Karzai, Abdullah, NATO condemn suicide attack By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 20 people were killed and 32 others injured when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vest at the entrance of the Afghanistan National Civil Order Police Headquarters (HQ) in western Kabul on Monday afternoon. In a media statement issued …

KABUL: An explosion, possibly suicide attack, has been reported near to Afghan Border Police HQ in west of Kabul city today afternoon. Eyewitnesses in the area say the explosion took place in front of the Afghan Border Police on the main street in which a number of people have been …

Senior American officials have recently said that the US military presence in Afghanistan needs a review. Based on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) signed between the governments of Afghanistan and the United States two years ago, the Obama administration announced that it would keep nearly 10,000 troops for one year …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A Taliban commander, Sayed Hashim Hashemi, in a video footage ostensibly to be recorded in Faryab province, accused the Taliban’s new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor of plotting the murder of Mullah Omar. After the death report of Mullah Omar, differences emerged among the Taliban leaders. The group …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah is planned to leave for India today (Sunday) to attend a counterterrorism conference scheduled to be held in Jaipur on Tuesday. An Indian news agency reported that Abdullah will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Asking the government for proactive state policies carried out in collaboration with private sector, the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) on Saturday said that private sector was facing a variety of challenges in the country. The private sector includes such services as education, health, agriculture, mines …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Saturday said that the Taliban’s shadow judge and mayor for Darqad district were arrested along with 12 militants in northern Takhar province. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives managed to arrest the Taliban’s shadow judge, mayor …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) on Saturday said that in collaboration with the Supreme Court it has started registration of marriage and distribution of marriage certificate in order to protect women’s rights. “In order to reduce violence against women, the ministry is taking steps to register all …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Lt. Gen. John Nicholson who has been nominated by President Barack Obama as the new US forces commander in Afghanistan, says that the US authorities need to think about “an enduring commitment” to the Afghans. Nicholson told the US Senate Armed Services Committee that the plan for …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Security       Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Friday met with German ambassador to Kabul Markus Potzel, discussing issues that cause Afghans’ migration. At least 160,000 Afghans have reportedly reached Europe over the past one year to seek asylum and some 40 percent of them have been …