By Mansoor Faizy-International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8. It is aimed to celebrate achievements of women across nations. In other words the day is commemorated globally to honor women’s activities, achievements and all-out efforts rendering by them in different areas. There are so many different ways to …

AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that Taliban deputy district chief with his seven colleagues were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province. In a press statement issued here, NDS said that its operatives succeeded to arrest Taliban deputy district chief for Rodat district of Nangarhar along with his …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Saturday said that the Shafaq operation was going on successfully and the Afghan forces imposed heavy casualties over Taliban across the country. “Afghan forces are moving forwards in the Shafaq crackdown and the Taliban have fled different areas across the country in the past two …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ahmad Zia Massoud, special representative for the president in good governance says that abduction is hampering the trend of investment in the country. “The businessmen are not willing to invest in the country due to insecurity and abduction cases that left majority of our youth unemployed,” …

MOSCOW:  Russia regards Afghanistan as a close country, the two countries’ peoples have friendly feelings towards each other, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday at a meeting with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. “We are glad to welcome you in Moscow again. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly …

There is no denying to the stark reality that Afghan government is caught between devil and the deep blue see as it had failed to meet public expectations. Civilian and security forces’ casualties had increased as compared to the past year, though the official reports still to appear on the …

Since ouster from power, the Taliban for the first time sent an official delegation to Islamabad to discuss issues pertaining to Afghan refugees in Pakistan and situation in the areas along the de facto border, Durand Line. The delegation flew from Qatar to Pakistan. Although, the Pakistani authorities had not …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-Learning martial arts is not only good for maintaining sound health, but it is also an extraordinary tool for defense against rogues. It is very effective for all but it is more suitable for girls in a bid to protect themselves from harassment and annoyance of loafers …

An Australian woman has reportedly been kidnapped by armed men in Afghanistan. The aid worker was taken from her office by the men in the early hours of the morning in the eastern city of Jalalabad, in the capital of the Nangarhar province, Attaullah Khogyanai, spokesman of the state’s governor …

Numerous non-profit organizations are working in Afghanistan to help the war-hit nation in this turbulent time. Some of the local non-governmental organizations may have earned bad reputation for wasting donors’ money on unproductive seminars and workshops, but several others are doing good job. One cannot blame all for the mistakes …