AT-KABUL: Six policemen died in clashes between Afghan security forces and militants in southern Kandahar province. Zia Durani, spokesman for Kandahar police, confirmed the incident and said that police were patrolling Band-e-Timor area of Maiwand district, when they came under attack from Taliban militants killing six policemen. He said that …

AT-KABUL: Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and Director General of ISI Rizwan Akhtar in a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to support Afghanistan’s peace process. They said that Pakistan has taken a new direction to facilitate the reconciliation efforts. This is the fourth visit of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chairman of Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awami Party (PkMAP), Mahmood Khan Achakzai, said that mistreatment with Pashtuns and Afghans in Pakistan was not tolerable anymore. Talking to a press conference the Pashtun nationalist leader said, “We don’t know the concept of refugee. Afghans are our brothers and it …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Minister of Interior, Noor-ul-Haq Ulumi, on Tuesday said that he would accept no compromise that affects the capability of the Afghan police, vowing that they would leave no stone unturned to prevent possible threats by militants in upcoming spring season. He told this in the first …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: More than 100 gunmen led by Abdul Aziz, an attorney in Tolak district of western Ghor province, commander Mohammad and Mullah Noor, members of Guzar tribe, have started beating residents and plundering houses in the district for the past 10 days, said a number of local residents. …

AT-KABUL: Terming rule of law and implementation of the Constitution as the main way to overcome violence against women in the country, a number of women’s rights organizations on Tuesday prodded the government to punish perpetrators of violence against women and end culture of impunity in Afghanistan. A session organized …

AT-KABUL: Spokesman to the chief executive officer (CEO) said that talks between President Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah are underway to bring reforms in the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). Mujeebur Rahman Rahimi told newsmen that complete overhaul of the IEC and IECC is …

Absence of coordination among spokespersons results in obscurity, says CEO’s spokesman AT-KABUL: Spokesman to the country’s chief executive officer on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over poor coordination among government spokespeople and problems created by the spokespersons for media. In a conference attended by spokespersons working in government departments, Mujeebur Rahman …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Mullah Agha Jan Mutasim, a former key Taliban leader (now considered to be a moderate Taliban leader) has urged the international community to adopt substantial measures to resolve the Afghanistan’s imbroglio. The ex-Taliban Finance Minster in his message on 15 February—a day that marks pullout of former …

AT-KABUL: The Canadian Red Cross donated 17 vehicles to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) aimed at providing transportation facilities to people living in remote parts of the country. Keys of the vehicles were handed over by the representatives of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) …