Latest Updates

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of social media users have opposed sending a group of Afghan army cadets for training to a military training academy in Pakistan, despite being a sign of increased cooperation between the two neighbors. The six-member group has been sent to a military compound in Abbottabad …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai called on Afghan media to promote national unity. Staffers of Pajhwok Afghan News in a meeting with Hamid Karzai on Sunday applauded his support to freedom of speech over the past 13 years. Danish Karokhel, head of the news agency praised Hamid Karzai’s all-out support to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The road to Narai district is eastern Kunar province is blocked over the past four days. Residents of the district said militants are targeting civilians on the road. According to reports, the Taliban militants have planted bombs on this road. Officials in the district said they will …

The ISIS presence in Afghanistan is nothing but propaganda. Security forces are capable enough to fight any terrorist group under any name, and are committed to maintain law-and-order in the country. AT News Report KABUL: Terming the presence of Daish or ISIS in Afghanistan as propaganda, the Interior Ministry on …

KABUL: Blaming the government for interference into electoral affairs, a number of electoral monitoring organizations on Sunday prodded the national unity government not to politicize the electoral reforms process, and pay all-out efforts in bringing reforms in election panels ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls. The Transparent Election Foundation of …

KABUL: Criticizing the harsh situation created by Pakistani government for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, particularly in Peshawar the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and around the province, a number of civil society activists on Sunday alleged that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) forces Afghan refugees, through threatening and arresting them, to …

Fourteen years, Afghanistan started off a journey that many believed would soon stop and the country will see the Taliban back in power within no time. But it didn’t happen. Afghanistan made a tremendous journey from being a completely failed state to a country with signs of change and potentials …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) insecurity has battered tourism industry over the past few years. The acting Minister of the MoIC, Musadeq Khalili, told Azadi Radio that around 700 tourists have visited historical sites in Afghanistan this year. Khalili described insecurity and lack of proper …

AT Monitoring-KABUL: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed its concerns over sharp increase in Afghan refugees’ repatriation from Pakistan. It said that thousands of Afghan families are repatriating to Afghanistan to escape harassment. Following the terror attack on a military-run school in Peshawar on 16 December, 2014, Pakistan has …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The production capacity of Ghori Cement Factory is dwindling as the factory is faced with lack of electricity for past week, said officials, criticizing the government for inattention of local products. Chief Executive of Afghan Investment Company, Islamuddin Ahmadzai, said the president has several times stressed that …