Quest for peace has been underway since years back when the Taliban insurgents remerged in more brutal way with intensification of attacking security forces, and military installations that besides security forces, civilian also sustained casualties. Though the Taliban have failed to gain their nefarious designs by use of violence and …
Read More »Hamid Karzai calls on U.S.-Russia to join forces to fix peace conundrum
The former president believes a Washington-Moscow nexus on ‘the ailing reconciliation endeavor’ could establish the foundation of a peaceful Afghanistan as Moscow conference was a tremendous first stride; Touting the Moscow conference that brought Kabul and Taliban representatives together in one table, former president Hamid Karzai called on the United …
Read More »Editorial: Fueling tension on dead body
Certain circles in Pakistan are now bent upon to exploit alleged hurdles and delay in handing over dead body of slain police officer Tahir Khan Dawar at Torkham. Soon after getting the dead body from a tribal elders delegations headed by Member National Assembly Mohsin Dawar, Pakistan’s Deputy Interior Affairs …
Read More »Kabul University closed over student tensions
AT-KABUL: The Kabul University was closed until an unknown date due to tensions among students, ministry of higher education said Friday. A number of students started clashes with each other over some political and ethnic issues on Thursday, in which several of them were killed and injured. The incident caused …
Read More »Taliban drag government servants out of buses along Kabul-Logar road
AT-KABUL: The government employees who travel to Logar or other south-eastern provinces, are dragged out of buses by Taliban fighters along the Kabul-Logar highway, passengers and local residents say. The witnesses have told Kabul News that the militants emerge on the road in the Mohammad Agha district of Logar provinces. …
Read More »Security forces killed 69 Taliban in raids
AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 69 Taliban insurgents in different raids conducted across the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense said Friday. 15 other militants have also received injures in the attack carried out in different areas of Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktika, Ghazni, …
Read More »NSC urges intensified counter-insurgency push
AT-KABUL: The National Security Council (NSC) has directed the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) to accelerated counter-insurgency operations across the country to curb civilian and ANDSF causalities. The instruction has made when the Taliban insurgents intensified attacking security forces, in which civilians suffered as well. Thousands of civilian …
Read More »Afghan peace under microscope in UAE
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Representatives from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, United States and Afghanistan have met in Abu Dhabi to discuss efforts to restore security and stability to push forward the peace process in Afghanistan, according to an Emirates News agency. The US Special Envoy for Afghan Peace in, Zalmay Khalilzad, …
Read More »Editorial: Mysterious assassination
Peshawar police senior officer Tahir Khan Dawar’s violence-ridden dead body’s dumping in Dur Baba of Nangarhar province generating too much question. Belong to North Waziristan Tahir Dawar was abducted from Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on October 27 and one day after his mysterious abduction, he had talked to his wife …
Read More »Karzai touts U.S. peace efforts
KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai welcomed the United States efforts regarding the peace program in Afghanistan. Karzai who was speaking at the Astana Club meeting in the capital of Kazakhstan, also offered support for the meeting took place between the members of the High Peace Council and Taliban delegation during …
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