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In the last recent years, the Afghan masses have been caught in the vise of lost employment as a result of diminish in the investment and also fragile security situation. The factor behind redundancy has a direct links to insecurity, leading to economic instability. Security concerns amid rising violence have …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, promised that attacks on journalists would be investigated by the government’s leadership, condemning the attack as “crime against Afghan people” that believes no human and Islamic principles. “Terrorists are enemies for all Afghan people and have no military, civil, ethnic and religious differentiations. They believe …

AT-KABUL: May 1stwas marked as the International Labor Day in Afghanistan on Tuesday, while some laborers called it as “symbolic”. They complained about poverty and joblessness, saying that unemployment helps insecurity increase. Raz Mohammad Ahmadi, acting head of laborers’ council said that joblessness and unemployment caused insecurity and instability in …

AT-KABUL:At least 69militants were killed and 39others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted joint operations against …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of a deadly suicide bombing that left 9 journalists dead, the national security advisor  Haneef Atmar presided over an emergency meeting with media community on Monday night. Representatives of media federations iterated their reservations over an increasing level of insecurity and violence against journalists. An emphasis …

AT-KABUL: More than 9,000 civilians were killed or injured in the past Persian year in Afghanistan, said a report issued by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC). The report said Tuesday that 9,413 civilians were victims of war and violence last year, with 3,239 killed and 6,174 injured. “We …

AT-KABUL: NAI, a non-government watchdog, called on the government to prepare regulations for journalists’ safety “as soon as possible”, a demand after a deadly suicide attack that killed nine reporters in Kabul. The organization said Tuesday that condolence messages by the government officials were not enough to stop the repetition …

The brutality, dexterity and intensity with which Islamic State parades now in Afghanistan appall and startle us more than ever. Their depravity supersedes vice. It is sad that Islamic State claims to be clinging desperately to religious doctrine. Alas, the volume of its aggression certainly corresponds neither to religious ethics …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The number of Afghan security forces decreased by nearly 11 percent in the past year, the US government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan said on Tuesday, an indication of the difficulty Kabul will have in dealing with its precarious security situation. Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 25 people including nine journalists were killed and 49 others wounded following two suicide bombings in the diplomatic area of Kabul city on Monday morning, according to officials. “A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden bike in Shashdarak vicinity early in the morning, leaving eight people …