AT-KABUL: At least 38 Taliban fighters were killed and30 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) conducted operations …

Afghan government has been working with donor countries and organizations to explore solutions to the country’s many pressing needs. Most of the efforts are visible on papers. Situation on the ground is presenting a gloomy picture as writ of the government is limited to major cities. Poorly drawn development strategies …

AT-KABUL: Two militants of the Lashkar-e-Islami, a terrorist group mostly active around the Khyber agency, Pakistan’s federally administered tribal area were arrested during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province, security officials said Sunday. In a statement the provincial police said the two suspects were arrested in the Achin district where …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: To attack a nearby Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint, the Taliban insurgents have ordered closed a high school over the past one week in the capital of Logar province, officials said on Sunday. Provincial education officials said that this has already affected hundreds of students. Provincial education …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents suffered heavy losses in operations launched by security forces in the eastern Paktika province, defense ministry claimed Sunday. “Last week, dozens of Taliban insurgents under leadership of Bilal Zadran, the commander of the group attacked in Warmami, Wajah Khaw and Troy districts, but faced strong resistance …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Sunday met with a number of members of association of intellectuals and experts of Afghanistan at his office. During the meeting, the speakers lauded former president Hamid Karzai for his attention toward improvement of the Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan during his tenure. “They …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Civil Society Joint Working Group (CSJWG) on Sunday strongly condemned killing of innocent civilians in northern Kunduz province during the US air strike, calling on the government to bring the perpetrators to justice. The bombardment was said targeted Taliban in Boze Kandahari area of Kuduz on …

AT-KABUL: Armed men abducted a Pakistani-Australian woman late Saturday in Kabul, police said Sunday. A Pakistani native Australian woman was kidnapped by armed men in the Qala-e-Fathullah area of Kabul yesterday late evening, said Kabul Police Spokesman Basir Mujahid. He said that the kidnapped woman was working for the Agency …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least five people dies and two others received injuries in a traffic accident in the Shakardara district of Kabul province, an official said on Sunday. An official of Kabul department of traffic police, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a truck was …

KABUL — Hamid Karzai, the former Afghan president, was in high dudgeon Friday morning. His children were playing hide-and-seek on the lawn outside his book-lined study, and a waiter had brought in trays of tea and cakes, but his mind was on a deadly NATO airstrike that killed 30 civilians …