AT-KABUL: Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami and several high-profile provincial officials have inspected the newly built military establishments near the zero point of the Durand Line during his visit to the southeastern province of Paktia. The minister along with provincial governor Shamim Khan Katawaziand a delegation of other senior civilian …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed twenty militants, including two members of al-Qaeda insurgents in an operation conducted in Sherzad and Khogyano districts of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces have conducted search operation in the …

AT-KABUL: An agreement has been signed between the northern governor of Badakhshan province and China’s Xinjiang province in a bid to facilitate an expansion of bilateral economic and trade relations, local officials said. In a statement on Tuesday, the provincial governor’s office said that Badakhshan governor Ahmad Faisal Begzad and …

By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA-Alliances between major world powers are formed in order to bring order to world political and economic systems and to protect interests of members of the alliances. Since last one hundred years, major alliances were formed and dismantled and this process continues to take shape bringing about …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani accepted credentials of the new Indian ambassador to Kabul, Vinay Kumar, president’s office said Monday. The president also discussed Kabul-Delhi relations and cooperation in different sectors. Ghani called India a good friend and strategic partner to Afghanistan, wishing success for Kumar in his mission. Indian ambassador …

AT-KABUL: Some members of senate report of corruption in the population registration department, alleging that some people take several ID cards by different names from different branches. Senator, Golalai Akbari, said Monday that her bodyguard had taken three ID cards from different population registration branches. “There is no biometric in …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has delivered a scathing critique over a failure of the U.S. government to tame an ever-galloping scourge of militancy to which Afghanistan has been hemorrhaging. He faulted the U.S. for not burying the hatchet and yet allowing an ensuing infestation of ISIS militants into Afghanistan. …

AT-KABUL: The Justice Ministry says it has intensified efforts to return government lands grabbed by powerful people in the recent years. The ministry spokesman said Monday that 26,000 acres of the lands had been so far returned from the usurpers. “Besides returning the lands, we also returned 36 shops, seven …

AT-KABUL: All the school teachers and other education department workers in the northern province of Jawzjan decided Monday to line up in the voter registration centers, challenging terrorist groups after a deadly suicide attack that targeted a voter registration center in the capital Kabul. These teachers and education workers announced …

AT-KABUL: The extremely dry winter has affected 22 provinces across Afghanistan and now threatens to negatively impact the lives of one million people, with an additional two million who could feel its effects over the coming months, UNICEF said in a statement on Monday. Food insecurity and reduced access to …