AT-KABUL: Amidst concerns and media buzz about Afghan government’s clandestine deal with a neighboring country for peace talks, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday that national objectives would not be compromised. President Ghani attended graduation ceremony of army cadets in Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim Defense University. He said there were …

AT-KABUL: At least seven people were killed and 46 others, mostly civilians, were wounded in a suicide truck-bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Wednesday. The attack took place at around 11:00am when an explosives-laden Mazda truck was rammed into the governor house in Lashkargah city, acting …

The Syrian military says it has shot down a US drone near the city of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad in north-west Syria. US officials have said they lost contact with a drone but that it is unclear if it was shot down. If confirmed it would be …

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has claimed a surprise victory in Israel’s election, Israeli media report. Earlier exit polls had suggested a dead heat with centre-left Zionist Union. With most votes counted, Likud is said to be on course to take 29 seats in the 120-seat parliament, the Knesset, …

By Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta: These days, just turn over pages of newspapers or give your ears and eyes to analysts on TVs and radios, you will come across a frequently-used word. This frequently used word is, “proxy war”. Many take advantages of the use of this word, both overt and …

Why things in the Af-Pak remain untidy? Why our region has been hit by troubles? Is it the will of God? Or the game of devils? Or the lack of political will and irony in our words and actions? Perhaps, political elites, both in Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been mastered …

AT-KABUL: Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Tuesday said that 729 people were arrested on charges of drugs trafficking. General Prosecution Director for CJTF, Yar Mohammad Husainkhil told newsmen that 712 drugs-related cases had been registered and where 729 smugglers were nabbed. He also said that 18 public workers including …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  A suicide bomber was arrested by Afghan National Security Forces before reaching the target in Helmand province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Sediq Sediqi said that the suicide bomber was held in Nad Ali district of the province while he was trying to carry out suicide …

“Russia concerned over IS emergence in Afghanistan, says nascent peace in Afghanistan should be protected” AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: UNAMA head, Nicholas Haysom while briefing the United Nations Security Council regarding the current situation in Afghanistan, said that phenomenal development in peace process has reinvigorate hope and the ongoing conflict …

AT-KABUL: The 21st steering committee meeting of Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is going to be held on 19th March, 2015 in Kabul, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Shekib Mustaghni, spokesman for the MoFA, told media-men on Tuesday that concerned ministers of the four countries and other stakeholders …