AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US, NATO troops’ commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson, terming poor leadership in certain levels as a sole reason behind casualtiessurge. “We are very concerned about the casualty rate,” said Nicholson in an interview with NBC news, explaining that last year the Afghans suffered high casualties …

AT-KABUL: A key commander of the Taliban insurgents was killed in clash with Afghan security forces in north-eastern Kapisa province, local official said on Monday. The provincial governor spokesman, Qais Qaderi said that Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints in the Tagab and Alasay districts, in which Taliban commander along with …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Lawmakers in “Wolesi Jirga” or Lower House of the Parliament on Monday expressed deep concern over government failures in fight against narcotics and also treatment to the addicted people across the country. To find way out, lawmakers summoned Interior, Counter Narcotics, and Public Health Ministers as well …

A report recently released, says of a 43 percent increase in the opium product so far this year. In 2016, the estimated of opium product is amounted 4,800 tons, said counter-narcotics minister Salamat Azimi, who was talking about the report prepared with the cooperation of the United Nations office for …

By Abdul Saboor Sarir-Pyeongchang, Gangwon province: The Global Saemaul Leadership Forum, an organization active on the rural development was held from October 18 to 20 in South Korea under the theme “SMU-Waves of Hope, Unity of Global Society”. Around 750 participants from 44 countries included ministers and Vice-Ministers, Ambassadors, Saemaul leaders, …

The top US commander said that he was increasingly seeing a “convergence between the Haqqanis, the Taliban, the Al Qaeda and the Lashkar-e-Taiba” in Afghanistan. THE HAQQANI network, a UN-designated terrorist group which has killed Indian diplomats, military officials and civilians in Afghanistan in recent years, continues to enjoy sanctuary …

Any step which lies in stopping violence is absolutely appreciable. There is no denial to the fact that Afghan masses desperately wait for peace and security to be maintained in the war-hit country. To achieve that, Afghan civilian despite military personnel have rendered huge sacrifices. But however peace yet to …

AT-KABUL: The United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a new report released Sunday said that more effective and transparent means resolving disputes over water rights key to economic growth and avoiding conflict in Afghanistan. The report said that the demand for water to support agricultural development in Afghanistan, …

AT-KABUL: At least 93 Taliban insurgents were killed and 62 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Sunday. The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security operatives, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A survey prepared with the ministry of counter-narcotics and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, says a 43-percent increase in the opium product so far this year. The survey adds that the poppy cultivation had 10 per cent increase, compared to the same period last …