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When the African, South American and European countries are focusing on regionalism and integration, unfortunately, South Asian countries are not ready to bury the hatchets and move forward together for prosperity of the region and welfare of general masses. European Union has been through difficult times and still faces challenges …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Democracy International (DI) released a report on Thursday claiming that Hamid Karzai has ruled the country far better than President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani because majority of lawmakers have lost trust over the National Unity Government (NUG.) In its survey about the Wolesi Jirga and Meshrano …

The attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on Wednesday is part of a trend of such attacks launched from Pakistan, said former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. “They are simply attacking India’s presence in Afghanistan, whenever they get the opportunity. The whole spectrum of the India-Afghan relations, the relationship itself, …

Once you were treated very respectfully by the police and immigration officers in the United States and European countries if you were an Afghan asylum seeker. When the then Soviet had military presence in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the West, particularly the Europe eagerly welcomed Afghans because of their anti-Soviet …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday launched the use of chlorhexidine to reduce newborn infections and deaths during the critical first week after birth. Chlorhexidine is a medicine tube. The ointment is used for one week to treat the newly cut umbilical cord. This …

AT-KABUL: The former president Hamid Karzai at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi said that state entities must not be allowed to support, shelter and finance terrorist organizations. He said that South Asian countries must move beyond the atmosphere of mistrust in the region as well as of militant extremism …

AT-KABUL: In a ceremony held in the US-NATO Resolute Support mission headquarters in Kabul, the US Army Gen. John W. Mick Nicholson has took command of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan by replacing General John F. Campbell. Campbell, who served three tours in Afghanistan, led coalition forces during …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday during his stopover in Kabul had held separate meetings with President Ashraf Ghani, United States (US) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Gen. Joseph Dunford, Commander US Central Command (Centcom) Gen. Lloyd J. Austin …

For years, Pakistan has denied that the Afghan Taliban enjoys a safe haven on its soil or that Islamabad could do anything to end their violent campaign in Afghanistan that has seen tens of thousands of Afghan civilians and international troops killed since 2002. But in an unusually candid admission, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least seven people, including five suicide bombers, were killed and 19 others including children were injured in a complex attack on the Indian consulate by a group of armed militants on Wednesday in Jalalabad, official sources told Afghanistan Times. First, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive …