By Kundhavi Kadiresan: Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) It was around this time last year that the world’s leaders came together and committed to end hunger by 2030.  The Sustainable Development Goal to achieve Zero …

The Milad-un-Nabi, (the birth day of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was observed Sunday all over the world. It is celebrated in the third month of the Islamic calendar. Aimed at mass commemoration of this holy day, all Islamic countries declared public holidays. In Afghanistan we also celebrated this precious day widely. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: During the 2nd Iran-Afghanistan joint economic exhibition, Iranian and Afghan businessmen and firms inked contracts worth $2m, Iranian Commercial attaché in Afghanistan said. Iran, Afghanistan sign $2-million contract Mohammadreza Karimzade said that over 10,000 people visited the exhibition in 4 days which was unpredictable. He noted that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former security advisor Rangin Dadfar Spanta said that state-building process has failed in Afghanistan, urging powerful countries are strengthening ties with Taliban instead of the government. Giving good faces for Taliban by both the pervious and the current governments caused the international countries to legitimate Taliban and …

AT-KABUL: President Asrhaf Ghani and the US Defense Secretary, Ashton Carter, who landed in Kabul on Friday in an unannounced visit, appeared before media, where Carter assured his country’s support to Afghanistan in fight against militants. US forces in Afghanistan would continue their counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan, he said, adding, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Mohammad Haneef Atmar said that the terrorists’ sanctuaries and sources of funding are beyond Afghanistan’s borders. “The terrorists’ sanctuaries and sources of funding are beyond Afghanistan’s borders, which enabled the continuation of this war,” he said in an interview with the New York …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces foiled a plot by the armed militants to attack Kabul city with rockets, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Friday. In a media statement, the ministry said two rockets were confiscated before the militants managed to fire them on the city. “The counterterrorism forces discovered …

The US defense secretary Ashton Carter landed Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit. During the visit which would be probably the last one of Mr. Carter as the Pentagon chief, he met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and is scheduled to speak to the American troops at the Bagram Air …

The United States has once again expressed its concern at “safe havens” Afghan Taliban groups, including the Haqqani network, are enjoying on Pakistan’s soil. State Department Deputy spokesperson Mark Toner told reporters on Thursday the US had consistently conveyed its concerns to the highest levels of government of Pakistan. “We …

The United States has spent nearly $7.6 billion on the counter narcotics operations in Afghanistan. But the efforts failed to rein in illicit-drugs production, smuggling and consumption. The fruitless efforts are visible from the growing number of drug addicts. The Afghan government had established rehabilitation centers for drug addicts. However, …