AT News Report-KABUL: President Ghani on Thursday urged all civic agents and agencies to intensify awareness-raising activities so that people may flock to the polling stations to register for the upcoming parliament and district councils elections. He also urged people to participate in the voter registration campaign. In a joint …
Read More »Opinion: What U.S. generals get wrong about Afghanistan
By Patricia Gossman-WASHINGTON: U.S. Army General John Nicholson is repeating the dangerous mistakes of the past. In a recent interview he echoed the mantra of his predecessors, that the new U.S. military strategy — which includes increasing both air power and the number of American troops training Afghan forces — …
Read More »“Reinforce defense forces to defeat insurgency”
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In order to repress the insurgents, the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg termed enabling and training the Afghan local forces as best option. “The message now is that more important than deploying NATO troops in combat operations it is to enable local forces, train local forces to …
Read More »Opinion: Mining and construction–tow important industries to drive economic development of Afghanistan
By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA-Economic prosperity and political stability are inextricable for a country to become prosperous and rich. It has been more than one and half decade that international community and United Nations are assisting Afghanistan in her struggling to stabilize. Hundreds of billions of US dollars were invested in …
Read More »UAE reaffirms supports for Afghanistan’s development
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has reassured its support to the people of Afghanistan in addressing their development challenges, a media report said. Addressing a workshop Director General ADFD Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi reaffirmed the keenness of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its leadership …
Read More »Faryab clashes leave 24 Taliban dead
AT News Report-KABUL: A key uprising commander embraced martyrdom, and 24 Taliban insurgents have been killed during separate clashes in Kohistanat and Dawlatabad districts of northern Faryab province, officials said. Abdul Rahman Pana, the Kohistanat’s district administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that nearly 600 insurgents stormed security forces check-posts …
Read More »5 civilians martyred in Nangarhar
AT News Report-KABUL: Five civilians have been martyred and tens other received injuries after their vehicle strike with a roadside bomb in the Haska Mena district of eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, a tribal elder said. The early morning blast too place in Paeen area of the district on a …
Read More »18 insurgents killed in military raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 18 militants have been killed and 10 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Thursday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), …
Read More »ED: Honey production gets momentum
There are roughly three types of honey production: the collection of wild honey, small-scale production, and industrial-scale production. With industrial honey production, bees may be subject to a variety of processes and procedures. These include artificial feeding regimes, artificial insemination, treatment with antibiotics, inhumane transportation conditions and culling. It has …
Read More »31 insurgents killed in military raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 31militants have been killed and11others woundedinarmy-operated militaryraids across the country over the past days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan NationalArmy (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted joint …
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