AT-KABUL:  The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in an operation freed 50 civilians taken hostage by the Taliban in southeastern Ghazni province, local officials said Saturday. The operation was launched Friday night in the Geru district, local officials said. Provincial police chief, Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, confirmed the rescue, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) on Saturday called the ongoing year as the most challenged for the organization as one million people were displaced due to conflicts across the country. “These people fled their houses in the provinces of Kunduz, Helmand, Ghazni, Farah, Uruzgan and Paktia,” said acting head …

ANP asks KP govt to follow centuries-old code of Pashtunvali, see refugees as guests By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: A Pakistani politician and a prominent Pashtun leader, Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that his country was passing through a critical time in its history as the country faced with what he called …

AT-KABUL: Afghan forces have successfully cleared the Bagh-e-Pul district of the western province of Farah from Taliban insurgents and destroyed their main hideouts, security officials said Saturday. Provincial police chief, Mohammad Ghaws Malyar, said that clashes are underway in different area of Barangtot, Deh Yak and Shor Abad in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Local officials on Saturday said reinforcements had arrived in Tirinkot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province after the reopening of the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway. Tirinkot city has been under attack from Taliban militants, who have captured some areas from Afghan forces in the past one month. An official …

Pakistan is not learning from the mistakes that she has committed since inception in 1947. The absolute power had made the powerful military establishment of the country corrupt. Military in Pakistan is controlling the foreign and internal policies of the country. Ministry of Finance is also under its tight control. …

Afghanistan, a landlocked country in the heart of Asia, has been witnessing several conflicts through the five thousand-year of its history. When Islam came to the country through the conquests of the Muslim Arabs, the country’s people welcomed it as a new religion. Afghans in fact, welcomed the two major …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: It is in the interest of both India and Pakistan to see a stable, secure Afghanistan emerge from the years of fighting, the US State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said. “And certainly, in the interest of regional security as well, there’s a lot of contentious issues, …

7,400 Afghans return daily from Pakistan; 4,350 children screened for malnutrition; Afghanistan to receive 1.5 million returnees by March 15, 2017; UNHCR needs additional $2.1 million in the medium-term AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned of escalating …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan envoy on Friday expressed hopes that decision by five countries to boycott South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad will bring positive results and force non-cooperating member nations to walk on the path of peace and partnership. “Afghanistan …