AT-KABUL: The Taliban shadow district chief for Baglan-e-Markazi was killed along with 15 other insurgent in a clash with the security forces in the northern province of Baghlan, security officials said Wednesday, while 25 militants wounded. The interior ministry said in a statement that the Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated …
Read More »Cashes continue for third day in Kunduz city
AT-KABUL: The security forces are fighting Taliban insurgents for three days in different parts of the Kunduz city. “Afghan forces recaptured Pohantoon, Bandar-e-Sherkat and Bandar-e-Kabul areas and security is improving in the city,” army spokesman for Kunduz Mahfuzullah Akbari said. He said that fighting and clearance operation were going on …
Read More »US calls on Taliban to join peace process
AT-KABUL: The US secretary of state John Kerry addressed delegates attending the Brussels summit on Afghanistan on Wednesday, calling on the Taliban insurgents to join the peace process as the head of another opposition armed group Gulbuddin Hekmatyar recently did. “Taliban could not win on the battlefield, there is a …
Read More »Hundreds of families flee homes in Farah
AT-KABUL: Hundreds of families have fled Wednesday their houses in the Nawbahar village of western Farah province, arguing Taliban militants had gathered to attack the area. Azizullah, a resident of the village, said around 300 rebels had gathered in the area to attack security check-posts. He said the displeased families …
Read More »‘Aid pledged in Brussels is for nation, not govt’
Taking separate flights to Brussels is a clear sign of tension between President Ghani and CEO Abdullah: Ehsani By Farhad Naibekhel-KABUL: The Young Activists Network for Reform and Change (YANRC), a civil society organ, said Wednesday that the Brussels’ financial aid would be for the Afghan nation, not a white …
Read More »Brussels Conference on Afghanistan kicks off
KABUL: The two-day Brussels International Conference on Afghanistan kicked off in the Belgium capital on Tuesday, when the European Commission announced new financial assistance to the Afghan government in the form of a State-building contract. Tomorrow, the European Union and the government of Afghanistan will co-host the Brussels Conference that …
Read More »Afghans in Belgium slam anti-Karzai slogan
AT-KABUL: A number of Afghans in Belgium’s capital, Brussels, have organized a protest rally on Tuesday and announced support to the former President Hamid Karzai and condemned the ‘act of an insult’ against the ex-president. They held the demonstration in front of the building where the summit on Afghanistan was …
Read More »Editorial: Life as burden
When the Brussels summit is taking place to financially support the Afghan government, another report has caught attention of many. As many as 600 people attempted suicide in first half of the current year in Herat province. According to the spokesman for the zonal hospital in Herat, eighteen people succeeded …
Read More »Dialogue essential to remove Af-Pak trust-deficit: Sherpao
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior Pakistani politician and chairman of the Qaumi Watan Party Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao called on Pakistani officials to start a dialogue process with Afghanistan aimed at eliminating trust-deficit between the two countries. “Pakistan should start a dialogue with Afghanistan at various levels to help remove …
Read More »65 insurgents killed in army operations
AT-KABUL: At least sixty-five insurgents including twelve Daesh fighters were killed and fifty others wounded in different operations lunched by the Afghan security forces across the county within past 24 hours, security officials said on Tuesday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, said that the national …
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