Painstaking effort to distribute the long-awaited biometric identity cards in the multiethnic Afghanistan has been counterproductive and acrimonious, and orchestrated an unprovoked crisis, public rage and disputes among politicians. The bone of contention is whether to include ethnicity in the long-protested biometric cards – a decision which has been detested …

AT-KABUL: A large heroin production facility belonging to the Taliban insurgents was destroyed and at least 8 terrorists were killed after the U.S. coalition forces staged a drone strike in Farah province, said a local police official on Saturday. According to the provincial police chief, the airstrikes were conducted in …

By Afrasiab Khattak-Sad news of the sudden death of Asma Jehangir on February 11 not only shocked to core her family, friends and followers in Pakistan but it also hit hard  many people around the world as she was one of the  internationally best  known Pakistanis with a positive image. …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan will facilitate the repatriation of all Afghan refugees living in Pakistan within the next two years. At a ceremony marking 29th anniversary of withdrawal of the Red Army from Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani unveiled a plan to repatriate all Afghan refugees from Pakistan in the coming …

AT News Report-KABUL: At least 21 Taliban militants were killed and 10 more sustained injuries in a series of antiterrorism military operations in the past day across the country, security officials said on Saturday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) …

AT News Report-KABUL: The new deployments in the police squads across different districts of Kabul province have been performed after merit-based, transparent and unbiased process. It said Saturday that the new employees passed exams and interviews to put an end to the political pressures. And these employees passed the tests. …

AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan people have always been privy to the conspiracy and treachery of enemies and they should look out for foreigners’ acrimonious inclinations to destabilize Afghanistan, said ex-president Hamid Karzai. In a message on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of Soviet forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, he said, …

AT News Report-KABUL: Afghanistan has refuted claims that China wants to establish a military base in the northeast province of Badakhshan in a bid to extend its presence in Afghanistan. “Such military cooperation by the foreign countries will not take place without the approval of the national security council and …

Painstaking effort to distribute the long-awaited biometric identity cards in the multiethnic Afghanistan has been counterproductive and acrimonious, and orchestrated an unprovoked crisis, public rage and disputes among politicians. The bone of contention is whether to include ethnicity in the long-protested biometric cards – a decision which has been detested …

AT News Report-KABUL: In a spree of military raids in southern Uruzgan province, as many as 70 Taliban insurgents were killed and 15 more rebels wounded, a military official said on Saturday. Khwaja Yehya Alwai, spokesman for the Afghan National Army (ANA)’s 205th Atal Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News …