Report by Insan Magazine: Mashal Khan, a young man from Mardan, was brutally killed in Khan Abdul Wali Khan University based on allegations of blasphemy. The current realities are not in favor of enlightened intellectuals and progressive thinkers on either side of the Durand Line; non-state actors, supportive of terrorist …
Read More »17 Taliban killed in Ghazni
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 17 Taliban insurgents, including two notorious commanders, were killed in separate clashes with security forces in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel told Pajhwok Afghan News that a clearing operation was launched few days back in Mangur, …
Read More »Karzai is the voice of oppressed Afghans: Youth association
AT News Report-KABUL: The association of the Afghan youth declared support to the former president Hamid Karzai for his remarks against the US aerial attack. Karzai was the first Afghan who criticized the drop of the world’s biggest bomb by the United States military on April 13, in the Achin …
Read More »Uruzgan elders back Karzai’s stance against MOAB attack
AT News Report-KABUL: A large number of elders from Uruzgan province have supported the voice of former President Hamid Karzai against the war crimes of US forces by dropping biggest bomb, and emphasized on unity for complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan. The elders have been endorsed former President …
Read More »‘Our land is used as laboratory for weapon test’
AT News Report-KABUL: The drop of the biggest non-nuclear bomb was not on the Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist, but it was a test of mass destruction weapon to show the US rivals, a former high ranking governmental official said. Former National Security Advisor, Dr. …
Read More »More US troops to Afghanistan: Will a new ‘surge’ work?
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: There was a surge in 2009, where the United States has send thousands of new troops to Afghanistan, and US officials said that this is going to be very much successfully, and finally they were pulled out in 2012, and the then Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, said …
Read More »Karzai calls Islamic State ‘tool’ of US
KABUL AND WASHINGTON: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the Islamic State terror group a “tool” of the United States, and dismissed criticism of Russia for its ties with Taliban and efforts to bring the militant group into peace talks. “After it [the U.S.] dropped the bomb on Afghanistan, it …
Read More »Candlelight vigil held in memory of Mashal Khan
AT News Report-KABUL: Candlelight vigils in memory of Mashal Khan have been organized in various provinces of Afghanistan, including Kabul, Khost, Jalalabad and Mazar Sharif, attended by a large number of politicians, civil society members, government officials and activists. Talking to a gathering here at Kabul, acting minister for borders …
Read More »Karzai urges youth to focus on education
First anniversary of Hamid Karzai Foundation marked AT-KABUL: The former President, Hamid Karzai on Thursday during marking the first anniversary of his foundation, has called on youths to focus on education. While insisting over supporting of youth in higher education, he called on all national traders to support his foundation …
Read More »Editorial: Tackling corruption
There is no place for corruption in Afghanistan. Those who have looted the poor and the middle classes would have to return what they have looted, and it is possible when corrupt officials face the book. Corruption is a form of dishonest or unethical conduct by a person entrusted with …
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