AT-KABUL: A coordinated attack on the Arghandab district headquarters in southern Kandahar province ended after nearly one hour of fighting, in which five suicide bombers and a soldier were killed and six more were injured, provincial officials said. The attack was launched at 7:00am when a suicide bomber blew his …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have a major training center in Kohestanat district of Sar-e-Pul province, said a number of lawmakers from the province. Aziza Jalees, an MP from Sar-e-Pul, told the plenary session of Wolesi Jirga that the militants have a training center in the district, where foreign …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 28 schools still remain closed in the southeastern Paktia province due to different reasons, said local officials. The provincial education director, Loqman Hakim Hakimi, told Radio Azadi that due to security threats and several other problems around 28 schools still remain closed in the province. …

AT-KABUL: The Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai and India’s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Tuesday explored ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Jaishankar and Karzai led the Indian and Afghan delegations in the foreign office consultations in New Delhi. The two sides commended friendly relations between the two countries and …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan (ASA) said that regional hostilities and inconclusive policies of the government had prevented the country from playing effective role in the regional organizations. The academy on Wednesday said that poor diplomacy and political rivalries in the region resulted that the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Complaints Committee of the Meshrano Jirga scolded President Ashraf Ghani’s legal adviser for his alleged involvement in signing of the Smart City Township project with a defaulter of the Kabul Bank. President’s Legal Adviser Abdul Ali Muhammadi on Wednesday told the committee that some people were …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Germany has launched eight disaster prevention projects in remote area of northeastern Badakhshan province at a total cost of 16 million Afghanis. The projects were funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation through Badakhshan Natural Disaster Program (BNDP). These projects include construction of protection walls, …

Taking advantage of the expanding energy capacity, Turkmenistan has completed the construction of a section of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan railway. The interregional railway project is supposed to increase commercial and trade activities between the three neighboring countries. Afghanistan and Tajikistan still to complete the sections of railway in their respective territory. According …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US Defense Secretary, Ashton Carter in a meeting with Pakistan Army Chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif in Washington discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan including Pakistan’s role in counterterrorism campaign, the Pentagon reported. Briefing newsmen the Pentagon Press Secretary, Peter Cook, said that Carter and Raheel discussed situation …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Twenty-four girls’ schools that previously were closed by the Taliban insurgents, reopened in central Logar province, provincial education officials said on Wednesday. They said that tribal elders, religious scholars and the government had put their last-ditch efforts to reopen these schools. Education Department’s spokesman, Mohammad Shapoor Arab, …