AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Kunduz Governor, Omar Safi, termed the presence of illegal gunmen a bigger challenge than the Taliban. While talking to a gathering, Safi said that he will resign from his position till end of this solar month, if his demands were not met by the central government. …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: As many as 3.5 tons of Afghan heroin worth more than $1 billion has been seized by Russia’s law enforcement agencies in 2014, a report said Monday. An Indian news agency—Russia and India Report, quoted Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service (FDCS) head, Viktor Ivanov, as saying …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A number of unknown armed men have kidnapped five civilians in northern Balkh province, said official on Monday. Spokesman for Balkh acting governor, Munir Ahmad Farhad, said the five men were traveling in a 4Runner vehicle when they were kidnapped by the unknown gunmen. He said …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least three key members of the terrorist group of Haqqani network have been held by security forces in southeastern Paktika province. A statement sent by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Paktika on Monday said the three Haqqani members were arrested from a …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Monday termed the National Unity Government’s (NUG) US visit as highly productive in terms of rebuilding trust between leaders of the two countries. Abdullah told a session of Council of Ministers that the trip was another step towards strengthening relations and …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of members of the Wolesi Jirga, the parliament house, said Monday that insecurity has increased in the country since mid-March. The lawmakers said that people were not safe in parts of the country and they witness new incidents every day. The MPs also said …

Skirmishes between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in Kajaki area have caused disruption of energy supply to the southern Helmand and Kandahar provinces. It means militancy not only create terror in the society, inflict unbearable damages in men but also in material. When the nation is eagerly waiting for …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Fierce clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents in Kajaki area resulted in energy blackout in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces. According to locals and chief commercial officer of the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), state-owned electricity supplying company, the clashes has halted nearly 90 percent …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: Tens of civil society groups from Ghazni province on Monday protested against insecurity and snail-paced efforts of the government to rescue the 31 passengers who were kidnapped allegedly by the Islamic State (IS) or Daesh on Kabul-Kandahar highway. The protestors gathered behind the parliament here and …

KABUL: India’s Barkatullah University (BU) has showed interest in opening a campus in Afghanistan and signed a “Letter of Intent” with the Afghan ambassador to New Delhi Shaida Mohammad Abdali in this regard. Vice Chancellor of the university Prof MD Tiwari told Press Trust of India (PTI) that BU has …