AT-KABUL: After a fierce overnight attack, the Taliban captured a strategic area of the Balcharagh district in northwestern Faryab province, killing 10 security personnel and wounding 14, officials said on Tuesday, highlighting an upsurge in violence in the wake of a fresh Taliban offensive. Gulian area has 10 villages and …

AT-KABUL: Some Afghan senators have lashed out at government’s ‘ineffective counter-terrorism action plans’ in bid to reduce terrorist threats and beef up security, as the country is facing the dilemma of aggravating insecurity and internal rifts. Members of the Upper House of the Parliament were infuriated over a drastic increase …

AT-KABUL: Second Deputy to the Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqiq on Tuesday shrugged off allegations he had a verbal clash with Hizb-i-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in a president-hosted meeting. Mohaqiq’s denial comes a day after reports that he quarreled with Hekmatyar over biometric identity cards in a meeting with Jihadi leaders …

AT-KABUL: The Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani met with the Head of Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Office Syria/Iraq, Mr. Nils Wörmer, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. At the outset, Mr. Wörmer while hinting at the importance of Afghanistan in the foreign policy of agenda of Germany deemed …

AT-KABUL: About half of Afghanistan’s population has been affected by forced internal displacements and migrations, according to ministry of migration and repatriation. The ministry says that some three million people are internally displaced due to war and security problems in the remote areas. It said Tuesday that 5.5 million Afghans …

AT-KABUL: Representatives from Kandahar province in the senate say that a large number of the voter registration centers remain closed in the province due to lack of necessary equipment. Rahmatullah Achakzai, a member of senate, said Tuesday that most of the voter registration centers in Kandahar lack electoral equipment and …

AT-KABUL: Official at Afghanistan Central Civil Registration Authority (ACCRA) has informed on Tuesday about opening of an Electronic National Identity Card (e-NIC) distribution center in Kabul, the capital city, in the upcoming days. In the face of rift between the leaders of the National Unity Government over distribution of electronic …

Certainly, women are the integral part of our society and the world. Today’s development in the world could not be happened sans women’s huge participation and tireless efforts. No nation can rise to the height of glory unless women stand side by side with meal collages. We need Afghan women …

AT-KABUL: The active participation of everyone in political decision-making is essential for the country’s stability and development, observed panelists in a UN-backed symposium in the central highlands province of Daikundi. Community leaders, women’s rights advocates, government representatives and electoral officials met at a symposium, organized by UNAMA’s Bamyan regional office, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Taliban leaders have called on Pakistani religious clerics to boycott the Indonesian government’s efforts to broker a peace deal in war-ravaged Afghanistan ahead of an international conference of religious scholars, according to reports, underlining the desperate efforts of the group to drill any peace attempt in the country. …