An angry mob in the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed a woman and set her body alight for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran. Police and witnesses say the killing took place near the Shah-e Doh Shamshira shrine on March 19. “We were watching this incident. …

The police chief of central Uruzgan province, Matiullah Khan, was killed in a suicide bombing Wednesday evening in capital city of Kabul, officials said. Khan who was the cousin of former Uruzgan governor Mohammad Jan was killed in police distrcit six of Kabul when a suicide bomber in a women …

By Edriss Akbary-Since the government has upped the ante in peace talks with the Taliban, many Afghan gurus on regional affairs lay emphasis on specification of the agenda. Jawed Kohistani, a political pundit while speaking to Radio Azadi said that the Afghan government should consider plans for the Taliban who …

In a society where the right to know is curbed, expecting healthy changes looks to be irrational. Positive changes don’t happen on their own. To talk of change and suppression, particularly our part of the world, human rights are not only violated by militants, assassinations, intimidations by non-state actors, but …

“Durand Line a national issue, not included in the agenda of peace dialogue” By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi:KABUL: Members of the High Peace Council (HPC), who were summed by Wolesi Jirga (WJ), said that they haven’t started direct peace talks with the Taliban yet. Deputy Chairman of the HPC, Hajji Din …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-Kabul: The Minister of Public Works, Ferozuddin Feroz, branded the former officials of the ministry of as incompetent. Feroz told a press conference the other day that former officials in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) were ‘globetrotters not managers’. “They always preferred sightseeing tours to foreign …

AT-KABUL: As many as 24 women graduated from ‘peace through business’ training program conducted by Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) in collaboration with Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in Kabul. The deputy chairman of the ACCI, Khanjan Alkozai, told reporters that 24 women received 10-week training …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six militants were killed and two others wounded following a clearance operation in northeastern Kunduz province, said officials on Wednesday. Col. Mohammad Nadir, an army officer, was quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News, as saying that the operation was launched in a Gor Tepa area near …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of protestors on Wednesday took to the streets of the capital city Kabul and urged the government to sack a number of high-ranking officials of Kabul’s Bagrami district. The protestors were more than 300 people who started rally in Ahmad Shah Baba Mina streets at around …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Terming the endemic corruption as the hurdle for development in different sectors, the president’s special representative for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, on Wednesday said that a revision of the Constitution was required to overcome the problem in Afghanistan. He told a conference in Kabul …