By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: More than 40 percent of children suffer from malnutrition and around 95 percent of women faced with lack of vitamin D fortification in Afghanistan. Import of defective food items from Pakistan and other neighboring countries have created drastic public health problems in the country. During an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russian President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Director of the 2nd Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Minister Zamir Kabulov said on Tuesday that his country would deliver a batch of small arms for Afghan police in January. He believes that arms supplies from Russia was a significant …

AT-KABUL: Afghan National Police (ANP) had thwarted terror attacks in central Maidan Wardak, Parwan, and northwestern Badghis provinces, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) claimed on Wednesday in a media statement. Militants wanted to carry out terrorist attacks in these provinces. However, their subservice activities were foiled by security officials, the …

AT-KABUL: Three passengers were killed and 22 others injured in a traffic accident on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in southern Ghazni province on Wednesday, said official sources. The provincial traffic chief Mohammadullah Ahmadi told media that the incident took place in Aziz Kala area, where a truck collided with a passenger …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding cooperation in education sector was signed on Wednesday with Qatar. Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported that the MoU was signed by the Minister of Education and Higher Education Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed Al-Hammadi who is also Secretary General of the Supreme …

“At a time when many Afghan women are struggling to survive, the NGOs are merely cashing in on the hype of women’s rights.” By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Amid serious concerns over increase in violence cases against women, a new body under the name of “57 Movement” (a cluster of civil …

WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s security situation is so tenuous that the top U.S. commander there wants to keep as many U.S. troops there as possible through 2016 to boost beleaguered Afghan soldiers and may seek additional American forces to assist them. Army Gen. John Campbell said in an interview with USA …

590 drug traffickers sent behind bars By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Requesting international support, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Wednesday said that narcotics are a funding source for terrorists. Spokesperson of the CJTF, Ahmad Khaled Moahed, said that link between terrorism and narcotics is evident. He said that this international …

RUCHI KUMAR-Amar Sinha has been India’s ambassador to Afghanistan for the last two and a half years He is very popular among the Afghan polity and locals too Sinha saw regime changes in both countries, but feels the relationship didn’t change It’s a bittersweet moment for Amar Sinha. The man …

The announcement is heartening for India since many of the country’s projects in Afghanistan have been targeted by terrorist groups. NEW DELHI: Afghanistan has said it will raise a 7,000-member security force to guard the $10-billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline project within its territory, an announcement that comes close on …