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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one million Afghans have been internally displaced as a result of conflict, natural disasters and severe poverty over past few years, officials in a Norwegian refugee council said Monday. Danielle Moylan said the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are living miserable life in Afghanistan and that …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Though atni-polio campaign is underway in eastern Nangarhar province in full swing, residents of the province terms lack of female campaigners as an obstacle before implementation of home to home campaign. They said that female campaigners can play an effective role in raising public awareness regarding the …

The emergence of militants in Afghanistan claiming allegiance to Islamic State could disrupt White House plans to remove the remaining U.S. troops in that country by the end of next year. Islamic State has provided new ammunition to Pentagon and Afghan officials seeking to persuade the White House to reverse …

MoD kicks off probe into the incident By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The coalition forces’ choppers have targeted Afghan National Army’s (ANA) check-post in southeastern Logar province on Monday morning, killing at least 10 soldiers. Logar police chief, Daud Ahmadi, told Afghanistan Times that the collation troops’ air forces targeted the ANA …

KABUL: Pakistan has directed its hospitals not to treat injured Afghan Taliban militants, sources say. Some sources say Pakistan stopped treating Afghan militants in response to a call from President Ashraf Ghani, but others say the development came following a bloody Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar eight …

KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the establishment of the Electoral System Reform Commission by the unity government under the chairmanship of Sultan Shah Akefi. “This is an important step,” said Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan. In a statement, the UNAMA head …

AT-KABUL: As rumors are doing rounds in media that former president Hamid Karzai is becoming a threat to the political stability of the country by trying to undermine the National Unity Government and become a third time president, Karzai and the President Ashraf Ghani held a meeting the other day …

AT-KABUL: Lawmakers and civil society activists said that Karzai has no intention to bring down the National Unity Government (NUG), led by President Ashraf Ghani. This comes at a time that the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, without mentioning any specific name said that no one should dare to …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai said that the unclear deal reached between Iran and six world powers is in the interest of the region and entire world. Hamid Karzai expressed his pleasure over the agreement. Karzai felicitated the government and people of Iran on this great victory. Karzai hoped that the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga of the parliament on Wednesday called upon the Afghan security forces to prevent Pakistani troops from entering into the Afghan soil. And also lawmakers put their weight behind public uprising in a bid to maintain peace and stability in the country. While showing deep …