AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: 120 Taliban militants had renounced violence by joining the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process in the north-west Faryab province on Monday. They joined peace drive after they were surrounded by the army two days ago in a military operation commanded by First Vice President Gen. …

AT-KABUL: Twenty-eight Taliban insurgents including four commanders were killed in an operation going on, while hundreds of people have left their villages due the fear of war in Pashtun Kot district of north-western Faryab province, local officials said Monday. The spokesman for 209 Shaheen Military Corps Maj. Reza Rezaee said …

AT-KABUL: During a meeting at his office, the former President Hamid Karzai on Monday discussed issues of mutual interests with the special envoy of Russian Federation for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Zamir Kabulov, and Russian ambassador to Kabul, Alexander Mantytskiy. In the meeting, both sides discussed different regional and national issues …

Earlier, it was on-off insider attacks that troubled the coalition forces and Afghan government. Now, it is about scores of black sheep in the police force and other institutions which is making headlines and had caused panic. Presence of militant supporters in the governmental organizations especially in security forces is …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Monday met with the Chief of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Gen. Fang Fenghui, at his office and requested Beijing for military assistance. Spokesperson for the National Security Advisor, Tawab Ghorzang, said that the two sides held in-depth talks …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Embassy of India has organized an event on Sunday evening to praise the achievements of the Afghan athletes who won medals in the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) held in India. Over hundred Afghan athletes were present at the event. Afghanistan has won seven gold, nine silver …

Running a country with meager resources is a tightrope walk for any leader. Afghanistan is dependent on foreign assistance to support and security forces and other constitutional bodies. When Iraq, Syria and Libya are in media headlines for the rise of Islamic State and rebel groups, Afghanistan is covered for …

KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Sunday met former deputy minister of interior Gen. Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, praising his efforts in serving for security. In the meeting held in Salangi’s residence, Karzai thanked him for carrying out his duties with very honesty in the past 13 years. The ex-president called …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) counted low budget allocated to the agency, fast growing population and citizens’ negligence to the importance of the environment as the factors harming environment protection programs. “The increase of population in the cities, poverty, insecurity, lower budget for our programs and …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Amid increasing violations against journalists and media workers, second vice president, Mohammad Sarwar Danish ordered governmental to establish a joint committee to prosecute the dossiers of slain reporters. In the cabinet meeting held Sunday, Danish criticized judiciary organs for delay in prosecution of killed journalists’ dossiers. …