A deputy governor in Afghanistan has made a public plea to the president on Facebook for help in fighting the Taliban. Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar wrote the message to Ashraf Ghani on the social network to say 90 soldiers had been killed in the past two days in Helmand. He warned …
Read More »Wolesi Jirga reacts to establishment of electoral selection committee
AT-KABUL: Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of the parliament) came hard on establishment of the selection committee—a proposed body to nominate members of the two electoral bodies. It said that activities of the committee were against the law. Abdul Rauf Ebrahimi, Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, said on Saturday that establishment …
Read More »IS militants leave Borka district after deal with Taliban
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Islamic State (IS) militants have left Borka district of northern Baghlan province, said an official source. Hajji Muhammad, a representative of the district in Baghlan Provincial Council (PC), told Azadi Radio: “Daesh previously had presence in the province, but after that conflict between the group and …
Read More »MoI assures of action against Hezb-ut-Tahrir
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Efforts are underway to restrain activities of Hezb-ut-Tahrir Afghanistan, said that Ministry of Interior (MoI). This comes at a time that the Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah recently expressed his deep concerns over activities of Hezb-ut-Tahrir and said that the party functioned as civil branch of terrorist …
Read More »Daesh, Taliban breed in Pakistan’s military bases: Stanekzai
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Acting Defense Minister, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, said that Daesh and Taliban have been receiving training at military bases of Pakistan. Pointing to the ISI, Pakistan’s spy agency, he said that the foreign intelligence agency tries to push all the insurgents to Afghanistan in order to show that …
Read More »MoI gets new complex
No compromise over blood of security forces in political process: Ghani By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday assured that the government would not bargain over sacrifices of security forces for political goals. After inaugurating the Ministry of Interior’s new building, President Ghani said that the government wanted …
Read More »6 people including rebel killed in Jawzjan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six people, including a rebel, have been killed in separate incidents in northwestern Jawzjan province, said an official on Saturday. Three young civilians were killed by two Taliban motorcyclists in Kukuldash village of Faizabad district, the provincial police chief Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi told a …
Read More »For Young Afghan Women, Scaling Mountain Peaks Brings Highs And Lows
The moment on top of an Afghan mountain peak was one of bittersweet triumph for 20-year-old Shopirai Otmonkhel and her friend Zahra Karimi Nooristani, 18. The budding mountaineers from Kabul beamed with pride as they held up the Afghan flag after climbing to heights no Afghan woman had ever reached. …
Read More »Changing tides
After formation of the National Unity Government (NUG) the hopes were high that the new leadership would resolve the challenges that the previous government could not. The previous government was focused on reconstruction of solid foundation for the next government, so it will have no fear of collapse. Somehow, it …
Read More »ADB provides $275m for electricity expansion
“Capacity of power transmission from Turkmenistan will increase from 300MW to 1,000MW,” says Finance Minister By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: For strengthening and expansion of Turkmenistan power transmission line in Northern provinces of Afghanistan, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided $275 million to the Afghan government. The agreement was signed on …
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