We sleep soundly at while thinking we have guardians at the gate and the frontiers. Throughout the history, our guardians have answered the call in bravery and sacrifice. However, what comes when they are ill-equipped particularly against a force like the Taliban? An official in the troubled Helmand province said …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered a large amount of explosive materials placed in baby powder bottles. The NDS in a press statement said that operatives of the spy agency recovered around 384 bottles full of Potassium Chlorate. The explosive materials were recovered from a warehouse of an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) emphasized on a clear agenda for next talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Expressing concerns over lack of coherent agenda on part of the Afghan government in the previous series of talks with the Taliban, a senior member of the …

“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 …