wake of the overthrow of the Taliban and the institutionalization of democracy, Afghanistan too became a pro-democratic country, with a pyramid of shortcomings though. Elections …
Read More »Around 400,000 refugees returned home in 2018
AT-KABUL: Around 400,000 Afghan refugees have returned to the war-torn country over the past six months, Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Sunday. Some 377,358 Afghan refugees returned home from Pakistan and Iran in 2018, said a press statement issued by MoRR. Returnees entered Afghanistan through Spin Boldak, …
Read More »US service member killed in ‘insider attack’
A US service member has been killed and two others injured in what appears to be an insider attack in Afghanistan, Nato says. The attack took place in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement from the Nato-led Resolute Support mission said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the …
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