KABUL: Pakistan’s police and other security forces in Balochistan province claimed to have arrested over 40 Afghan nationals during a search operation around an airbase in Quetta. According to Pakistan’s dawn.com, police has claimed the Afghan nationals were living in an area around Khalid Airbase illegally. “They were handed over …

AT-KABUL: Officials in northern Jawzjan province said on Tuesday at least 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed in an apparent “insider attack” in the country’s north after a fellow soldier invited insurgents to overrun a check point. Jawzjan Security Chief, Abdul Hafiz Khashi, told Afghanistan Times that …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Commending President Ashraf Ghani’s decision regarding formation of election commissions’ selection committee, the Civic Movement of Social Justice (CMSJ), a cluster of civil society organizations, urged the government to introduce election commissioners to judicial organizations after their dismissal. President Ashraf Ghani through a decree around two …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) advised the Afghan government in its report released on Monday to register the undocumented seminaries (madrassas) in the country as the unregistered religious schools were disseminating radical ideologies in the country. According to the survey report which covered 306 teachers …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The government has planned to standardize cities and provide better facilities to people across the country. Addressing a ceremony in connection with release of a report about cities, published with support of the UN-Habitat and Australian government, President Ashraf Ghani said that keeping in view the report …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that a group of five terrorists were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives apprehend five terrorists in a crackdown launched in 7th district of Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province. …

Residents of the restive eastern Nangarhar province voiced their concerns over growing insecurity, times and again. They asked the provincial administration and central government to take decisive measures to improve law and order situation. Highways are insecure, schools are closed down and residents are threatened of dire consequences by the …

By Muhammad Nadeem-Wasi Khan Khalil, a young Pashtun singer and director, is out to show bright image of Pashtuns to the world. He lives in Peshawar. Wasi was 10-year old when joined Radio Pakistan as anchor in 1998.  He is the first Pashtun rock-star in Pakistan committed to bring positive …

AT-KABUL: The 4th death anniversary of the former Afghan president and High Peace Council (HPC) chief Burhanuddin Rabbani was marked on Sunday in Kabul, with participation of high-ranking officials, jihadi leaders and lawmakers. Addressing the ceremony, ex-President Hamid Karzai commended Prof. Rabbani’s indefatigable efforts to bring long lasting peace to …

AT-KABUL: Sixty-one students were awarded the General Nursing Diploma at a graduation ceremony in Faizabad, capital of northern Badakhshan province. The ceremony marked a milestone: the graduation of the first class of nurses from a program run in Faizabad and managed by the Badakhshan Provincial Public Health Directorate and Badakhshan …