“Unknown men affixed posters to the walls in Paghman in the dead of the night, warning religious scholar to refrain from offering funeral prayers of Afghan troops fallen in the line of duty” AT-KABUL: Senators on Sunday assigned a team to probe ‘night letters’ in Paghman district Kabul that warned …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: More than 3,000 families have left their houses following mounting insecurity in parts of northern Jawzjan province during past two weeks. According to locals, almost all shops have remained closed for past several days and students have stopped going to school due to insecurity in Aqcha district. …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) has nudged the National Unity Government (NUG) on Sunday to ensure women had presence in the peace talks. Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Saeeda Muzhgan Mustafawi, said that real peace would not come to the country, unless women had increased participation in …

Moscow: Russia has deployed hundreds of troops for drills in Central Asia with its ex-Soviet allies in a show of force as anxiety grows over a surge in fighting in neighboring Afghanistan. Around 2,500 personnel from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are taking part in joint exercises due to run …

AT-KABUL: Minister of Interior on Sunday said that China has agreed to provide necessary equipments to Afghan police that would help in fight against terrorism. Addressing a press conference here, Noorul Haq Ulomi said that China is ready to support the Afghan National Police (ANP) in the fight against terrorism …

KOCHI:  A 30-year-old Afghan military captain from Kandahar, who lost his hands while defusing mines in the war torn country, now has two Indian hands – thanks to a successful transplant carried out at an institute in Kochi. Abdul Rahim lost both his hands during demining operations in Kandahar three …

KABUL: Four people were killed and 18 others wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near the airport of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, sources said. The blast took place after one attacker detonated his car bomb close to a military convoy belonged to EUPOL (European Union Police Mission …

President Ashraf Ghani once said solving problems in all provinces at once is not possible. The remedy he told is gradual and continued improvement. Now that he has talked of improvement, one wonders, where is the sign of improvement on the ground? For instance, heavy clashes are underway between Afghan …

AT-KABUL: Heavy fighting is underway between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters and the Taliban in Naziyan and Dur Baba districts of eastern Nangarhar province, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD). The MoD in a statement issued on Saturday said that three Taliban commanders have been killed …

AT-KABUL: At least 45 Taliban militants have been killed NATO airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province, said a security official on Saturday. Muhammad Numan Atefi, a spokesman for 201 Selab army corps, said that foreign forces carried out four airstrikes in Achin, Nazian, and Batikot districts of Nangarhar killing 45 militants …