AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fifteen Taliban insurgents were killed in western Herat province during infighting over appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as new figurehead of the militant group. Security officials at the province confirmed the clash, saying the militants in Shindand district were divided into two rival groups; one opposing Mullah …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Four policemen were killed and six others were held hostage by the Taliban when the insurgents attacked a police check-post in Jawzjan province, official sources said on Friday. According to the deputy governor, Abdul Rahman Mahmoodi, the policemen came under attack when they gathered for biometric identification …

AT-KABUL: Taliban militants have kidnapped at least nine passengers on gunpoint from the volatile Ghazni province, official sources said on Friday. Spokesman to the provincial governor, Shafiq Nang, said the militants have abducted the passengers in Gaghori district on Thursday night when they were on their way to the provincial …

KABUL:  Amid the almost daily suicide attacks inflicted to them by the Taliban, some Afghan children continued to bring joy and comfort to their countrymen. To them, there is no other antidote to the despair and sense of helplessness than a few moments of laughter and joy. “Kabul children have …

KABUL: Visiting  Afghanistan-A, powered by Hashmat Shaheedi, routed their Sri Lankan rivals in a One-Day cricket match in Colombo, an official said on Friday. Farid Hotak, spokesman for the Afghan Cricket Board (ACB), said Sri Lankan won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 239 runs in the …

Nadeem Alizai-The prolonged miseries of Afghans yet to be addressed by the government as hundreds of patients due to lack of quality health facilities in hospitals go beyond frontiers for treatment despite heavy costs. Decades of war paralyzing health sector compelled patients to go to India, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan …

It was believed by the idealists that reciprocal visits of Pakistani and Afghan leaders would usher in a new era—an era of peace and tranquility. However, the hopes proved no more than water-bubbles, burst within no time. Optimism of the idealists has been dashed to the ground as Islamabad still …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: New Line Organization (NLO), a rights group, on Thursday urged the government for increased participation of youth in the decision-making process. Addressing a seminar in connection with the International Youth Day, the chief of NLO, Fahim Sediqi, said that though youth make nearly 65 percent of Afghanistan …

KABUL: Afghanistan under 19 Football team has defeated Maldives under 19 Football team in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) teams in Nepal, an official of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said on Thursday. AFF spokesman Syed Ali Kazmi said six teams were divided in two groups and Afghanistan …

Massive explosions have hit China’s northern city of Tianjin, leaving at least 17 people dead and hundreds more injured. State media said the blasts happened in a warehouse storing “dangerous and chemical goods” in the port area of the city. Pictures and video on social media showed flames lighting up …