AT- KABUL: The security forces prevented a suicide attack Sunday, arresting the bomber before he could reach his goal, the National Directorate of Security said. “The intelligence operatives managed to arrest a suicide bomber in Jalalabad city,” the agency said in a statement, referring to the provincial capital. It added …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has condemned two improvised explosive devices (IED) detonations on civilian vehicles that killed 19 people in Helmand and Badghis provinces in recent days. “The terrible toll on civilian life caused by indiscriminate pressure-plate IEDs is intolerable and their use may constitute a war …

AT-KABUL: At least five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and a policeman were killed in a US airstrike in the Bala Boluk district of western Farah province, a member of the Wolesi Jirga said on Saturday. Ghulam Farooq Majroh said that airstrike was carried by the US-led international forces in …

KOLKATA: India-Pakistan relations may have more twists in store than meets the eye. Yasmin Nigar Khan, great granddaughter of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, now plans to meet Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi to urge him to stand by the Pashtuns as he did in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Public representatives, civil rights activists and intellectuals turned to social media platforms to laud the former Afghan president for his response to a person who chanted slogans against him on the fifth death anniversary of Burhanuddin Rabbani. In a ceremony on Friday, a person shouted “Death to …

AT-KABUL: As many as 113 judges and attorneys have been arrested on the charge of corruption throughout the country, the Supreme Court announced Saturday. They were arrested in the recent months, said Supreme Court Spokesman Abdullah Attaee. “The recent arrests indicate that we take the fight against corruption serious,” Attaee …

AT-KABUL: The British government committed on Saturday to provide £750 million to help improve health, education and security, under a major new funding announcement. The Independent newspaper reports the money would be handed over three years and would have a particular focus on helping women and girls in “the war-ravaged …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security said on Saturday that its operatives arrested a four-people gang involved in abductions, releasing a four-year old boy held by them in the southern province of Helmand. The group with a woman as a member was arrested through an operation on the outskirts of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan boycotted the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, Pakistan announced that the summit scheduled for November 9-10 in Islamabad had been postponed ‘indefinitely’ and will now be held on an alternative date. “A new set of dates for …

Power sector plays crucial role in development of the post-conflict economies and infrastructure rebuilding. As most of the time, the Afghan governments were busy to address security-related challenges. The leaders have taken utmost efforts to convince the neighboring countries to support Afghan-owned peace process and war against terrorism. Therefore, the …