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AT-KABUL: The special envoy of Germany for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Michael Koch, stressed that the electoral reforms commission should start it work soon. Talking to joint press conference with the Deputy Foreign Ministry, Hekmat Khalil Karzai and Special Representative of the US for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Daniel Feldman, Michael Koch …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of elements inside and outside the government are involved in mounting insecurity in Afghanistan’s north, said an official. Assadullah Khoram, a member of the Provincial Council of Sar-e-Pul province, said that a number of elements inside the government and some foreign countries are responsible for …

AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) claimed to have thwarted a terror bid in Kabul. The NDS in a statement issued on Friday said that operatives of the spy agency arrested a suspected terrorist who wanted to detonate an explosive laden vehicle in one of the key areas of Kabul …

Kabul’s naive overture towards Islamabad works against Afghanistan’s national interests. The inking of an intelligence cooperation accord between Afghanistan and Pakistan has raised growing voices of concern at all levels in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have signed a memorandum of understanding which …

AT-KABUL: Coming hard on the government for signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on intelligence sharing with Pakistan, a prominent Jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf said the deal will only benefit Islamabad. “The MoU signed between the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) favors only Pakistan,” …

AT-KABUL: At least four people were killed and 13 others injured on Thursday in a road accident in Daikundi province. District Chief of Shahristan district of the province said the accident took place around 9:00 am and claimed lives of four people including two women. Mohammad Ibrahim Akbari said the …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday nominated Masoom Stanekzai as Defense Minister in a bid to complete his cabinet. The nominee still needs to be approved by the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the parliament. Speaking at the opening of the International Contact Group (ICG) meeting at the Presidential …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After three days of discussion, elders from across Badakhshan province agreed to launch a public uprising against militants. Participants of the gathering said: “A committee of influential figures should talk peace with the Taliban in Badakhshan. If the militants rejected to make peace, then we will mobilize …

AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has demanded amendments in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently signed between spy agencies of Afghanistan and Pakistan. A close source to the Chief Executive office has said that Abdullah was informed about the final content of the accord by the former President Hamid …

AT-KABUL: A senior official of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday said that the Afghan soil will never be used against any neighboring country. “Afghanistan will never allow its soil to be used against neighboring or regional countries,” said Gen. Murad Ali Murad the deputy army chief, addressing a …