AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two Anti-Corruption Criminal Justice Centre (ACJC) employees have been shot dead by an identified gunman early Monday morning in Kabul, the capital city, sources said. The killed servants were on their way to office when a gunman opened fire on them in Charahi Qambar, located in the …
Read More »Russia rejects accusation of supporting Taliban
AT-KABUL: The Embassy of the Russian Federation notes the continuing series of groundless accusations against Russia about alleged support of the Taliban movement by Moscow, a statement issued by embassy in Kabul said. “It is surprising that statesmen, deputies and high-ranking police officers based on rumors and conjectures and without …
Read More »Pashtuns are not terrorists: Achakzai
History praises Pashtuns for their hospitality, peace loving, and human-friendly nature AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), Mahmood Khan Achakzai has called on the international community that Pashtuns are not terrorists by origin and culture and had no links with terrorism and religious fundamentalism in …
Read More »‘Landmine leaves 142 casualties monthly’
‘400km square lands newly contaminated with landmines, unexploded devices’ By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Despite spending of millions of dollars in mine clearance program in the past decades still mine blast and unexploded ammunitions deemed as big challenge in Afghanistan, as averagely 142 people being killed or sustained injuries by mine and …
Read More »Using extremism won’t serve Pakistan, West’s interests: Karzai
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says that the use of Taliban and extremism would not serve Pakistan and the West’s interests in Afghanistan. He called Taliban as part of the Afghan population, used by Pakistani authorities. “Unfortunately, our brotherly country Pakistan with the West and some other countries felt that …
Read More »Editorial: Freedom of expression
After collapse of the Taliban regime in 2001, Afghanistan has gained numerous achievements in every front, and one of it was freedom of expression. The country has never before had more news outlets comparing today as there are hundreds print media, tens of television stations, hundreds of radio stations and …
Read More »18 drug traffickers arrested
AT-KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) has arrested 18 drug runners in the past one week, security officials said on Monday. “Eighteen drug smugglers were apprehended by CNP through different crackdown and were handed over to Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) for further criminal proceedings,” CJTF said in a statement. It …
Read More »59 militants killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 59 insurgents have been killed in counter-terrorism operation carried out by Afghan security forces during past 24 hours across the country, security officials said on Monday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Interior said the counter-terrorism operations have been conducted in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Khost, …
Read More »Pakistan: Change of Guards
A journey of peoples that have witnessed crossroads of history By Zulfiqar Shah-Indus civilization ages seven thousand years. Pakistan is just seventy. Sindh and Balochistan together are the core of the Indus civilization that can be called Sindh civilization. Each brick of Maher Garh, a 5000 BC archeological site of …
Read More »ED: Wrong perception
Perception is the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted. Perception can be split into two processes. Firstly, processing sensory input, which transforms these low-level information to higher-level information. Secondly, processing which is connected with a person’s concepts and expectations and selective mechanism that influence perception. It is …
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