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 …

Afghan civilians have been frequently victimized by the so-called “operations against terrorism” launched by the US-led international coalition forces since the beginning of the operations for 15 years. The foreign troops came to the country in the early 2002 with the aim of help the government and people of Afghanistan …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called the recent Indian forces’ attacks on what he called the “hideouts of terrorists”, justifiable to defend their homeland. “Afghanistan is the victim of terrorism and extremis for years, and we realize the need of such operation better and more than any others,” the former …

Rabbani’s 5th death anniversary commemorated By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Senior government officials and jihadi leaders on Friday commemorated the 5th death anniversary of former head of the High Peace Council and Jihadi leader Burhanuddin Rabbani. Rabbani, who was also former president of Afghanistan, was assassinates at his residency five years ago …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Ambassador in Kyrgyzstan, Noor Mohammad Qarqin, has completed his diplomatic mission in the Central Asian country. Upon completion of his diplomatic mission, he called on Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Erlan Abdyldayev on Thursday. During the meeting, the Kyrgyz foreign minister thanked the Afghan ambassador …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said that Daesh, also known as the Islamic State, is more interested in Central Asia than Afghanistan, but the global terrorist organization had little capabilities to make inroad into the region. “ISIL [Daesh] comes to Afghanistan and says it is not …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fighting in southern Uruzgan province between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents has left thousands of families internally displaced, local officials said on Friday. TOLOnews reported that the internally displaced families have fled to the neighboring provinces. Provincial officials said that around 6,000 families have fled to …

KABUL: Pakistan has welcomed the peace agreement signed between the Afghan government and Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA). The agreement was signed by President Ashraf Ghani and the HIA leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Thursday. In a media statement Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul said that Islamabad has consistently emphasized that there is no military solution …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kazakhstan’s KazTAG news agency reported on Friday that approximately 100,000 tourists visit Afghanistan annually. According to the report, tourism sector generates one billion afghani ($14.5 million) a year. Spokesman for Ministry of Information and Culture, Haroon Hakimi, said the tourists visit 200 sites in 12 provinces of …