AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Afghanistan on Thursday said that cooperation of Islamabad in tackling extremism and terrorism is very important. Addressing a seminar on regional radicalization, Director General of Regional Cooperation Directorate (RCD) in the foreign ministry Roya Rahmani termed terrorism and extremism as major threat …

AT-KABUL: Taliban set free three staffers of a welfare organization, who have been abducted in western Herat province, said an official source. Four health workers along with their driver were kidnapped by unknown gunmen around two weeks ago on their way to Ghoryan district of the province. Ahmad Rauf Ahmadi, …

KABUL: Remaining under the control of the Taliban militants for 13 years, the Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province was cleared of the insurgents after a series of successful military operation carried out by the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF), said officials on Wednesday. Chak was the Taliban’s provincial …

KABUL: As many as 19 uplift projects were completed in northern Sar-i-Pul, Balkh and southeastern Paktia provinces that benefit thousands of families. The National Solidarity Program (NSP) officials in northern zone said on Wednesday that nine of the projects were completed in Sayid and Sancharak district of Sar-i-Pul. The projects …

KABUL: Following reports about stoppage of work on a number of uplift projects run by India in parts of Afghanistan, the Economy Ministry on Wednesday termed the reports as unfounded, and said the run projects have not faced any hurdles so far. India has contributed different small and big projects …

On and off negotiations between the Afghan government and insurgent groups are still far away from the final destinations though Afghan officials all the time urged the major players including the United States, Pakistan and Arab countries for support but neither there is a venue for the talks nor the …

KABUL: The Women’s Political Participation Committee (WPPC), a civil rights group, on Wednesday strongly criticized the government for not giving due share to women in the cabinet. The group said that both President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah should honor their promises made during electioneering about giving …

KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Wednesday approved the fiscal budget for year 2015 with eight percent deficit in development budget. According to the data provided by the Financial and Budget Committee (FBC) of the WJ total volume of the budge is Afs436 billion. Afs282.48 billion was allocated for ordinary …

KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the parliament on Wednesday approved nine cabinet picks and rejected 10 others in the nerve-wracking process of confidence vote. Total 234 MPs were present in the session to cast vote in favor or against the nominees. Each nominated cabinet member required …

AT-KABUL: Following the terror attack on a military-run school in Peshawar last month, Pakistan has adopted a whole unique strategy to appease anger of the public instead of addressing the root cause. Islamabad is using the Afghan refugees as scapegoats to divert attention of the nation from groups that kill …