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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Female journalists and media workers claim that the working condition was worsening for them. “Different challenges have hampered the work of female journalists,” deputy culture minister Sayyeda Mojgan Mustafavi said Saturday in a meeting held by the Voice of Afghan Women Journalists (VAWJ), a non-government organ …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Lecturers of the state-run universities once again came out on Saturday to protest presidential decree over higher education. They demanded abolition of the decree. President Ashraf Ghani in a decree has limited the age of the university lecturers, which the lecturers call against the higher education law. …

AT-KABUL: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford has said that he overall was pleased with what he saw and believes integration of lessons learned from operations last year will make the Afghan army and police more effective forces going forward. The US …

Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakria told reporters the other day that face-to-face talks between Afghan government and Taliban would take place soon. According to the spokesman, convening the direct talks between the representatives of Afghan government and Taliban is a shared responsibility of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG), comprising …

AT-KABUL: Stressing on withdrawal of the foreign troops from Afghanistan, exchange of prisoners and removal of its leaders names from the UN blacklist, the Taliban said that it would not participate in the direct talks with Afghan government unless the conditions were met. In a media statement issued here, the …

Afghan asylum seekers can now be sent back to their war-ravaged country after an appeal by Home Secretary Theresa May saw a blanket ban on deportations overturned. The ruling that Afghanistan is now safe enough for asylum seekers to be returned appears to defy evidence of the volatile situation in …

KANPUR:  Religion should not be used as a political tool as it causes immense harm, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said, asking Pakistan to turn a new leaf so that there is peace in the region and the countries can progress. The people of Afghanistan were “misled” in the …

Every problem has a solution. Afghanistan is no exclusion. Problems are many. But, solutions are there. See as a nation to these problems. As a nation, we must act collectively. It is imperative to address existing challenges. The country desperately needs this. Afghanistan has been in war for more than …

Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump on Thursday favored American troops staying in Afghanistan because its neighbor Pakistan has nuclear weapons, which needs to be secured. “I think you have to stay in Afghanistan for a while, because of the fact that you’re right next to Pakistan, which has nuclear …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday said that it has arrested a notorious kidnapper along with five accomplices in northern Parwan province. In a press statement issued here, the security agency said that its operatives succeeded to arrest a leader of kidnapping group, known as Major General …