AT-KABUL: 52 farmers have been kidnapped by Taliban militants in Northern Jawzjan province, said officials Wednesday. “Armed Taliban have Kidnapped 52 famers in Darzab district today,” said Provincial Governor Spokesman Reza Rezai. He said that the farmers went to Chehl Tapa, Chaharband and Chaharsir areas for collecting firewood, when ere …

AT-KABUL:  At least 38 militants loyal to Daesh (Islamic State) were killed during Afghan national security forces massive counterinsurgency operation in eastern Nangarhar province within past 24 hours, said officials Wednesday. A press statement issued by the Ministry of Interior, said that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces launched large-scale …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance is firmly committed to its Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. The NATO decided to stay in Afghanistan with 13,000 troops to train, assist and advise Afghan security force to defeat terrorism and stabilize the war-torn country. Jens …

The line that Mortimer Durand drew across a small map in 1893 has bled the Pashtun heart ever since. More than a century later both sides of that line remain restless. But the mystery behind what actually happened on 12 November 1893 has never been solved. Why did Amir Abdur …

Pakistan established 3 hospitals in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal said the other day that collaboration between two countries in the sector of health will help in improving the relations of two neighbouring countries. He was speaking at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences where he met with …

The former Soviet Union’s army was pulled out of Afghanistan on February 15, 1989 after a decade of bloody invasion. The Red Army came to the country in late December 1979 with the call of Babrak Karmal, one of the Soviet-backed regime’s officials to topple his rival Hafizullah Amin. But …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Among the concerns that the upcoming spring would be a bloody one with serious fighting, president, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, on Tuesday warned that the country’s security forces will “defeat” the militants and will “chase them in every valley and mountain” of the country in coming spring. President, …

AT-KABUL: Eklil Hakimi, finance minister met Franz- Michael Skjold Mellbin, the European Union ambassador and special representative for Afghanistan, talking on the government’s actions after the Brussels conference. The finance ministry said Sunday that the two sides also discussed the implementation of commitments on mutual accountability-based, national priority programs and …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned the airstrike carried out by the foreign warplanes in the Sangin district of Helmand province, as well as the suicide bombing in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah. Around 20 civilians were reportedly killed in an airstrike carried out by the US air …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) on Sunday expressed deepest concern over rampant of harassment on women at workplace in governmental and non-governmental offices. It said that if the harassment did not control, women employees would be decreased in governmental offices. “Harassment on women at workplace has …