AT-KABUL: Abdul Karim Khoram, former President Hamid Karzai’s Chief of Staff has termed the drop of ‘mother of all bombs’ MOAB against Islamic State fighters, which is also known as Daesh terrorist, in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, as a barbaric act conducted by US, persuading various goals. Talking …

At least 94 Islamic State (IS) fighters, which is also known as Daesh terrorists were killed when US forces dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb on their hideouts and caves on Achin district in eastern Nangarhar province. But, IS media wing, Aamaq News Agency, said none of the terror group’s …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Local officials of eastern Kunar on Wednesday have said that poppy eradication drive has been launched to root out the illegal plants, covering 400 hectors of land in the province. Kunar Counternarcotics Department Official, Mohammad Arif Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News the campaign has been launched with …

South Korea’s foreign ministry in a statement reacted to the recent ballistic missile launch by its rival North. 1. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted its fifth ballistic missile launch this year, on April 16, 2017. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) condemns in the strongest …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Experts participating in the Rana Think Tank monthly session on Monday expressed concerns over current crisis, calling social integration the only remedy to lead the country toward stability and development. Political and social experts who participated in the Think Tank monthly session, said that discord, nepotism and …

  AT-KABUL: Political expert and Ex-president Karzai’s advisor Shahzada Masoud on Tuesday condemned the use of mother of bombs by US forces on Daesh tunnels in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. He said that there was other proper ways to target Daesh fighters. The US forces Afghanistan conducted an …

AT-KABUL: A political party in the United States has declared opposition to Donald Trump administration’s use of the world’s largest non-nuclear bomb. “We stand opposed to acts of aggression, such as the MOAB (Massive Ordinance Air Blast) Bomb the United States recently used on the Achin district of Afghanistan, which …

“Regional countries should join hands to save Afghanistan from current situation” AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai lambasted Washington for dropping a BGU-43/B ‘mother of all bombs” the largest non-nuclear weapon in its arsenal – on Nangarhar province as an action that could never be forgiven, and said the US should …

AT-KABUL: Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi in an email calculating statistics and figures of Taliban’s fight over the past ten years has said, since 2006 till 2017, the Taliban insurgent groups have carried out 103,927 operational activities against Afghan government personnel and foreign troops. This includes 1,075 suicide attacks. These …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A large number of people organized a peaceful protest on Tuesday against a presidential order, transferring the entire police station in Qarabagh district of central Kabul province. Abdul Sami Sharifi, the district’s administrative chief, said Qarabagh police chief including the whole staff of the police station had …