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In 2014 when the international coalition had an exit strategy in mind, many feared its terrible ramifications. Obviously, as the U.S. started evacuating its soldiers and replacing them with military advisors, the entire security responsibility fell on fledgling Afghan forces – whose military performance has been dazzling so far. In …

By Farhad Naibkhel;KABUL: The militant Taliban have sought to enter peace dialogue with the U.S. government, in the wake of calls for closure of their Qatar diplomatic office. This comes as the militant group has repetitively refused the offers of the Afghan government for direct talks. The Afghan government has …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have repulsed the comprehensive attack of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh militants, in northern Jawzjan province, leaving several of them dead and wounded, local officials said on Tuesday. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan National Army in the North, said a …

AT-KABUL: Public representatives and civil society activists in the northern Baghlan province have warmly welcome the rollout of electronic National Identity Cards (e-NIC), emphasizing on the government to gear up the distribution process across the country. Complaining against the slow process and delay in distribution, a public representative, Shamsul Haq …

AT-KABUL: Illegal possession of arms and online advertisements for sale of weapons has caused concerns among people and parliamentarians. Lawmakers in the parliament have called advertisements on the social media as a security threat, asking for serious measures by the government to ban such ads. “The illegal business of weapons …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) on Monday said retired government servants would receive their salaries online once the biometric system was set in motion. Funding the salaries of retired government servants, the MoLSAMD has allocated 10 billion afghanis. The MoLSAMD spokesman …

AT-KABUL: The process of the Afghan migrants’ repatriation from Pakistan would begin in March, the ministry of refugees and repatriates said Monday, urging it should be voluntarily. “The process was delayed for three months and it would restart after a few days. We welcome the repatriates and the process is …

AT-KABUL: The distribution of the electronic identity cards is awaiting President Ashraf Ghani’s order, the population registration department said, urging that the process would not kick off until the president sanctions it. The president and the first lady registered for biometric cards two weeks ago, but the ID cards are …

Inclined to reconcile with radical Taliban outfits and bring a cessation to the stretching scourge of militancy, Afghanistan has long been pursuing all the possible ways. But reconciliation appears to be a delusion in the face of the inaction of Afghanistan’s much-touted High Peace Council. The pompous council was established …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A dialogue between Afghanistan and Islamabad has been kicked in Islamabad on Monday in which a 12-member Afghan delegation has participated. The three-day dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan, jointly organized by the Islamabad-based Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and the UK-based Safeworld, is an effort …