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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The civil society and political parties criticized the delay in the country’s parliamentary elections, saying that further delay meant to play with nation’s destiny. “Killing of time for holding parliamentary election is a kind of playing with nation’s fate,” Naim Ayobzada, head of Transparent Election Foundation of …

AT-KABUL: A large number of civil society activists supported Khan Wali Adel, a young man from Paktia province who had launched a sit-in in Kabul to protest against the nefarious custom of Bad (an old practice of settling disputes) in the country. To stand against Bad, and domestic disputes among …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Justice signed Saturday an agreement with the Asia Foundation, aimed at establishing a roadmap of legal aid in order to increase people’s accessibility in the justice system across the country. The roadmap of legal aid would be completed within one year by the Asia …

Enemies of Afghan people have been making efforts to weaken the nation to reach their specific goals each for about four decades. They have been trying to use the people of Afghanistan against Afghanistan that they had been relatively successful. Unfortunately, a number of Afghans have been ignorantly serving the …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces in different crackdowns against Taliban insurgents during 24 hours, had killed eighty-seven Taliban fighters. In addition ninety-one militants received injuries during operations. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a press statement said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies on Saturday in a roundtable related the country’s problems and challenges to the region, seeking a regional cooperation to cope with the issue. “Challenges in Afghanistan are exported from regional countries. Terrorists come from Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Arabic countries. Thus, we …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai termed the recent remarks by the US Secretary of State Johan Kerry regarding the term of the current Afghan government sensitive for the Afghan nation. Kerry in his remarks about the term of the National Unity Government said that the political agreement signed …

The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) have been always remaining firm in the battleground against militants. Their tremendous performance against the militants is worth of appreciation. With no doubts, they serve the country even at the extremely fluid security situation. Their bravery is like open book to all …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Fifty-three per cent of the female journalists and media workers say that their families are unhappy and even against their work with the media, a survey released by a media watchdog, said. The survey launched by the Afghanistan Journalists Safety Committee, has interviewed 100 female journalists and …

The US Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement on the durability of the current national unity government in Afghanistan was followed by surge of reactions. Kerry in his Saturday’s visit to Kabul at a news conference with President Ashraf Ghani said that the government he helped create two years back …