KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said the death of Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Umar had provided an opportunity for Taliban to join the reconciliation process. Presided over a meeting of the council of ministers, the CEO said following the demise of Mullah Umar the peace …
Read More »Govt should directly talk to ISI instead of Taliban: ACP
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Afghanistan Congress Party (ACP) on Sunday asked the National Unity Government (NUG) to directly talk with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) instead of Taliban to bring stability and peace to the war-hit country. The ACP, a newly emerged political party, said the Afghan insurgent groups were supported …
Read More »Osmani seeks registration of 100,000 mosques
“There are 150,000 mosques across the country in total whereas just 50,000 have been registered and the remaining 100,000 mosques are planned to be documented” AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hajj and Auqaf Minister, Faiz Mohammad Osmani inaugurated the newly-constructed Hajj center in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province on Sunday. …
Read More »50 schools reopened in Kunduz
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 50 schools which were previously closed due to insecurity in the Chardara, Aliabad, Dashti-i-Archi and Gurtapa districts of the northern Kunduz province have been reopened. These schools were reopened after marked improvement in security situation in the province, an official said on Sunday. Abdul Karim …
Read More »Pakistani police held 22 Afghans
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 22 Afghans have been detained by police in Pakistan’s Punjab province during a campaign conducted by the government of Pakistan against undocumented refugees in the country. According to local media outlets, the Afghan refugees were held in Kot Momin area of Sargodha district on …
Read More »Afghans celebrate Mullah Omar’s death
“Government shall not talk to minions of the United States and Pakistan. Peace process will not yield positive results. The bloodshed will continue without any pause as the US and Pakistan want to destabilize the region,”—SPA By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Hundreds of Afghans, including women, young and elderly people, on Sunday …
Read More »A 23-year-old Afghan woman sexually assaulted in leading New Delhi hospital
In a shocking incident, which bears testimony to how insecure Indian capital city has become for foreign women, a 23-year-old Afghan woman was sexually assaulted at a leading New Delhi hospital. The victim, who was attending to her mother at Max Hospital in Saket area of New Delhi, was sexually …
Read More »US drone attack kills four Taliban in Logar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents were killed late Saturday night in a US drone strike in Baraki Barak district in central Logar province, official said. Maulvi Habib-u-Rahman, a senior Taliban commander, and his three associates were killed in drone attack later Saturday night in Chalozai area of the province, …
Read More »2 security personnel dead in internal fight
MAIMANA: Two Afghan security personnel have been killed and four others wounded as a result of internal clash and a mortar shell in Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said Sunday. The district police chief Maj. Sayed Juma said the firefight between special police units and intelligence forces …
Read More »Afghan Taliban to elect new leader following disputed pick
The Afghan Taliban’s Supreme Council was not consulted over the election of a new leader following the death of founder Mullah Omar, the BBC has learned. Taliban sources said on Thursday that his deputy Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been chosen to head the militant group. But a spokesman told the BBC …
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