Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces captured a Taliban base in Dasht-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province, said a security official. Hamid Saifi, a commander of Afghan National Army (ANA), told TOLOnews that after collapse of Kunduz city, the Taliban militants have transferred the military equipment seized from Afghan forces …
Read More »Ulema blame insecurity, poverty for increasing violence against women in north
AT-KABUL: Religious scholars termed insecurity and widespread poverty as the main reasons behind increasing sexual violence against women in Afghanistan’s north. A number of ulema and civil society activists came together in Mazar-e-Sahrif, the capital city of Balkh province, on Monday to assess reasons behind mounting violence against women. Participants …
Read More »Sar-e-Pul PC concerned over mounting insecurity
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Sar-e-Pul provincial council (PC) expressed their deep concerns over mounting insecurity in the province. Members of the PC said that Kohistanat district of the province was under the Taliban’s control and the terrorist group has increased its activities in Baghawi, Sheramha and Sayad areas of the province …
Read More »Caught by despair; Meshrano Jirga asks US to implement BSA
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Asking the Obama-administration to implement the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), Meshrano Jirga or Senate on Monday said that Afghanistan was burning in the war against terrorism and insurgency but the United States is acting like a spectator despite signing the BSA with Afghanistan. The reaction came …
Read More »Favoritism in ‘Selection Committee’ appointments slammed
AT-KABUL: Different civil society organizations on Monday opposed appointment of certain civil rights activists to the Selection Committee of the Election Commission Members (SCEM), claiming that the assigned figures could not represent civil society. The appointment was opposed by the University Teachers Union, Afghanistan Social and Humanitarians National Alliance, Legislatives …
Read More »MoFA decries Afghan refugees’ deportation from EU
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Afghanistan on Monday said the government would not accept forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers from the European Union (EU) countries, including Germany and Norway. The ministry said that Kabul and Berlin had no agreement on asylum seekers. According to the …
Read More »Female photographer fights taboos
By Farhad Naibkhel-Despite improvement in different sectors and restoration of the democratic setup after the ouster of the Taliban from power, Afghan society still remains conservative regarding women. In the past decade a very few women had succeeded in achieving their big dreams, especially female photojournalists. Working as a journalist …
Read More »Discouraging illegal immigration; Ghani urges youth to stay, work for home country
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday asked youth to stay and work for development of Afghanistan. Addressing a session in the Presidential Palace where scores of young people participated, the president said that young Afghans should join hands and rebuild the county instead of leaving for the …
Read More »China, Afghanistan and peace talks
China, undoubtedly, is one of the strategically important neighbors of Afghanistan—a country entangled in choas, and struggling to subdue terrorism. So far, Afghanistan, unforutnately, has not clinched any major breakthroug in the war on terror, and the reason is that terrorism was imposed on this country. Second, the war was …
Read More »Scores of drug traffickers arrested: CJTF
AT-KABUL: The Counter Narcotic Police (CNP) had arrested dozens of drug traffickers across the country, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said on Monday. The CJTF in a media statement said the traffickers were arrested in Samangan, Kunduz, Baghlan and Kabul provinces during the last two weeks, adding that the …
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