AT-Kabul: Tribal chieftains and religious scholars from southern Kandahar province expressed their support for Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). The ulema and tribal elders in a gathering on Sunday asked people to support security forces in their efforts to bring lasting peace to the country. Kandahar Ulema Council head, Maulvi …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Finland on Sunday pledged to provide $3 million assistance for the literacy sector to help educate 50,000 individuals. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the assistance was signed by the acting minister of education, Mohammad Shafiq Samim and ambassador of Finland, Ari Maki. According to the officials, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After the recent decision by the Wolesi Jirga, the National Assembly, on canceling the authority of provincial council members to oversee local offices, hundreds of residents of western Herat province slammed the decision and urged the parliament house to call off its decision. The protestors were gathered …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security officials in northern provinces on Sunday concerned over increasing number of armed groups, and said the groups pose serious threat to security of the north zone. The official said a crackdown was kicked off in northern provinces to disarm the armed groups. In charge of the …

Islam, a religion of peace with no room for extremism, Muslim on Muslim has been promoted by the west, says ex-Afghan president, Hamid Karzai Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: Ex-president Hamid Karzai said Sunday that cultivating extremism in Muslim world particularly Afghanistan was one of major goals of the imperialist power …

AT-KABUL: The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, on Sunday strongly condemned killing of Japanese hostages by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and urged the terrorist group to renounce violence and embrace peace. Terming the killing of the Japanese hostages a “heinous” act, Karzai said that Japan …

KABUL: The police chief of Kabul city said on Sunday said that 67 suspected criminals involved in different cases were arrested within past one week. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahim in a press conference here said that the arrested outlaws were involved in 48 cases including murder, robbery, terror, kidnapping and …

AT-KABUL: At least 18 armed Taliban were killed and four others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) conducted clearance operations …

By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: Soon after the deadly attack on an army-run school in Peshawar on 16th December where over 130 schoolchildren were killed, Pakistan’s security apparatus started blaming Afghans for the security mess and since then Afghan refugees’ lives became hell-like. They are being harassed, detained whereas they are …

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he is confident that agreement can be reached with creditors over repayment of Greece’s debts. Mr Tsipras said in a statement issued to Bloomberg news agency that he had never intended to act unilaterally. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out debt cancellation, …