AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, Haneef Atmar in a telephonic conversation Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart Mohammad Saleh al-Ghafili, discussed the implementation and improvement of the Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, United States and United Arab Emirates cooperation mechanism at the level of national security advisers. The two sides emphasized that the mechanism …

AT-KABUL: Members of senate claim that the regional intelligence agencies are trying to replace Taliban with Daesh terrorist network in the country, an allegation came after the Taliban called end of their three-day ceasefire with the government. The senators called this an “alarm” for the government, asking for serious attention. …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a meeting with the political and jihadi leaders including the former president, discussed the ceasefire and other political issues, in which, the leaders expressed support of the ceasefire and agreed with Ghani’s proposal over a national consensus, president office said Tuesday. The political leaders also …

AT-KABUL: Members of parliament say that most of people in the remote rural areas are deprived from the third round of the voter registration process because about 50 per cent of the voter registration centers in those areas are closed and villagers do not have national ID cards. The independent …

AT-KABUL: As many as 16 drug traffickers, including a woman have been arrested in connection with drug-related crimes in different provinces, authorities said on Tuesday. The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said the counternarcotics police forces detained 16 smugglers, including a woman in different crackdowns in various provinces. …

AT-KABUL: Boosting expert capacity of public and private sectors, new air corridor for the first time is going to be opened between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia with first ever Afghan goods cargo to Jeddah next week, official said Tuesday. This is indication of new policy strategy of government at spurring …

AT-KABUL: Pressures should increase on Pakistan, said Afrasiab Khattak, a prominent Pashtoon politician and former senator in reaction to the killing of Pakistani Taliban leader, Mullah Fazlullah who was killed last week. Khattak added that the Pakistani Taliban had been weakened due to killing of their leaders, but demanded more …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Violence returned to Afghanistan on Monday after a three-day Eid truce killing at least seven security personnel in various Taliban attacks, officials and local media confirmed. Muhibullah Muhib, spokesman for the police in western Farah province, told Anadolu Agency the Taliban attacked check posts in Farah city, …

AT-KABUL: Violating their three-day ceasefire, the Taliban insurgents in the last day of truce, came up to the fore with another act of violence and kidnapped six Afghan National Army soldiers in Ghazni province, provincial official said. Ghazni governor’s office in a statement said Taliban dishonored their commitment and kidnapped …

AT-KABUL: Some 2,500 fighters of Taliban had entered Kabul city during the days of Eid-ul-Fetr festivity that was declared ceasefire by both government and the militant group, the defense ministry said Monday. Eid celebration by security forces and Taliban who came to Kabul holding their white flag, surprised the residents …