By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday released a report documenting 559 women civilian casualties—revealing 23 percent increase in the first six months of 2015 across the country. Director of Human Rights Unit of UNAMA, Danielle Bell, said that the UNAMA protection of civilian …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: With donation of blood by tens of sportsmen and volunteers, the Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday commemorated the World Blood Donor Day campaign (WBDD) with its international partners here in the Central Blood Bank. The theme of this year for blood campaign is “Thank you …

At least 56 Taliban and Islamic State (IS) fighters have been killed in a barrage of drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the governor’s spokesman, said the unmanned aircraft fired a volley of missiles on hideouts in the Gogori area of Haska …

KABUL: Mullah Sher Mohammad Agha Abbas Stanikzai has replaced Tayyab Agha as Taliban’s Qatar office head, a media report said on Wednesday. Tayyab Agha resigned the position in protest over Mullah Omar’s death being kept under wraps, calling it a historic blunder. He also vehemently criticised Mullah Mansoor’s appointment as …

The death report of Mullah Omar, the figurehead of the Taliban, has not only flared up tensions among the Taliban and broken out a deepening schism, but at the same time moved the Upper House of the Parliament of Pakistan to seek policy statement from the government on at least …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of unknown gunmen set ablaze two mosques in northern Baghlan province the other day, said an official source. Quoting an official source, TOLOnews reported that the incident took place in Amir Sher Ali area of Dand-i-Ghori district of the province. The source said that the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as eight Taliban militants have been killed in clearance operations launched by Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, said a local security official. Noman Atefi, a spokesman for 201st Selab military corps, said that their clearance operations against the Taliban militants are going on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The chairman of Pakistan’s senate, Reza Rabbani, asked Sartaj Aziz, advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, to brief the lawmakers over the death of Mullah Omar and peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Farhatullah Babar, a senator of Pakistan’s People Party, urged …

AT-KABUL: As differences among the Taliban militants group are growing wider in the aftermath of revelation of their leader Mullah Omar’s death, Sayed Tayeb Agha resigned as head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Sayed Tayyeb Agha in a statement said he has decided …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Amar Sinha Ambassador of India in Kabul called on National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Tuesday where they discussed different mutual issues, including bilateral ties between the two countries. According to a press release by Atmar’s office, the two sides talked about strengthening relations between the …