Amrullah Saleh, former chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s domestic intelligence agency, is an outspoken critic of the recent MoU between the NDS and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Having headed the agency from 2004 until 2010, Saleh commands a great deal of insight into the working of …

AT-KABUL: At least five Taliban militants have been killed in military offensive in northern Parwan province, said a local security official. Sakhidad Keftan, a commander of the 201st Selab Military Corps, said that Afghan security forces have launched a large-scale military operation against militants in Ghorband district of the Parwan. …

“Refuting Patan claim, Taliban said all those killed in the drone strike were civilians” AT-KABUL: At least 34 suspected Taliban militants have been killed when a drone strike targeted a funeral ceremony in the southeastern Khost province, said a local official. The Deputy Governor of Khost province, Abdul Wahid Patan, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Terrorism will have dangerous consequences at regional and international levels if the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the international community looked the other way to cooperate Afghanistan in war on terror, said the Foreign Affairs Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani. He told the SCO summit the other day in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amidst growing insecurity in northern provinces, a senior Russian envoy has said that deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan’s north is a matter of concern for Moscow, and that the federal government is reviewing Kabul’s request for military aid from that country. Russian ambassador to Afghanistan, Alexander Mantytskiy, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The central Bamiyan province on Friday was officially announced as the cultural capital of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for 2015. High ranking officials and foreign authorities attended the ceremony in Bamiyan city. Earlier in the day, a statue was unveiled by Mohammad Mohaqiq, the …

KABUL: The central province of Bamyan was on Friday officially declared the first cultural capital of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for the year 2015 at a colourful ceremony held near the destroyed Buddha Statues. Second Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mohammad Muhaqqiq, who traveled to Bamyan, unveiled …

A civil society group released a report regarding the extreme conditions and illegal labor practices, rife in the mining sector across the country. The report is based on surveys conducted at sixty mines across Afghanistan. The most pressing challenges are child labor, low wages, abusive management practices, and absence of …

AT-KABUL: Bamyan will be announced as the cultural capital of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) officially on Friday (today). To mark the event, officials from all SAARC member countries are taking part in the official ceremony going to be celebrated in Bamyan, today. Fakori Behishti, an MP from …

By Safiullah Amani-KABUL: Teachers in different parts of the country on Thursday urged the government to increase their salary and give them residential plots, as pledged by the education ministry. In Kabul City, teachers of the Habibia High School staged a peaceful protest demonstration. Later, in a press conference, they …