AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The national cricket team on Tuesday received red-carpet welcome by hundreds of cricket lovers at Hamid Karzai International Airport after they were qualified for T-20 World Cup 2016 which will be held in India. The national squad grabbed fifth place in the qualifying rounds. In the qualifying …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The former spymaster, Amrullah Saleh and the founder of Rawand-e-Sabz-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Green Trend) has warned the public that there are certain countries trying to divide Afghanistan into factions and that they are the nation’s true enemies. Saleh held a press conference the other day to announce the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday apprehended a group of three abductors and rescued a 13 years old boy in Paktia province. In a press release issued here, the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in arresting a gang of three kidnappers in Gardiz city. The detained …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russia’s Ambassador to NATO on Tuesday reiterated his country’s stance on countering Afghan drug smuggling while saying that Moscow would continue the anti-narcotics fight without NATO. In an interview with the Lifenews TV channel, Alexander Grushko said that Moscow would seek support of other partners in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Spokesman to the Chief Executive Officer on Tuesday said that the Afghan government was expecting decline in violence after the first round of direct talks in Murree, Pakistan; however, there is no decrease in insurgent attacks. Javed Faisal said that Afghan insurgents were still backed by Pakistan. …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said that that it has registered 54,000 positive cases of hepatitis B and C in the past three years. The health ministry provided the data on Monday while commemorating the World Hepatitis Day (WHD) with the theme “Prevent Hepatitis-Act now” with its …

4,809 uplift schemes implemented in the past six months, says Minister By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) on Tuesday said that 90 percent of the 100-day action plan was implemented. Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Nasir Ahmad Durani, said that out of 1,310 targeted infrastructure …

AT-KABUL: Two women were killed and two others injured in a family dispute in the southern Zabul province. According to the provincial police, a man went to his mother-in-law house in Risala village of Qalat on Tuesday morning and killed his mother-in-law and sister-in-law with a sharp knife. Sources identified …

KABUL: The embattled Kohistanat district of northern Sar-i-Pul province has fallen to the Taliban, an official acknowledged on Tuesday. Mohammad Asif Jabbarkhail, police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the district was captured by the Taliban after a commander of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) joined them. At least 17 Afghan …

“Without Pakistan’s green signal we can do nothing. We are waiting for Islamabad’s decision about venue for second round of the talks,”—High Peace Council Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: An official of the High Peace Council (HPC) on Monday said that they have no information about the new venue where second round …