AT-KABUL: Amid deteriorating security situation and intolerance, to build social, inter and intra-regional harmony the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) on Wednesday organized a two-day symposium on Sufism in Kabul. This year’s symposium theme was, “Merging Sufism, literature and Security Studies”, based on Herat`s history of political Sufism. The …

India and Afghanistan’s Strategic Partnership Agreement will help achieve shared objectives in many areas as well as bolster the overall human security situation in Afghanistan Friendship between the people of India and Afghanistan dates back to centuries. It has only grown deeper in the modern era. Kabuliwala — a timeless …

Pakistan’s government should take all necessary measures to end the rampant police harassment, threats, and violence against Afghans living in Pakistan, Human Rights Watch said today in a new report. Incidents of police abuses against Afghans have skyrocketed since the Pakistani Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar in December 2014, …

The insurgents are hell-bent on turning Afghanistan once again into a fulcrum of global militancy. Security deterioration has become contagious. One day it is Badakhshan that is plagued by militants. The second day it is Nangarhar that screams because of militants’ atrocities. On third day it is Ghazni and so …

“No one can push Afghanistan into fiefdom or divide Afghans”   AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai called on Afghan youth to stay in Afghanistan and work for development of their home country. Talking to gathering marking the International Students’ Day, Hamid Karzai said that illegal immigration of Afghan youth to foreign …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Shinwari tribal elders from eastern Nangarhar province decided to put aside their differences, lend their support to the Afghan government and ensure security of their respective areas. Hailing from six districts of the province, the tribal elders the other day issued a resolution, where they decided to …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghans are increasingly concerned over the deteriorating law and order situation and weak economy amid the growing insurgency as the Taliban and Islamic State flex muscles, a survey report released on Tuesday said. The Asia Foundation in its “2015 Survey of the Afghan People” revealed that pessimism …

AT-KABUL: As many as 22 Taliban militants have been killed and nearly 30 others injured in an operation by security forces in northern Sar-i-Pul province, said official sources on Tuesday. Provincial Police Chief, Abdul Qayum Baqizai, said that 22 militants were killed and 30 others injured in an operation that …

President Vladimir Putin says he’s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states. During the summit, “I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Finance Minister, Eklil Hakimi will pay a visit to Islamabad next week to attend the Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting between Afghanistan and Pakistan, media reported on Tuesday. Hakimi would participate in the upcoming JEC meeting in Islamabad and push for the implementation of the decisions taken …