Afghanistan plans to take Pakistan to the UN security council over its continuing support to the Taliban, which Kabul says is destabilizing their country. Hekmat Khalil Karzai, deputy foreign minister told TOI in an exclusive chat, that after the deadly Taliban attack in Kabul last week, the Ghani government is …
Read More »Editorial: Feeding on corruption
Corruption in this country is no myth but a living beast destroying the very infrastructure. It is eating the social fabric up. Despite huge claims of the past and present governments, most of the officials still see corruption is a healthy diet to satiate their never-ending greed. The problem is …
Read More »Karzai says US should cut down extremists’ financial sources
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has said that the US should cut down the financial sources of terrorism and extremism if it remains sincerely determined to fight terror in all its forms. “The war against terrorism will not succeed unless we fight it in the sanctuaries, in the …
Read More »Level of Terrorism in Afghanistan Increased After US Invasion – Karzai
The level of terrorism in Afghanistan has increased since the US invasion in the country, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the broadcaster RT in an interview published Wednesday. MOSCOW — Karzai is in Russia to participate in the two-day annual Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS). The agenda of …
Read More »Special Force killed 10, detained 20 Taliban fighters in Kunduz
AT-KABUL: Afghan Special Force in night-raids against a stronghold of the Taliban killed at least 10 and detained another 20 Taliban fighters in Kunduz province, security officials said. The operations were carried out last night in Chardara district, the main stronghold of the Taliban, in Kunduz in which Najib, a key …
Read More »Norway offers refugees £840 ‘bonus’ to leave the country
Norway is offering its asylum seekers a £840 “bonus” if they agree to leave the country voluntarily. The Norwegain Directorate of Immigration (UDI) said the measure had been brought in as a cheaper alternative to paying for refugees to stay in immigration centres in the country. Launched on Monday, the …
Read More »SCOTLAND TO HOST AFGHANISTAN IN EDINBURGH
Cricket Scotland have today confirmed dates and venues for their series against Afghanistan in July 2016. The two Associates will contest two One Day International fixtures, which will take place at The Grange in Edinburgh on Monday 4th and Wednesday 6th of July. Afghanistan produced a number of impressive performances …
Read More »Polio vaccination faces problems: Officials
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health calls lack of public awareness and security threats as main problems ahead of the national vaccination program and. Ahmad Jan Naim, deputy public health minister said Monday that insecurity was a major challenge in front of healthcare services delivering in the country, …
Read More »Taliban-Daesh clash leaves 17 killed in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: At least 17 militants have been killed in a conflict between the Taliban militants and the loyalists to the Daesh (aka IS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province, local official said Monday. Provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal, said the clash took place in Da Nari Aab area of …
Read More »Security forces kill 36 militants
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense in a statement on Monday said that 36 insurgents were killed, 25 others injured and five suspects arrested as the result of crackdowns by Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in various parts of the country. The statement said that the Afghan National Army, National police …
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