AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai who is visiting Germany has been invited to attend a symposium as a chief guest in 2016. Karzai during his trip visited Bochum and Iserlohn cities of Germany and signed golden books there. According to a press statement issued by his office on Wednesday, Karzai …

AT-KABUL: Infuriated by change in Gawadar-Kashgar corridor map, Pashtun nationalist leaders said that Punjab and China has signed some agreements that deprive Pasthuns and Balochs of their rights. Chinese President Xi Jinping during his recent visit to Islamabad announced projects worth $28 billion in Pakistan. The projects are part of …

President’s special envoy for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, directed officials concerned to recover the grabbed state-land, right away. He said Wednesday that grabbing of state-land continued in the past decade as no institution could stem the tide. Massoud vowed the government will support efforts of the justice …

By Mansoor Faizy: As soon as China announced an investment worth $46 billion in Pakistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed to have successfully test fired its first indigenously developed missile name as “Omar-1”.  To substantiate their claim the TTP group which is currently at war with Pakistani troops in the volatile …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has appointed a delegation to probe allegations that the National Security Council (NSC) has distributed $200,000 among families of Daesh fighters. Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Wednesday said that President Ghani has appointed a special team to probe the …

AT-KABUL: The International Earth Day was observed in the capital city on Wednesday with minimal representation of the government departments and media outlets. The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) and Ministry of Urban Development were standing apart from others in this regard as they marked the day at Baghe-e Babar …

AT-KABUL: South Korea offered 150 short-term scholarships to the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) in the field of public administration. South Korean Ambassador in Kabul, Cha Young Chul, awarded the scholarships and some teaching materials to the General Director of IARCSC Ahmad Mushahid in a ceremony held …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Budget for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) could not be approved by the Wolesi Jirga due to lack of quorum. The budget would be put for approval next week. Some lawmakers had differences over legality of the CEO office as well. Shukria Barekzai, an MP from Kabul, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Clashes between security forces and the Taliban militants have ended in northwestern Badghis province, said reports on Wednesday. According to reports, the clashes occurred between border forces and the Taliban rebels in Balamurghab district of the province. Quoted by Radio Azadi, Mirwais Mirzakwal, spokesman for acting governor …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic on Wednesday said that more efforts should be made to protect civilians in Afghanistan as militants are trying to intensify their subversive activates here. Simonovic spent the past week in Kabul, Nangarhar and Kapisa provinces. Speaking at …