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Foreign troops destabilizing Afghanistan, Pakistan: Sami AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Exploring all avenues to restore peace in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani talked to the godfather of Taliban, Maulana Samiul Haq, by phone and discussed ways that could help the Afghan-lead reconciliation process. Afghan Ambassador to Islamabad, Hazrat Umar Zakhilwal, called on …

Karzai asks Trump for shift in US policy towards Islamabad “Donald Trump must make a dramatic, strategic and immediate shift in US policy towards Pakistan. Anything less than that will be a continuation of Afghan misery and rise of extremism”, said Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai as he blamed Barack …

Resilience of Afghan people is like a broad-day light. It is matchless, and a precedent for many violence-hit countries to follow. Afghans have proved the world wrong again and again by defending their homeland bravely. In 2014, the international and regional commentators believed that Afghan security forces would collapse and …

AT-KABUL: Yesterday, the 6-months report from the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) was publicized highlighting that 2016 was the bloodiest year ever for journalists and media in Afghanistan. Yesterday, the 6-months report from the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) was publicised highlighting that 2016 was the bloodiest year ever for …

Afghanistan is heavily dependent on foreign assistance. Four decades ago, the country was abode of peace and stability. The heydays are long gone. Interference of neighboring countries and a few major countries have destabilized Afghanistan. The Cold War and Pakistan’s disastrous “strategic depth” policy marked the era of insecurity and …

AT-KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai speaking in a Raisina Dialogue held in New Delhi India, said the war on terrorism is not showing results because the timeframe is not based on dates. Terming the conference of immense importance because of discussion on multi-lateralism and multi-polarity, the former Afghan president …

‘No excuses will be acceptable in presidential election’ By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Protection and Stability Council (APSC) on Wednesday urged the government to schedule the deadline for parliamentary election as soon as possible, warning that no excuses would be tolerated in the election. “The National Unity Government (NUG) must seriously …

For Jamshed (name changed) and his family members, Waziristan is their home that ceased to be their safe haven. After developing severe blisters on their skin, Jamshed, along with his family members, fled to Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as IDPs (Internally Displaced People). It was only when the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani met with the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi express condolence in the recent terrorist attack which killed five UAE diplomats in Kandahar. Five diplomats died in a bombing in Kandahar …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested 31 members of the Haqqani Network in southeastern Khost province, where they had been behind several “terrorist “attacks, officials said. These “terrorists” were operating in two separate groups in capital city and related districts of Khost province and were conducting “terrorist and …