Rangin Dadfar Spanta-KABUL: When Donald Trump was elected as president of United States, many politicians and intellectuals around the world were shocked. Western political circles, who considered themselves liberal and libertarian for several reason was opposed of his elects. But the fact is that Mr. Trump was headed as political …
Read More »‘Nearly 7m children to drop anti-polio vaccine’
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), in joint venture with WHO and UNICEF, on Monday will launch a Sub-National Immunization Days (SNID) campaign to vaccinate over 6.8 million children under the age of 5 against polio in high-risk districts in 27 provinces across the country. A statement issued by …
Read More »US security advisor in Kabul to discuss security situation
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghan National Security Advisor, Hanif Atmar met Sunday with the US president’s security advisor, Lt. Gen. MacMaster who is in Kabul to discuss the security situation with Afghan officials. The national Security Council said in a statement that MacMaster would meet Afghan president and the chief …
Read More »Karzai calls US MOAB strike as ‘severely negative act’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai once again strongly condemned the Thursday’s US aerial attack on a Nangarhar village, calling it a “severely negative act”. The US military dropped the 10-ton heavy bomb on the Mohmand Dara village of the Achin district, apparently targeting the Daesh terrorists’ strongholds. The …
Read More »Khalid operation kicks off to suppress insurgents
AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday reported of the Khalid Operation launch to defeat insurgents across the country. “Khalid Operation in advance will concentrate on the areas with high threats,” said Deputy Deputy Army Chief of Staff General Murad Ali Murad. In a press briefing here he said that …
Read More »Editorial: Dialogue is only remedy for peace
Russia is making fresh inroads into Afghanistan through efforts to bring the Taliban insurgents to the table of negotiation with the Afghan government. This move of Moscow widely welcomed in the country with a hope to end the longest war. In fact, civilians have been the worst victim of this …
Read More »Stop US from testing weapons: Protestors
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A number of Kabul residents took out the streets on Sunday to give vent to their anger over US aerial bombing in Nangarhar province, terming the bombing against sovereignty of the country. The demonstration was organized bySolidarity Party of Afghanistan (SPA) in Kabul against US forces bombing …
Read More »‘Durand Line has no legitimacy’: ‘Politicians should restrain making irresponsible remarks’
AT News Report-KABUL: The Milli Mehwar Party has said that there are some elements who are working under the sweet will of Pakistan to recognize the Durand Line as an official border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an issue which is very sensitive among Afghan masses. Afghanistan has always opposed to …
Read More »Pakistan: Change of flags
A journey of nations beyond federalism By Zulfiqar Shah-Mohammad Ali Jinnah (M. A. Jinnah), joined hands of Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi (M.K. Gandhi) in the movement for the provincial autonomy in united India during British Raj. Pakistan was realized formally as a viable idea after 1945. The idea of Pakistan, …
Read More »ED: Bombing is not solution to war
There is no doubt that Afghanistan has been hit with several bombs during four decades of war. But these bombs have never resulted into peace, and still the Afghan masses are desperately looking toward peace and stability. On Thursday night, the United States has dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ …
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