Indeed, plenty of improvement has been seen at the school—the teaching methods have developed and equipped with more learning materials. Boy and girl have equal access to education as girl’s education has often been highlighted as a success story by the Afghan government and the donor countries. Millions more girls …
Read More »Afghan air force to receive 19 Black Hawks helicopters
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Officials of the United States Air Force stationed at Kandahar airfield training Afghan pilots said that the US will handover about 20 UH-60 Black Hawks helicopters in the next nine months to the Afghan Air Force (AAF). AP reported that US Air Force officials said since last …
Read More »51 insurgents killed in military raids
AT-KABUL: At least 51 militants were killed and 19 others wounded in major military crackdown operations within the past two days across the country. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate …
Read More »Militants cut power supply to Kabul
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Taliban have cut off power lines streaming electricity to Kabul early Monday, where many are deprived of electricity. This is not the first time Taliban blow up electricity pylons; they do this often once they face military offensives. Taliban had however threatened last week to cut off …
Read More »Germany backs longer Afghanistan mission
AT-KABUL: Germany has warned against any whirlwind withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan as long as Afghan security forces cannot maintain security. The German defense minister said on Sunday that Afghanistan could once again fall in the hands of Taliban, ISIS and Al-Qaeda if coalition military mission is halted Deputy …
Read More »Voter registration set for April 14th: IEC is committed to a fair and transparent elections
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan’s election commission declared on Sunday the process of registering voters for parliamentary and provincial councils elections was set to be launched on April 14th. In compliance with the assurance from the independent election commission to run elections this year, we are planning to embark on voter …
Read More »Herat mosque bombing: One martyred nine wounded
AT News Report-KABUL: At least one person was martyred and nine others wounded on Sunday in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in western Herat city, a gubernatorial spokesperson said. “Two suicide attackers attempted to storm a mosque in Herat city, one of whom the police identified and killed …
Read More »ED: India, a reliable ally
Ever since Afghanistan had been unshackled from the chain of Taliban’s totalitarianism in 2001, India has been by its side giving away it could to help the war-ravished country stand on its own. And Pakistan has also played its role to reverse any progress India has helped Afghanistan make. Our …
Read More »Quadrilateral summit urges ‘integrated effort’ to fight terrorism
AT News Report-KABUL: The National Security Adviser Haneef Atmar on Saturday in a four-day quadrilateral meeting in the United States, held a productive and comprehensive talks with his counterparts from the US, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. During the meeting important decisions were made over fighting terrorism, Afghanistan’s peace …
Read More »Pakistan behind Kabul sit-in attack: ‘One martyred, 14 injured after a sticky bomb exploded in a camp that was set up to demonstrate against ethnic genocide in Pakistan’
AT News Report-KABUL: The Patriotic Movement of Afghanistan on Sunday said the terrorist attack on peaceful Kabul Sit-in has been carried out by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and wowed to continue its struggle until peace and stability was not prevailed across the country. Senior leadership of the movement, during a …
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