AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has urged the international community to restrain the financing streams of terrorist groups and help Afghanistan in reducing civilian casualties in the ongoing war. According to the annual report of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published last week more …

AT-KABUL: Police have seized 98 kilograms of lapis lazuli in the eastern province of Nangarhar that was about smuggle to Pakistan, security officials said on Tuesday. The ministry of interior said in a statement that the gems were skillfully packed and smugglers were taking them to Pakistan—their evil design has …

AT-KABUL: At least three people embraced martyrdom and two others received injuries after an explosion ripped through Police District 2th of Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials confirmed. “Three people martyred and two others wounded in an explosion—which the nature of it is yet to clear, inside a …

Musharraf admits to ISI cultivating terrorists, insists that it is the right strategy for Pakistan to counter the then Afghanistan president, Hamid Karzai’s government In an interview with the Guardian, former Dictator of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, has admitted that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) helped cultivate the Taliban to counter …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has approved an ambitious strategy of creating five million jobs during the coming five years. This strategy would be announced in the beginning of the new solar year. The Presidential Palace has confirmed the strategy of ‘job creation’ in various government ministries and relevant departments, aimed …

AT-KABUL: At least 20 police officers embraced martyrdom, while a dozen of Taliban insurgents have been killed in separate clashes erupted between them in western Farah province, police and local residents said on Tuesday. Police confirmed the martyrdom of only colleagues, but said 13 Taliban insurgents were killed in retaliatory …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of hundreds of Pashtun masses in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staged a big demonstration in Khwazakhela against the security forces of Pakistan, calling on Islamabad to quit its military installations and to put an end to the ongoing brutalities, inhuman treatment with residents on military …

AT-KABUL: The Criminal Justice Task Force warns against the increase in drug smuggling through air comparing to the past years. The interior ministry-led institution says it has found out the increase of aerial drug smuggling since it took control of narcotics trade through the Kabul international airport. It said Monday …

AT-KABUL: Discussing the challenges faced by women in the southern region of the country, a group of women singled out education as a priority need. In an open forum with the Kandahar regional office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), a group of women gathered to discuss …

AT-KABUL: The dead bodies of nine civilians — who have been kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh militants, and later killed, have been found in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. The Daesh militants abducted dozens of people, including tribal …