AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell, the deputy commander of Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan said the US-led International community has been in dire need to further militarily and financially pressurize and suppress the Taliban and other terrorist outfits during this winter. The Resolute Support deputy commander said the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Moscow is ready to work with Washington in Afghanistan to purge insurgency as terrorist groups are getting stronger in northern part of Afghanistan, it has been reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is concerned over the strengthening of terrorist groups in northern Afghanistan. Speaking at …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Friday denied establishing of any type of military ‘coordination center’ between the military of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan’s Foreign Office has said earlier that the two countries have formally agreed to install liaison officers at each other’s army headquarters. “So far, we haven’t …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan on Friday promised his country would support projects concerning rural development, agriculture and livestock sectors in eastern Nangarhar province. Mitsuji Suzuka held out the promise during a meeting with Nangarhar Governor Gulab Mangal, a statement from the governor’s house said. According to statement, …

AT-KABUL: There is no will within the government to hold parliamentary elections, the former Independent Election Commission (IEC) Chief Fazl Ahmad Manawi said, calming the government afraid of fair vote. Manawai said this while speaking at a gathering of the Afghanistan Salvation Alliance on Friday, soothing the government yet to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Heavy snow has closed major roads in Ghazni, Maidan Wardak and Bamyan provinces, the Ministry of Public Works announced on Friday, assuring of efforts to clear-clogged roads. The ministry said efforts at clearing the now from the roads were underway involving contracted firms and local councils. Public …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP), Mahmood Khan Achakzai the other day has said that FATA was never a part of Pakistan.  He said this while briefing Pakistan parliamentarian. The Afghan government should lodge a formal complaint against Pakistan’s military presence in FATA region which …

AT-KABUL: Kandahar security official says that 20 militants have been killed in Shahwalikot district, after three hours of fighting between the police and militants, provincial official said on Friday. Provincial Police Deputy Spokesman, Matiullah Hilal told ‘Azadi Radio’ that last night (Thursday night), Taliban insurgents conducted attacked to capture Urzgan-Kandahar …

Regardless of their positions, everyone is going to be held accountable for carrying illegal arms and cars if found guilty during a week-long campaign. The aim of this campaign is to collect the illegal weapons as part of the Ministry of Interior’s efforts to curb violence in Kabul. Indeed, this …

One opposition faction is a group championed by former President Hamid Karzai that is calling for a loya jirga, a grand council of tribal elders, to decide Mr. Ghani’s fate. A jirga, at its heart an unpredictable event, could not only upend the cycle of elections as the democratic transfer …