AT-KABUL: Afghan Women’s Network and a number of right activists urged the government of national unity to enhance women’s political participation. Tens of women rights activists in a gathering on Tuesday said that the government should deliver on its promises to appoint four women ministers in its cabinet. Hasina Safi, …

AT-KABUL: Four policemen were killed and four others wounded, when security forces clashed with militants in southern Uruzgan province. The incident took place the other night when police surrounded a number of militants in a house in Charchino district of the province, said an official source, adding that the surrounded …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Kingdom has kicked off implementation of a National Action Plan for women, peace and security in Afghanistan, the British embassy in Kabul said on Tuesday. The embassy said in a statement that Sir Richard Stagg, the UK ambassador to Afghanistan, hosted a reception at the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday reiterated that the Afghan security forces were ready to defend any kind of attack by anti-government elements, and said there is no need for increasing number of foreign troops in the country. Radio Azadi quoted the head of MoD operation, …

KABUL:  The US Defense Secretary nominee Ashton Carter on Tuesday said that there would be change in drawdown plan from Afghanistan unless the security situation deteriorated by the end of 2016 year. Ashton Carter has served as Deputy US Secretary of Defense from 2011 to 2013 and recently had been …

KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Tuesday said that presence of foreign advisers in customs and the reluctance of major companies to pay taxes are not letting the national economy to grow. Deputy Chief of ACCI, Khan Jan Alikozai, in a day-long seminar held in the Ministry …

KABUL: Inadequate livelihood opportunities, lack of professional and vocational trainings, unbearable poverty, exponentially growing insecurity and encouragement of families by human traffickers to send their children illegally to European countries have resulted into serious and diverse effects on asylum seeking teenagers. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) in its recent …

AT-KABUL: Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) said that the drive to provide shelter, food and education to the beggars who really deserve to be supported has been failed due to lack of required budget. Mohammad Wasel Noor Mohmand said that the ministry need Afs51 million to implement …

AT-KABUL: Tribal elders from Bamiyan province called on ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Monday. The elders lauded Hamid Karzai’s leadership skills as well as his nation-building efforts. They said that the former Afghan president started from the scratch and steered Afghanistan towards development and prosperity. They urged Karzai to play …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered four antiques in northern Faryab province.  The NDS handed over the ancient artifacts to the provincial directorate of information and culture. Sayed Abdul Rashid, the provincial director of information and culture, said that operatives of the NDS confiscated four …