By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Governors Association (AGA) expressed its concerns over outstanding challenges and asked the government to hold the traditional Loya Jirga to discuss the issues and solutions. While expressing concerns over the prevailing situation, the former governor of Kabul and the representative of AGA, Abdul Jabar Taqwa, …

A UNCHR report released Sunday said that 120,000 Afghan citizens have sought asylum in 44 countries during the first eight months of this year. As security situation across the country is deteriorating, more and more people are turning to migration. The issue has caught the attention of the government yet …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai felicitated national cricket team on its victory against Zimbabwe. With 73-run win against Zimbabwe, Afghanistan made history to become the first associate nation to defeat test-playing country in a one-day series. Hamid Karzai felicitated national cricket team and people of Afghanistan on this landmark victory. He …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces retook control of Khamab district of Jawzjan province from the Taliban militants. However, clearance operations are ongoing in different villages of the district. The government lost control of the district around three weeks ago. This victory of Afghan forces came just few days after …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that it will not allow any terrorist group to use Afghan soil against neighboring countries. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the MoD, said that Afghan forces are capable of defeating militants. However, he urged regional countries to cooperate with Afghanistan to eliminate the menace. …

“Kabul never asked Islamabad to tackle the Taliban but the Pakistani officials were asked to restrain from supporting insurgents who are living and getting training in Pakistan,” says Baloch. Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Condemning the recent statement of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, members of the Meshrano Jirga on Sunday said …

“Nawaz escapes US pressure despite siding with the Taliban, but why Washington is deliberately allowing itself to be fooled by its client-state or because that policies of the two countries—America and Pakistan, for this region coincide, which is why Washington looks the other way” AT Commentary-KABUL: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Spain wrapped up its 14-year long military mission n Afghanistan while leaving its 25 troops in Kabul, a media report said. At a ceremony presided over by Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria in western Herat province, the Spanish armed forces lowered their flag and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As the government has increased crackdown on drug addiction in the capital city, drug addicts are turning to the Southern Ghazni province because drugs and narcotics are being sold openly without any sense of fear from anti-narcotic officials. Nasraullah Naeemi, the head of a rehabilitation center, told …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL:  Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said that the number of people killed in Kunduz hospital bombing has reached 30.  The US forces in an airstrike pounded MSF hospital in Kunduz on October 3. As many as 10 patients and 13 staffers were identified out of the debris of …