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AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani appointed Masoom Stanikzai as acting Minister of Defense and introduced him to the Wolesi Jirga for a vote of confidence as minister-designate for the Ministry of Defense (MoD). A press statement issued by the Presidential Palace, said that the president introduced Stankizai as the Defense Minister- …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chabahar port in Iran is expected to connect Afghanistan with sea route by the ed of the upcoming year. “The strategic port will also enable the Central Asian countries to bypass Pakistan. Work has already begun on the Chabahar port,” quoted by PTI, India’s Road Transport, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Over 100 suspects and 25 unregistered Afghan nationals were arrested in a search operation carried out under the National Action Plan (NAP) in various areas of Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said. Quoting police officials, The Express Tribune, an English-language paper …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, reached Islamabad on Sunday, to represent Afghanistan in the meeting of senior authorities at the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process. The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process was launched in 2011 in Turkey to bring Afghanistan’s neighboring and regional countries together at …

KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday that the agreement with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) yet to be finalized in which national interest would be kept supreme. The agreement which is hot topic in several media outlets was said to be still debatable, a statement from the …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai met with the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Saturday. The two leaders discussed different issues of mutual interest. Hamid Karzai appreciated India’s support for Afghanistan in different areas, particularly in education sector. He termed relations between Kabul and New Delhi as time-tested …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The newly appointed governor of western Herat province has said that work on the much-awaited hydroelectric and irrigation project—the Salma Dam—will be completed in upcoming year. Quoted by Radio Azadi, Mohammad Asif Rahimi, said there are a number of hurdles for Salma Dam construction, but work on …

India shares a 106-km border with Afghanistan which people do not factor in, national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said on Friday, hinting both at India’s claim to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the threat that withdrawal of Nato forces from Afghanistan poses for internal security in India. Speaking at a BSF …

AT-KABUL: Afghan government has appointed General Qadam Shah Shaheen, as chief of the army staff, an official said on Saturday. “National Unity Government leaders agreed on General Qadam Shah’s appointment as the Army Chief of Staff of the country,” Javid Faisal, a spokesman for the Chief Executive Office, said on …

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday said that Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) deal with Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) was based on wrong assumptions. “What Pakistan wanted was to take assurance and pressurize Afghanistan that they will not allow their territory to be used for any …