AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan since June 18 has sent 198 tons of fresh and dried fruit to India through the Afghan-India Air Corridor Program, the Office of the Senior Advisor to the President on Banking and Finance said in a statement on Saturday. The latest flight carrying at least 40 …
Read More »20 Taliban killed in Zabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In two separate airstrikes and a clash, at least twenty Taliban insurgents have been killed in southern Zabul province, an official said on Saturday. Fourteen Taliban were killed in overnight airstrike in the Bata Khelo area of Nawbahar district on Friday evening, Gen. Sidiqullah Saber, commander of …
Read More »Opinion: Children of war and nation-rebuilding in Afghanistan
By Abdul Basir Azimi-Although there have been significant works done on nation-building in Afghanistan, it’s still a mystery. It should be confessed that the nation-building has been a challenge for all the politicians, scholars and even five-star generals in the history. One of the reasons is that there is no …
Read More »ED: Region should help peace efforts
Different problems, mostly important the people of Afghanistan are facing for decades is now going to become an ordinary matter for those who think this is “an insider problem” that should be solved by themselves. Some of the powers that are involved in the Afghanistan issues and have military presence …
Read More »To end challenges: Paktia elders back Loya Jirga call
AT News Report-KABUL: To purge the current challenges, including security deterioration, the tribal elders and other provincial officials of eastern Paktia province in a big gathering, backed voices for holding traditional Loya Jirga. They see Jirga has only remedy left to overcome challenges, KabulNews reported. The tribal elders and members …
Read More »Afghanistan forced Pakistan to stop fencing Durand Line
AT News Report-KABUL: The Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs has strongly rejected the unilateral fencing of Durand Line and tribal people, including border police forces have been stopped Pakistan’s fencing work in Zazai district of Khost province. Addressing a press conference the other day here in Kabul, deputy minister …
Read More »China in the 21st Century: ‘Kabul, Beijing enjoying old relations’
AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS), unveiled the book titled (China in the 21st Century) in Kabul. In a session organized by AISS in conjunction with the publication of the book, the importance of bilateral relations between Afghan and China was discussed. Political analysts say Afghanistan and …
Read More »95 insurgents killed in raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 95 insurgents have been killed in different crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different parts of the country within 24 hours, security officials said on Friday. In a press statement, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said militants killed in different operations in …
Read More »Editorial: Cash crop
Copying with drug production and drug addicts is an overwhelming challenge for the Afghan government. Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of drug use in the world, with an estimated three million addicts, around 10 percent of our population of 30 million. The government and related organization has been …
Read More »US strategy messages nothing, but war continuation: Karzai
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai emphasized that the US new strategy for Afghanistan had nothing, but the continuation of war and bloodshed. “The US with its new strategy wants to use Afghanistan as a jumping board, which has no message for Afghans, except the continuation of war,” Karzai said, speaking …
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