AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council has welcomed Uzbekistan’s offer for political office to Taliban, saying it would support “any country’s efforts” for durable peace in Afghanistan. Uzbekistan’s envoy for Afghanistan, Ismatullah Irgashev said Monday that Tashkent would grant a political office to Taliban with the agreement of the government of …
Read More »UN probes civilian casualties in Kunduz
AT-KABUL: The United Nations has said they will investigate the disturbing report of serious harm to the civilians during military airstrikes conducted by the Afghan forces in northern Kunduz province. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, reminded all parties of their obligations to protect civilians from impact of …
Read More »Government denies report over losing guns to Taliban
AT-KABUL: The government denied a report read that Taliban militants possess and use the Afghan army and police’s arms and weapons, saying similar weapons were provided to them from other sources in abroad. The New York Times quoted US officials as saying that some sophisticated arms of the Afghan army …
Read More »Peace council urges Taliban to accede to peace offer
AT-KABUL: Members of the high peace council and the Ulema Council in a gathering Kandahar called on the Taliban to accede to the government’s peace offer and join the peace talks. According to the HPC, efforts to promote peace are also now being done on a provincial level, hence the …
Read More »Senior Taliban chieftains killed in Kunduz airstrike;An ensuing sporadic gunfire by panicked militants kills dozens of civilians
By Mansoor Faizy and Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A military air strike targeting a gathering of senior Taliban commanders at a religious school in northern Kunduz province is reported to have killed 18 Taliban chieftains. Air forces pounded the Taliban with machinegun helicopters, authorities said. Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Gen. Radmanish said …
Read More »200 rural health clinics in offing
AT-KABUL: More than 200 health centers are scheduled to be built in 13 provinces, ministry of public health announced Tuesday. “These centers will be built in Herat, Kandahar, Paktia, Paktika, Kandahar, Khost, Badakhshan, Takhar, Baghlan, Jawzjan, Bamyan, Ghazni and Kabul provinces,” public health minister, Ferozuddin Feroz said while signing contracts …
Read More »Editorial: Extremists poison schoolgirls
The issue of poising school girls still remained unresolved—in the past, Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for such incidents, in which several schoolgirls were hospitalized even in the capital city, Kabul. It was also created fear for students to go inside their classroom as the classes and water may have been …
Read More »Gilani under prosecution for his irresponsible remarks
AT-KABUL: The Attorney General Office said Tuesday it has started prosecution of a case referred to the prominent politician and former jihadi figure, Sayed Ishaq Gilani. Gilani, the leader of the National Solidarity Movement, a political party has recently said that India was using Afghan soil against its archrival Pakistan. …
Read More »Watchdog warns of rise in child labor
AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission on Tuesday warned of an increase in child labor in the country. AIHRC in a report said that 90 percent of children are working over 35 hours which is against Child Labor Law. The report which was covered 25 provinces with 657 questioners revealed …
Read More »Seven-year-old Afghan girl raped, murdered in Iran
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A seven years old girl has been raped and later murdered by a 41 years-old man in Mashad city of the neighboring country, Iran, it has been reported. Neda (the raped girl) faced the attack by an old Iranian man who lured her into his house before …
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