Confusion about presence of the US troops in the country has caught Afghans as Washington still to finalize the withdrawal plan and come with clear decision. Afghans and regional countries are desperately waiting for the White House final decision about fate of the remaining US troops in Afghanistan. Though, the …

KABUL: Some senators on Tuesday strongly condemned Monday’s airstrike by American forces on an Afghan National Army (ANA) outpost in central Logar province, calling it intentional and demanded the perpetrators’ prosecution. Local officials said eight ANA troops were killed and another half a dozen were wounded in the early morning …

Foreign troops, particularly the United States forces, have targeted Afghan soldiers and civilians on several occasions in the past and came up with different but unsatisfactory excuses to cool down the ire. These attacks were criticized regularly, both by government officials and public, and dropped relations between Kabul and Washington …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Torrential rains wreaked havoc in eastern parts of the country as flash floods destroy scores of homes and crops standing on hundreds of acres of agricultural land in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Provincial director of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) in Kunar told a local …

AT-KABUL: Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday urged Afghanistan’s neighbors and other regional countries to support the Afghan-led peace process. Welcoming the recent efforts of the Afghan leadership to bring back stability and peace to the country, the council in its meeting which held in Brussels, emphasized on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Wolesi Jirga members and experts said that fight against the ISIS, also known as Daesh, should be led by Afghan security forces. They said that if the United States and international forces want to conduct a joint war against ISIS in Afghanistan, then the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered and confiscated two BM1 missiles in PD8 in Kabul city over the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, a statement by the spy agency said on Monday. The statement said that this was a major achievement as the find has prevented a major attack …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one person was killed and three others wounded following a traffic accident in Salang Highway (Salang Pass), said official on Monday. Head of Traffic Department in Parwan, Mehrabuddin Parwani, said the incident took place on Monday morning when an oil tanker collided with a truck …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one million Afghans have been internally displaced as a result of conflict, natural disasters and severe poverty over past few years, officials in a Norwegian refugee council said Monday. Danielle Moylan said the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are living miserable life in Afghanistan and that …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Though atni-polio campaign is underway in eastern Nangarhar province in full swing, residents of the province terms lack of female campaigners as an obstacle before implementation of home to home campaign. They said that female campaigners can play an effective role in raising public awareness regarding the …