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KABUL: The Women’s Political Participation Committee (WPPC), a civil rights group, on Wednesday strongly criticized the government for not giving due share to women in the cabinet. The group said that both President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah should honor their promises made during electioneering about giving …

KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Wednesday approved the fiscal budget for year 2015 with eight percent deficit in development budget. According to the data provided by the Financial and Budget Committee (FBC) of the WJ total volume of the budge is Afs436 billion. Afs282.48 billion was allocated for ordinary …

KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the parliament on Wednesday approved nine cabinet picks and rejected 10 others in the nerve-wracking process of confidence vote. Total 234 MPs were present in the session to cast vote in favor or against the nominees. Each nominated cabinet member required …

AT-KABUL: Following the terror attack on a military-run school in Peshawar last month, Pakistan has adopted a whole unique strategy to appease anger of the public instead of addressing the root cause. Islamabad is using the Afghan refugees as scapegoats to divert attention of the nation from groups that kill …

AT-KABUL: Six people died when a car turned turtle in Chak district of Miadan Wardak province. A media statement from the provincial governor office said that the incident took place in Ghanikhel area of the district, when a corolla model car turned turtle. “The car turned turtle on a bridge …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An explosives-laden tractor, coming from Pakistan, was seized by security forces in southern Kandahar province, said officials on Tuesday. The police headquarters in Kandahar said the vehicle was seized in Regi area of Dand district the other day which had arrived from Pakistan. Security officials said there …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior Pakistani official has said that Pakistan will welcome India’s positive role in Afghanistan for peace and stability in the region. Pakistani media outlets quoted the secretary foreign affairs, Aizaz Ahmed Chaudry, as saying that the United States should exert pressure on India to resolve all …

Modern-day technology had significantly reshaped the wars, especially the counter-militancy operations, because insurgency is not different from guerilla warfare. Winning guerilla wars have always been a tough task due to evolving strategies and geo-politics. In such wars foreign actors jump in to secure their interests. Moreover, such wars are easy …

AT-KABUL: Large number of displaced families (IDP), who escaped war by taking refuge in the capital city of Afghanistan, are battling the harsh winter for survival. For the last 15 days, temperature has dropped below zero in Kabul and its surrounding areas where scores of Afghan displaced families said that …

AT-KABUL: The Embassy of India in Kabul celebrated the 66th Republic Day of India on Monday. A press release emailed by the Indian Embassy in Kabul said that ambassador of India, Amar Sinha hoisted the Indian National Flag at a colorful function in the newly constructed Indian Embassy complex in …