AT-KABUL: Tens of people staged protest demonstration in Khost province on Monday, condemning the construction of military installations by Pakistan along the Durand Line. The protesters urged the government to take all necessary measures to stop Pakistani army. The protesters were chanting the slogans of ‘dead to Pakistan’ and ‘dead …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said that the number of Afghan civilian casualties has surged 30 percent over the past six months. Rafiullah Bedar, spokesman for the AIHRC, told Azadi Radio that their findings show spike in civilian casualties over the past six months. He said …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Council of Ministers (CoM) on Monday approved a phased issuance plan of Electronic National Identity Card (e-NIC). The issuance process is now scheduled to launch on August 19 in Kabul. The e-NIC Department in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced that they have made all …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday thwarted a would-be attack on the Presidential Palace after they arrested four suicide bombers in Kabul city. A statement by the NDS said a group of four individuals with links to Peshawar-based Taliban’s Shura (Council) were arrested in PD8 …

AT-KABUL: A senior government official was detained on adultery charges in western Herat province, reports said Monday. Khama Press quoted a number of sources as saying that the acting district chief of Shindand with the assistance of his bodyguards entered a house and sexually abused a woman there. The acting …

AT-KABUL: The security forces on Monday attacked a gathering of the Taliban militants mourning the death of their former leader Mullah Mohammad Omar whose death was confirmed last week. The gathering was organized on Monday in the outskirts of Ghazni city, said Ghazni deputy governor, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, adding that …

After the death of the Taliban figurehead Mullah Omar, the insurgent group is hit by power struggle. The Taliban insurgent movement is teetering on the brink of large scale infighting over the command. The ISI-supported Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has stepped into shoes of Mullah Omar, but Mullah Yaqoob, the son …

AT-KABUL:  Citizens in western Herat and Farah provinces on Monday took to the street against the recently released audio message by the new Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor where has vowed to continue the fighting. The protestors chanted anti-Mullah Mansoor slogans and condemned his audio message as the continuation of the …

AT-KABUL: The UN-Habitat donated $33.9 million to Afghan government to improve good governance in eight big provinces of the country. UN-Habitat Country’s Representative, Matthew French signed two agreements with the Chief of Independent Directorate of Local Governance, Ghulam Jilani Popal on Monday here in Kabul. Ghulam Jilani Popal, the General …

AT-KABU: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said Monday that within ten days the National Unity government will appoint new governors for the remaining 11 provinces. Ghulam Jailani Popal, the General Director of IDLG in an interview to Afghanistan Times said the two political leaders of the National Unity …