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KabuL: More than 79 militants have been killed and over 24 of them woundedin raids across the country, military authorities said on Sunday. Ministry of Defense released a statement which said that ANDSF and Afghan Air Force conducted raids in Nangarhar, Khost, Logar, Paktia, Paktika, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Zabul, Farah, Badghis, …
Read More »Uncertainty surrounds fate of Maidan Shahr new mayor
KABUL: The fate of the newfemale mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of Maidan Wardak province, has remained uncertain as she is barred from taking office since her appointment five months ago. Appointed as the mayor of Maidan Shahr city about five months ago, Zarifa Ghafari was supposed to assume …
Read More »Massoud says peace must precede elections
KABUL: A former aide to the erstwhile president has said that settling the conflict and restoring peace must come before holding elections in bid to stop the unstoppable bloodshed. Shahzada Masoud said that the need for restoration of peace to end bloodshed is more impotent than holding of elections for people in …
Read More »Hekmatyar rejects peace board membership
KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of the Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic Party) rejected President Ghani’s offer to be included as a member of the newly formed consultation board for peace talks with Taliban, saying the board should be made by political parties. President Ashraf Ghani announced this week the 27-member consultative board which …
Read More »Pakistan deploys hundreds of outposts along Durand Line
KABUL: The government of Pakistan has established 233 checkpoints along the so-called border line known in Afghanistan a just a line, Pakistani army said Sunday. The move comes after fencing by Pakistani government along the line with the length of 208 kilometers. Pakistani army said the fencing would complete by …
Read More »At least 16 civilians killed in airstrike in Kunar,officials
KABUL: More than 16 civilians, including women and children, were killed in an overnight airstrike targeting a Taliban insurgent in eastern Kunar province on Friday, officials said. The airstrike launched by Afghan security forces in Shaltan district of Kunar province, the governor spokesman Abdul Ghani Mosamem said, killed 38 Taliban …
Read More »Football sexual abuse probe officers identify 15 suspects
KABUL: Fifteen suspects have been identified in an official probe into sexual assault allegations on women footballers, says Attorney General’s Office, a claim which wreaked havoc in the football federation and prompted FIFA to suspend its activities. “The government attaches importance to the allegations of sex abuse in the football …
Read More »Editorial: Fencing amidst talks
Whenever peace efforts getting momentum, Pakistan’s military circles are highlighting what they called achievements pertained to fencing of controversial Durand Line. On the day of Afghanistan, China and Pakistan tripartite talks at Kabul, Pakistan armed forces through its mouthpiece Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) made public details pertained to fencing …
Read More »U.S. Army Green Beret charged with murder of Afghan man
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A U.S. Army Green Beret major has been charged withmurder in the death of an Afghan man during his 2010 deployment to the war-torncountry, the U.S. military says. A spokesman said on December 13 that Major Matthew Golsteyn’s commander had determined that “sufficient evidence exists” to warrant …
Read More »Khalilzad meets Stoltenberg in Brussels
AT-KABUL: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in Brussels. A brief statement from the Western military alliance said that Ambassador Khalilzad would address the North Atlantic Council. The North Atlantic Council expressed support for Khalilzad’s efforts to promote an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned …
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