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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Mohammad Haneef Atmar said that the terrorists’ sanctuaries and sources of funding are beyond Afghanistan’s borders. “The terrorists’ sanctuaries and sources of funding are beyond Afghanistan’s borders, which enabled the continuation of this war,” he said in an interview with the New York …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces foiled a plot by the armed militants to attack Kabul city with rockets, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said Friday. In a media statement, the ministry said two rockets were confiscated before the militants managed to fire them on the city. “The counterterrorism forces discovered …

The US defense secretary Ashton Carter landed Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit. During the visit which would be probably the last one of Mr. Carter as the Pentagon chief, he met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and is scheduled to speak to the American troops at the Bagram Air …

The United States has once again expressed its concern at “safe havens” Afghan Taliban groups, including the Haqqani network, are enjoying on Pakistan’s soil. State Department Deputy spokesperson Mark Toner told reporters on Thursday the US had consistently conveyed its concerns to the highest levels of government of Pakistan. “We …

The United States has spent nearly $7.6 billion on the counter narcotics operations in Afghanistan. But the efforts failed to rein in illicit-drugs production, smuggling and consumption. The fruitless efforts are visible from the growing number of drug addicts. The Afghan government had established rehabilitation centers for drug addicts. However, …

Junaid Jamshed, Pakistan’s singer-turned preacher, among passengers on plane that went down in the north of country. A commercial aircraft carrying 47 people onboard crashed in northern Pakistan near the capital Islamabad, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said. PK 661 went down on Wednesday on a domestic flight from the mountainous …

The war on terrorism in Afghanistan cannot be won as long as militant safe havens exist in neighbouring Pakistan, a former American general told lawmakers on Tuesday. “The war is not winnable under the current policy. We cannot win, and that’s the reality of it. We’ve got sanctuaries in Pakistan,” …

  DUBAI: The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), a party struggling for freedom, said on Wednesday that Pakistani secret services agencies including Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) were abducting its party members aimed at suppressing the independence movement. Chairman JSMM, Shafi Muhammad Burfat, urged the United Nations and human rights organizations to …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament members strongly endorsed President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s recent stance against Pakistan in the Heart of Asia Conference. President Ghani on Sunday slammed Pakistan for exporting terror, providing them financial resources and hideouts. In his address at the 6th annual conference …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US President Barack Obama disclosed that the United States cannot wipe out the Taliban or end violence in Afghanistan. “I don’t want to paint too rosy a picture. The situation in Afghanistan is still tough. War has been a part of life in Afghanistan for over 30 …