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AT-KABUL: Afghan forces have successfully cleared the Bagh-e-Pul district of the western province of Farah from Taliban insurgents and destroyed their main hideouts, security officials said Saturday. Provincial police chief, Mohammad Ghaws Malyar, said that clashes are underway in different area of Barangtot, Deh Yak and Shor Abad in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Local officials on Saturday said reinforcements had arrived in Tirinkot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province after the reopening of the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway. Tirinkot city has been under attack from Taliban militants, who have captured some areas from Afghan forces in the past one month. An official …

Pakistan is not learning from the mistakes that she has committed since inception in 1947. The absolute power had made the powerful military establishment of the country corrupt. Military in Pakistan is controlling the foreign and internal policies of the country. Ministry of Finance is also under its tight control. …

Afghanistan, a landlocked country in the heart of Asia, has been witnessing several conflicts through the five thousand-year of its history. When Islam came to the country through the conquests of the Muslim Arabs, the country’s people welcomed it as a new religion. Afghans in fact, welcomed the two major …

7,400 Afghans return daily from Pakistan; 4,350 children screened for malnutrition; Afghanistan to receive 1.5 million returnees by March 15, 2017; UNHCR needs additional $2.1 million in the medium-term AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned of escalating …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan envoy on Friday expressed hopes that decision by five countries to boycott South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad will bring positive results and force non-cooperating member nations to walk on the path of peace and partnership. “Afghanistan …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Expressing deep concerns over increasing incidents of violence across the country, the Afghanistan Council for Peace Salvation (ACPS) on Friday called on parties to the war to agree on an unconditional ceasefire, saying that nobody has achieved political goals through fighting. “Time is ripe for all [parties] …

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said India and Russia were both interested in deepening “constructive multilateral cooperation” to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan where decisive action was needed to defeat terrorism. In an interview with IANS and Sputnik news agencies, Putin said Afghanistan was of concern as the “situation on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After heavy causalities inflicted to the Taliban, Afghan security forces have reopened the Kandahar-Uruzgan Highway after 40 days of closure by the insurgents, officials said on Friday. “Security forces used useful techniques to reopen the highway by imposing heavy causalities to the Taliban,” TOLONews quoted, Police Chief …

No doubt that growing insecurity has baffled the regional community and is becoming a serious headache for the certain countries in Asia. Deteriorating law and orders situation is a serious challenge to deal with. In order to save our future generations, states that are haunted by terrorism must form a …