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All well-intentioned efforts of the four-nation on Afghan peace process will face some challenges unless the participation of all regional countries in the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) was ensured. The role of all stockholders in Afghanistan’s conflict is very much important. Despite other countries, none can deny the role of …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Importing cheap food items from foreign countries have affected the domestic food production in the country. Cheap imports are a worrying sign for Afghan industries. Imported edible items are cheaper than the locally produced because the quality of the latter is far better than the former. …

By M. Nadeem Alizai-KABUL: Amid concerns and despair, January 1, 2016 brought new dawn of hope to some Afghans. Although, new solar year will begin on March 21, 2016 but due to presence of foreign forces and scores of international organizations, the war-weary nation sees the future and past in …

AT-KABUL: Thirty-two Taliban fighters were killed and five others wounded in different operations launched by the national army in different areas, security officials said Saturday. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal, conducted operations against Taliban insurgents in …

AT-KABUL: Twenty-eight Daesh fighters were killed and 10 others wounded in different attacks in the eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said Saturday. “Sixteen Daesh terrorists were killed in two NATO drone strikes Friday night in the Achin district,” Atullah Khogiani, governor spokesman told Afghanistan Times. He said that the first …

AT-KABUL: Economic inequity, religious and ethnic discrimination, variety of nations, tribes, ideologies, parties and non-institutionalized authoritarian political systems are the main reasons for the crisis in the Middle East regional subsystem. Addressing an academic discussion launched by New Beginning Network (An Afghan Professionals Network), Jamal Rahman (Expert on International Relations) …

TEHRAN: Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai proposed using the potentials of Iran, India and Russia to give a new lease of life to peace talks and establish security in Afghanistan. “If absence of peace in Afghanistan is because of internal disputes, then we, ourselves, should hold talks to settle our …

KABUL: Rights groups on Thursday condemned the use of child combatants in Afghanistan after the Taliban shot dead a 12-year-old boy who rose to fame last summer when he joined a militia to fight the insurgents. Wasil Ahmad was shot in the head twice by Taliban militants riding a motorcycle …

Afghans need lasting peace, stability: Sartaj Aziz AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The third meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) ended in Islamabad on Saturday with a call for face-to-face talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban by the end of this month (February). A statement released at the end …

ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said on Saturday. In Pakistan, the case was confirmed by Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, Dawn online reported. An official of the ministry of National Health Services said …