Brushing aside media reports that Indian consortium has scarped a mega mining project worth $10.8 billion in Afghanistan, Indian ambassador to Afghanistan, Amar Sinha said Sunday the consortium didn’t roll back its project. An Indian newspaper, the Financial Times reported recently that the SAIL-led consortium of India’s leading steelmakers has …

AT-KABUL: At least four civilians have been killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province the other day, said an official source. Shafiq Nang, spokesman for the provincial governor office, said the incident happened on Saturday when a vehicle of civilians struck a roadside bomb in Moqur district of the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was not finalized. The spy agency in a statement termed the MoU on intelligence cooperation a common deal. The statement said that the agreement was not implementable …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Secretary of Khost provincial council on Sunday claimed that drug smuggling and dealing have mounted in the southeastern province, particularly among youth; however the provincial counternarcotics director expressed vice versa remarks in this regard. Janmir Zazai told a press conference in Khost city that drug smuggling and …

AT-KABUL: Kabul provincial council on Sunday criticized the intelligence sharing deal between the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The provincial council office of Kabul said in a statement that this move by the government means compromising the pride and achievements of Afghans to their long-term …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amidst reports that said an Indian consortium has scrapped a mega mining project worth $10.8 billion in Afghanistan, India’s ambassador to Kabul, Amar Sinha on Sunday rejected the report and said the consortium has not come up with such a decision. Quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News, the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The international forces commander in Afghanistan the other day said the Islamic State (IS) group is actively recruiting in the country, but is not yet operational here. General John F. Campbell said the insurgent group’s social-media campaign has been attracting the Taliban fighters based in Af-Pak region …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Journalists from Afghanistan and Pakistan termed mounting insecurity as the main challenge before regional development. They stressed on joint efforts from people and governments of the two countries in fight against militancy. Media-men from the two neighboring countries in a session on Sunday said that youth from …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani appointed Masoom Stanikzai as acting Minister of Defense and introduced him to the Wolesi Jirga for a vote of confidence as minister-designate for the Ministry of Defense (MoD). A press statement issued by the Presidential Palace, said that the president introduced Stankizai as the Defense Minister- …

Afghan officials reject reports of Gillani’s son presence in Afghanistan AT-KABUL: The ex-prime minister of Pakistan, Yusuf Raza Gillani, had telephonic conversion with his abducted son for the first time since May 9, 2013. According to Pakistani media, Gillani’s son, Ali Haider, called his father from Afghanistan. The News Tribe, …