AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The government of Belgium has said that as a member of the European Union, it will implement its agreement with the Afghan government on voluntary return of illegal Afghan immigrant or will deport them. The Belgium government has said that as a member of the European Union, …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Saturday its operatives arrested two terrorists linked with Taliban insurgents in the capital Kabul province. In a statement, the NDS said they terrorist were identified as Idress son of Ahmad Gul. He was tasked by Taliban commanders Nakmal and Abdullah to do …

India’s foreign secretary’s visit to the US aims at sensitising the Trump administration to India’s concerns over the security of its nationals following possible cuts in H1B and L1 visas. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India’s Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar during his US visit said that the issues such as terrorism, …

AT-KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed and 20 others wounded Saturday after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in western Farah province, said officials. “The incident took place in the Bala Bulok district,” said Provincial Police Spokesman, Iqbal Bahir, adding that the bomb was placed by the Taliban militants. …

The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan is like a grey picture projecting the failure and success of all the engaged parties where there is no winner till now. All and sundry is trying to appear as a rational actor, and making efforts to drive the situation in their interests—no matter even …

AT-KABUL: Fourteen civilians taken hostage by the Daesh terrorist group, have been freed in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said Saturday. They are ordinary people and had been abducted by Daesh group some two months ago in the Haska Mina district. “Twelve teachers and two clerks of ministry of education …

President Ashraf Ghani endorsed the draft amendment in the article 6 of the population registration act that allows the words ‘Afghan’ and the ‘ethnicity’ in the new identification cards supposed to be distributed. The article had turned to a controversy over the distribution of the computerized identification cards which caused …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have sustained huge casualties during operation carried out by police, army, commando, intelligence and the air force in the two districts of the eastern Laghman province, an official said on Friday. “At least 25 Taliban insurgents including their two commanders identified as Khaled, and Mohabbat were …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of the tribal elders and public masses of the eastern Kunar province have expressed their anger against Pakistan’s rockets shelling into the province, demanding for its full stop. The tribal elders in a gathering called on Pakistani government to immediately put a halt to their shelling …

By Sujeet Sarkar: The longest and the pricey war in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent in the election narrative of the recently concluded cacophonous presidential campaign in the United States. A war that drained the US exchequer by 600 billion and witnessed the death of 2247 US military personnel, along with …