Afghanistan Times
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Asking the Obama-administration to implement the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), Meshrano Jirga or Senate on Monday said that Afghanistan was burning in the war against terrorism and insurgency but the United States is acting like a spectator despite signing the BSA with Afghanistan. The reaction came …
Read More »Favoritism in ‘Selection Committee’ appointments slammed
AT-KABUL: Different civil society organizations on Monday opposed appointment of certain civil rights activists to the Selection Committee of the Election Commission Members (SCEM), claiming that the assigned figures could not represent civil society. The appointment was opposed by the University Teachers Union, Afghanistan Social and Humanitarians National Alliance, Legislatives …
Read More »MoFA decries Afghan refugees’ deportation from EU
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Afghanistan on Monday said the government would not accept forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers from the European Union (EU) countries, including Germany and Norway. The ministry said that Kabul and Berlin had no agreement on asylum seekers. According to the …
Read More »Female photographer fights taboos
By Farhad Naibkhel-Despite improvement in different sectors and restoration of the democratic setup after the ouster of the Taliban from power, Afghan society still remains conservative regarding women. In the past decade a very few women had succeeded in achieving their big dreams, especially female photojournalists. Working as a journalist …
Read More »Discouraging illegal immigration; Ghani urges youth to stay, work for home country
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday asked youth to stay and work for development of Afghanistan. Addressing a session in the Presidential Palace where scores of young people participated, the president said that young Afghans should join hands and rebuild the county instead of leaving for the …
Read More »China, Afghanistan and peace talks
China, undoubtedly, is one of the strategically important neighbors of Afghanistan—a country entangled in choas, and struggling to subdue terrorism. So far, Afghanistan, unforutnately, has not clinched any major breakthroug in the war on terror, and the reason is that terrorism was imposed on this country. Second, the war was …
Read More »Scores of drug traffickers arrested: CJTF
AT-KABUL: The Counter Narcotic Police (CNP) had arrested dozens of drug traffickers across the country, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said on Monday. The CJTF in a media statement said the traffickers were arrested in Samangan, Kunduz, Baghlan and Kabul provinces during the last two weeks, adding that the …
Read More »Islamabad, Tehran back Afghan peace process: Pakistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that Pakistan and Iran have been struggling for peace restoration in Afghanistan. He said that Iran was an important neighbor of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In an interview with Iranian state news agency the other day he said that peace restoration …
Read More »NALS provides Afs 3 million to Kunduz terror-victims
AT News Monitoring-KABUL: As the fall of the Kunduz city had unleashed terror and damages in men and material on the residents of the city, Northern Afghanistan Logistic Services (NALS), provided nearly three million Afghanis to the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) for the victims, an official said the …
Read More »Norway may reject 90pc migrants, say visiting officials
KABUL: Visiting Norwegian officials on Sunday said their government’s new policy on immigration had minimised the chance for illegal migrants to be accepted there and possibly 90 percent applications might be rejected. Speaking to reporters here, Tore Hattrem, state secretary at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and Yoran Kalmar, justice secretary …
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