AT-KABUL: The work of biggest ever solar electricity project inaugurated in southern Kandahar province on Sunday. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the electricity supply plant has started the work on a project to produce 10mw solar power in order to solve electricity shortage in Kandahar industrial parks, said DABS in …
Read More »Afghanistan’s real battle is building strong national institutions
By Ezzatullah Mehrdad From 1992 to 2001, Afghanistan was on fire of civil war for first four years and in second half, Afghanistan was in hand of the Taliban insurgent group. The country was divided with no central government. It took down civil law along with government institutions; National security …
Read More »Fair elections would improve security situations: Abdullah
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has said free, fair and credible electoral process in the country would result in strengthening the security situations across the country. The CEO said this during a meeting with representatives and experts of South Asian electoral bodies here in …
Read More »Editorial: Win-win deal
After 16 years of war, it is clear that peace would not be restored in Afghanistan by the continuing resort to military forces. Its unity and co-existence that could help the people of Afghanistan achieve durable peace and stability. Neither Kabul and the Coalition, nor the terrorist groups, can impose …
Read More »Daesh killed five Taliban in Jawzjan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A fierce clash between the Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group and the Taliban was occurred in the Qush Tepa district of northern Jawzjan province, in which five Taliban insurgents were killed, an official said on Sunday. The clash between the two …
Read More »Kabul car bombing: Three civilians wounded
AT-KABUL: Three civilians were injured Sunday in a car bombing targeting a convoy of the NATO troops in Kabul city, Afghan and NATO officials said. “The incident took place in Police District 5, Char Rahi Qambar Kabul city at 11:3am,” said Najeeb Danish, deputy spokesman for the ministry of interior. …
Read More »Iran allows Afghan children to enroll in schools
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Iranian Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei said on his twitter account on Saturday evening that from now onward no Afghan children should be deprived of education in Iran—a country that barred Afghan children from going to school. Iran’s second and current Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei said all …
Read More »66 insurgents killed: NDS
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that 66 insurgents were killed and 52 others wounded during a series of operations its operatives conducted across the country in the past 24 hours. Afghan intelligence forces conducted seven special operations, seven airstrike and 12 joint operations in different …
Read More »Karzai condemns civilian killings by US soldiers
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the US special forces’ operation in which three people in Nangarhar province. An employee for the presidential guard unit, an agent of the intelligence agency and a provincial custom office employee were killed in an operation launched by the US special forces in …
Read More »Foreigners among 31 insurgents killed in Ghazni
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 31 Taliban militants were killed during overnight airstrikes carried out by the Afghan Air Force in Nawa and Awghaz districts of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, spokesperson for the 203rd Thunder Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Afghan …
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