AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: More than 3,000 families have left their houses following mounting insecurity in parts of northern Jawzjan province during past two weeks. According to locals, almost all shops have remained closed for past several days and students have stopped going to school due to insecurity in Aqcha district. …
Read More »Women seek increased role in peace talks
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MoWA) has nudged the National Unity Government (NUG) on Sunday to ensure women had presence in the peace talks. Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Saeeda Muzhgan Mustafawi, said that real peace would not come to the country, unless women had increased participation in …
Read More »Russia flexes Central Asia military might amid Afghan fears
Moscow: Russia has deployed hundreds of troops for drills in Central Asia with its ex-Soviet allies in a show of force as anxiety grows over a surge in fighting in neighboring Afghanistan. Around 2,500 personnel from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are taking part in joint exercises due to run …
Read More »China ready to equip ANP: Ulomi
AT-KABUL: Minister of Interior on Sunday said that China has agreed to provide necessary equipments to Afghan police that would help in fight against terrorism. Addressing a press conference here, Noorul Haq Ulomi said that China is ready to support the Afghan National Police (ANP) in the fight against terrorism …
Read More »Afghan Military Captain Gets Indian Hands in Transplant
KOCHI: A 30-year-old Afghan military captain from Kandahar, who lost his hands while defusing mines in the war torn country, now has two Indian hands – thanks to a successful transplant carried out at an institute in Kochi. Abdul Rahim lost both his hands during demining operations in Kandahar three …
Read More »4 killed, 18 injured in car bombing near airport in Afghan capital
KABUL: Four people were killed and 18 others wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near the airport of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, sources said. The blast took place after one attacker detonated his car bomb close to a military convoy belonged to EUPOL (European Union Police Mission …
Read More »NATO airstrikes kill 45 militants in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: At least 45 Taliban militants have been killed NATO airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province, said a security official on Saturday. Muhammad Numan Atefi, a spokesman for 201 Selab army corps, said that foreign forces carried out four airstrikes in Achin, Nazian, and Batikot districts of Nangarhar killing 45 militants …
Read More »Asfandyar musters up support against change to original map of Gawadar-Kashghar trade route
“Today’s Muslim League is as loyal to Punjab as it was way back in 1947. Muslim League wants development of one province at the cost of others,” Asfandyar Wali Khan AT-KABUL: Opposition parties warned the federal government of Pakistan against making changes to the original map of Gawadar-Kasghar economic corridor. …
Read More »Sediqi sanguine about military operations success
AT-KABUL: Hinting at security forces’ success in military operation in parts of the country, the Interior Ministry on Saturday said at least 120 joint crackdowns against militants were launched in different areas of the country where terrorists suffered heavy losses. Spokesman for Ministry of Interior (MoI), Sediq Sediqi, told a …
Read More »Floral exhibition held in Balkh
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A flower exhibition was inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif city of the northern Balkh province on Saturday which displays more than 200 types of different flowers. Organizers of the exhibition said 50,000 flowers of 200 different types have been put on display in the exhibition. They said that Mazar-i-Sharif …
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