AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Saturday said that it has thrown 50,000 Common Carp, Grass Carp fish in Salma dam in a bid to generate fishing in the western Heart province. Purchase and transferring of mentioned fishes to Salma dam cost Afs 1.5 million, funded …

AT-KABUL: Khalil Andarabi, former Wardak Police chief, has been arrested on charges of collaborating with the Taliban while on his way to Turkey from Mazar-i-Sharif airport, local officials said Saturday. Balkh security officials said that Andarabi wanted to escape but was stopped by airport officials last Sunday. “Andarabi was officially …

Like the past years the prices of fuel have already getting high while there are two months to winter. People generally use firewood, coal, gas and oil to heat their houses, shops and offices. The firewood and coal are provided from domestic forests and mines, but we have to import …

AT-KABUL: At least 84 insurgents including 27 Daesh terrorists were killed and 36 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Saturday. The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has praised Omar Zakhilwal, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, for his efforts to release Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee woman arrested a few days ago by Pakistani police on the charge of having fake documents. Karzai termed Sharbat Gula as a symbol of beauty, struggle …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A top government official called on the leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG) to choose the right way, otherwise, the people would seek an alternative to the NUG. Ahmad Zia Massoud, the president’s special representative on reforms and good governance during his visit to Estalif district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the presence of militants loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is underlining the importance of the NATO in Afghanistan. “NATO contributes to the fight against ISIL and terrorism in many different ways. All NATO …

The disagreement among the senior authorities has made people concerned of their present and future life as they see their leaders verbally confronting each other. Though, differences and disagreements have a long history and were actually born among the jihadi leaders on running the government after they entered Kabul by …

AT-KABUL: Some 4,000 Afghan students have benefitted from the India Technical Economic Cooperation program since New Delhi started to offer the scholarship to Afghans in 2005, said Indian ambassador to Kabul. “The then premier of India Dr. Manmohan Singh during his visit to Afghanistan announced the award of 500 scholarships …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The representative from Ghor province in the Mishrano Jirga (Upper House) and political experts came hard on the government for neglecting security, threatening they would cut ties with central government if the massacre of 33 civilians is not prosecuted seriously in the province. Senators condemned the killing …