AT-KABUL: The government in reaction to the announcement of Taliban’s spring offensive, downplayed it only as a “propaganda”, alleging that the militants have lost ability in the battleground. Taliban on Wednesday announced the beginning of their annual offensive usually starts in April or May by the weather warming. The insurgents …

AT-KABUL: The defense ministry has said that the US airstrikes have caused significant damages on the Taliban insurgents. The US announced that its army dropped 1,186 bombs on the Taliban sanctuaries in the first quarter of the ongoing year. Defense Ministry Spokesman, Mohammad Radmanesh said that the strikes were launched …

AT-KABUL: At least 15 journalists were killed in different violence cases in 2017 in Afghanistan, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said. The Paris-based organization said Wednesday in a report that 2017 was the “deadly period” for journalists in the war-torn country. The report reflected “growing animosity towards journalists. Hostility towards …

AT-KABUL: An estimated 160,000 to 200,000 children under one year of age in Afghanistan − one in three – received zero vaccinations last year. These gaps in routine immunization coverage not only put the lives of under-vaccinated children at risk but also everyone around them, the Ministry of Public Health said in a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday called for a peace process in war-ridden Afghanistan while criticising the United Nations Security Council for its inability to handle the contemporary security challenges. Swaraj reiterated the need for bringing reforms in the UNSC to be able to …

AT-KABUL: Senators express concern over the intensifying acts of the Daesh terrorist group in the country, blaming the government for not doing well in the combat against the terrorist group. Their concerns come after a deadly attack on a voter registration center in the west of Kabul, which was claimed …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of clearing operation, the Afghan security forces have killed a key commander of notorious Daesh terrorist group in Chapa Dara district of eastern Kunar province, a police official said on Tuesday. The anti-militant operation was launched in Saidor village of the district, the Provincial Police Spokesman, …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani accused some members of parliament of being involved in corruption. “Some members of parliament are involved in corruption instead of being part of the anti-corruption strategy,” Ghani said Tuesday at European Union’s fourth conference on struggle against corruption held in Kabul. He said that his administration …

AT-KABUL: The terrorist attacks on some voter registration centers cannot discourage people from attending the legislative elections, the independent election commission said, in the wake of a deadly attack targeted a voter registration center on Sunday in the west of Kabul. Some 70 civilians were killed and some 120 more …

AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said that 65 drug traffickers have been arrested in the past one month. CJTF in a press statement said that said that 65 smugglers were apprehended by counternarcotic police through different crackdowns in various provinces and were handed over …