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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, Nasrin Oryakhil, told lawmakers on Monday that the ministry has introduced 600 people to the Attorney General Office (AGO) for having fake ration cards. She said that after computerizing the payment system, the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled …
Read More »Afghan army to receive more armored vehicles to battle Taliban
The United States is rushing additional military hardware to Afghanistan to support the embattled Afghan National Army. According to IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly, the U.S.-based defense contractor Textron Marine & Land Systems has been awarded a $56.2 million contract for the delivery of 55 additional Commando Select Armored Security Vehicles …
Read More »Pak-Afghan after Kunduz
Afrasiab Khattak After the extremely deep involvement of the Pakistani state in Afghan “Jihad” in 1980s (subsequently recognized to be the largest covert US anti communist operation) and after becoming a hub for international “Jihadist” project attracting every known “Jihadist” entity to its soil from around the globe, many people …
Read More »MSF withdraws staff from Kunduz after deadly airstrikes on hospital
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Doctors without Borders, the international medical charity, said on Sunday that it has withdrawn from Kunduz city after the fatal airstrikes on its hospital left 19 killed and several injured. The group’s communications manager Kate Stegeman said that some staff is still working in other health facilities …
Read More »Would-be bombers killed in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that two would-be suicide bombers were killed in Kabul. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives killed two terrorists who planned to carry out suicide attacks in front of the police training center in the …
Read More »Attack on MSF hospital: Obama offers condolences
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The President of the United States, Barack Obama has expressed his deepest condolence to the medical professionals and other civilians killed and injured in the tragic incident at a Doctors without Borders hospital in Kunduz province, the White House said in a media statement. The US-led coalition …
Read More »To provide humanitarian assistance to Kunduzis, traders seek ceasefire
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In a bid to provide humanitarian assistance to residents of Kunduz city, private sector urged the United Nations to demand warring parties to declare a ceasefire. Traders from across the country said that they stand ready to provide aid to residents of Kunduz city, which witnessed unprecedented …
Read More »Preparations on full swing to keep highways open during winter: MoPW
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Sunday assured of full preparation to keep all roads, including Salang Highway open for traffic during winter season. Talking in a one-day coordination winter cooperation session held here in Kabul, Minister of Public Works Mahmoud Baligh said that he would utilize 106 …
Read More »Mistake or war crime
Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of large scale violence as the policymakers are not bothered by the news of growing Taliban power and emergency of the dreaded Islamic State which is known as Daesh in the region. Perhaps, this is the major reason that enabled the Taliban to capture …
Read More »20 Daesh fighters killed in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 20 Daesh fighters were killed in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghan interior ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said that the operation was carried out in Abdulkhil area of Achin district on Saturday night in which at least 20 fighters of the …
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