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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Pashtun Protection Movement on Sunday held a big public gathering in Quetta, capital city of Baluchistan province, against state sponsored terrorism, military atrocities and human rights violations, racial profiling and demanded immediate recovery of more than 32, 000 missing Pashtuns for the past 15 years. The …

After years of suppression and victimization, the long suffering Pashtuns—second largest ethnic population in Pakistan have finally found a voice and move against state sponsored terrorism and oppression. In January, thousands of ethnic Pashtuns from Tribal Region (FATA), accompanied by Pashtuns from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan marched toward Islamabad, after …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan needs to be more serious about fighting drugs after an alarming 63 percent increase in opium cultivation this year, the U.N. drugs agency said on Sunday, warning that Afghanistan is still the “biggest poppy producing country in the world”. A report of the UN International Narcotics Control Board …

AT-KABUL: After a vote in the parliament on Sunday, Humayun Humayun was elected as the first deputy speaker of the Lower House of the parliament, but another election is in the offing for the designation of second speaker and secretary of the lower house. A day earlier, the lower house …

AT-KABUL: The United States has called on the Taliban to accept President Ashraf Ghani’s recent peace suggestion and put an end to the war. “President Ghani’s suggestion for unconditional talks with Taliban is more clear and certain than any other suggestions in the past,” said Alice Wells, deputy assistant secretary …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An upcoming conference of religious scholars from Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan to be hosted by Indonesia, aimed at seeking a solution to the imposed war in Afghanistan has been opposed by Taliban. Contributing to the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, the role of Ulema and influence of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US President Donald Trump administration has ruled out the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and any direct negotiations with the Taliban until the militant group conceded to the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process. Taliban’s open letter to the US government and people, seeking direct talks and …

AT-KABUL: Violence against women has increased 11.7 per cent compared to the last year, the independent human rights commission said in its annual report. Physical violence, women’s murders, field trials, sexual violence and economic problems are the issues the report mentioned that women were facing with. Sima Samar, director of …

Resurgence of militancy is about to throw the country out of gear. The government’s proposition of concessions to the Taliban is backfiring, as the terrorism-induced havoc is shattering the foundation of this war-torn country. The tactic of battle has changed and Afghanistan is facing a brutal and boundless war. The …

AT-KABUL: Pakistan has deployed its military forces near the Durand border line, according to sources. The US military had established outposts along the Durand border line in 2001, and handed them over to Pakistani troops after they withdrew. The parliament accuses the government of negligence, saying that Pakistan has been …