KABUL: Taliban gunmen have kidnapped dozens of passengers in Sayed Karam district of southeastern Paktia province on Saturday morning, local officials and residents said. The residents said gunmen have taken passengers with them in Badam Kanda locality of the district around 6:00am. Mohammad-ur-Rahman Qaderi, provincial council secretary, said hundreds of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of people, in parts of Charikar city of central Parwan province, declared Abdullah Abdullah the Chief Executive of the National Unity Government as the president of Afghanistan. According to Afghan Pajhwok News, residents of Pul-i-Lashmak area of Charikar, the capital city of Parwan, have installed …

AT-KABUL: The Cultural Advisor to the ex-President Hamid Karzai, Zalmai Hewadmal, and the Advisor to the Ministry of Higher Education, Muhammad Qasem Jamdar, called on the acting Chancellor of Nangarhar University, Muhammad Tahir Inayat, at his office the other day. Inayat briefed the two guests about the gains the university …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces have surrounded the Taliban militants in Charsada district of Ghor province, said acting governor of the province. Sayed Anwar Rahmati said that heavy fighting is going on between security forces and the Taliban in the district. He added that the Taliban are retreating, as they …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amnesty International said that by targeting civilians in their attacks, the Taliban have proved that the group has no regard for human life. The Taliban in an attack on a guesthouse in Kabul last week killed 15 people, including Afghans and foreigners and wounded several others. The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After that the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) sealed nine private hospitals, private health centers association said that some government officials are spoiling the image of private hospitals. Aziz Amir, head of the association, told reporters on Friday that the MoPH have sealed some private hospitals without …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of experts, activists and residents of the northeastern Badakhshan province the other day held a gathering in Kabul to exchange views on growing insecurity in northern provinces. Participants of the event claimed that a number of government officials and members of the parliament were behind …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of women activists the other day called for larger presence in media in a bid to rise their voice for defending their rights. Participants of the event said a number of traditions and security threats have discouraged women to work in media as journalists and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In the sidelines of NATO’s ministerial meeting in Turkey, Afghan and Italian ministers signed an agreement to establish a joint commission for boosting bilateral ties between the two countries, a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the Afghan Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, and his Italian counterpart, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Following visits of Afghan and Pakistani officials and their continued meetings in both the countries, NATO the other day welcomed rapprochement between Kabul and Islamabad and suggested that practical steps should be taken to further improve the relations. NATO civilian representative for Afghanistan, Ismail Aramaz, told newsmen …