KABUL: Heavily-armed Taliban mounted attack on the Jawand district in western Badghis province and secured control of the district centre late Saturday night, an official said. Bahauddin, head of provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces were pushed back to mountainous areas of the district in the initial firefight. …

NEW DELHI: India based Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), the world’s largest women’s cooperative, will train more than 3,000 Afghan women in various skills to empower them economically. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator Alfonso Lenhardt announced recently in India a new $1.5 million, three-year award to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A swarm of militants attacked checkpoints of security forces on Herat-Kandahar highway on Saturday. The commander of the 207 Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA), Taj Muhammad Jahid, told TOLONews that the Taliban militants attacked the checkpoints on Saturday morning and the clashes ended around 10:00 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In order to curb rapes, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) urged the government put end to the culture of impunity over sexual violence. An official of the AIHRC, Latifa Sultani, while talking to Radio Azadi blamed the culture of impunity for rise of sexual violence …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: In a bid to improve the healthcare services and standard of the private hospitals, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) sealed nine private hospitals and degraded 28 others to polyclinic centers. The ministry also blacklisted 159 medicines importing companies. As many as 40 foreign and 119 …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Following reports that reveal US has handed over combat aircrafts and military jets to Pakistan, lawmakers on Saturday said Washington plays double game with Afghanistan, as it promises with Kabul, signs security deal with the Afghan government but gives military equipment to Pakistan. Reports by the Congressional …

Afghanistan got the potential and opportunity to serve as a gateway to South and Central Asia and discover new markets for Afghan-made products. At a time when Afghan traders are troubled by transit trade-related barriers in Pakistan, alternatives to Pakistani ports should be explored. Though, Afghan-Pak ties went under overhaul …

Amitabh Bachchan-starrer “Khuda Gawah” completed 23 years of its release on Friday and the megastar has gone down memory lane. The romantic-drama revolves around an Afghan warrior played by Amitabh, who seeks final reckoning with his enemies after spending time in an Indian prison. “23 years since the release of …

AT-KABUL: At least 11 armed Taliban fighters were killed and six others were injured in the past 24 hours in multiple military operations launched against anti-state elements in different parts of the country. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in …

KABUL: Pakistani authorities handed over 123 Afghan nationals to the Afghan officials at the Chaman border crossing, officials said on Friday. The Pakistan’s Dawn.com quoting officials reported the men were arrested in different areas of Chagai district because they were found living in Pakistan without legal documents. They were sentenced …