Noor Rahman Liwal’s Open Letter & Recommendations To The International Muslim Scholars Conference On Peace And Stability In Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia Anyone who takes a step towards peace in Afghanistan, is very valuable to us and we truly appreciate it. Be it just a word about peace, a bare foot …
Read More »Inclusive democratic process enhance women’s participation: Panelists
AT-KABUL: The link between public trust and citizens’ participation in democratic and electoral processes was the focus of a series of television roundtables in the western province of Herat. During a UN-backed discussion on Asia TV in Herat, panellists observed that democratic processes that are inclusive, independent and transparent enhance …
Read More »Turkey’s Elections: The beginning of a new, historical era
By Harun Yahya-Turkey has lived an election day that was called historical by many on June 24. Close to 60 million people went to the voting booths to choose their new President and the Parliament. According to international observers and ruling and opposition parties, it was a fair and orderly …
Read More »Editorial: Bumpy ride ahead
With security in ebbs and flows, the extraordinary precautions had taken during Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visit to Afghanistan for a few hours on Monday. He held meetings with Afghan leaders, went to Bagram Air Base and snapshot with US staffers at the embassy. Honestly, spending a couple of …
Read More »Editorial: Hope in education
Attention for providing an educational environment for the schoolchildren has gained impetus ever before, especially in rural areas where the parents drawing attention to the value of education. Education is key to success, a light to end darkness, and a weapon to demolish poverty. Still we don’t have remarkable success …
Read More »Karzai condemns airstrikes on villages
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned military operations and aerial raids on villages of the provinces of Nuristan, Khost, Faryab and Uruzgan, in which several civilians were killed in injured. The former president denounced the attacks as anti-human and anti-Islamic crimes, asking the Afghan and foreign troops to be …
Read More »Senators turn up heat on Ghani for forming investigation bureau
AT-KABUL: The members of senate and law experts had negative reactions to President Ashraf Ghani’s order over forming a special investigation department. Senators believe such department would cause the creation of parallel offices that would help increase of corruption. Maulavi Gholam MohayyoddinMonsef, a member of senate said Monday that the …
Read More »81 insurgents killed in military raids
AT-KABUL: At least 81 militants were killed and 36 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal …
Read More »Police ignore harassment complaints: Report
AT-KABUL: Despite the approval of women and children’s harassment prohibition law by the president, there are reports of women and girls being harassed, while police ignores to listen to their complaints. Latifa Soltani, an official of the Independent Human Rights Commission, said Monday that women and girls who refer to …
Read More »Roya Sadat’s ‘A Letter to President’ wins international award
AT-KABUL: The celebrated director Roya Sadat’s film ‘A Letter to the President’ has won the best film award in “One Future Award” in International Film Festival of Munich in Germany. The award festival was held in Black Box, Gasteig in Munich on Saturday, according to a statement from Roya Film House. …
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