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AT-KABUL: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Sunday said that still 80 percent of Afghan women experience or has experienced at least a type of violence in Afghanistan during their lives. After a research by global rights in 2008 showed 87 percent of Afghan women that had faced at …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the government to improve in-detention education and post rehabilitation care for young Afghans. Extensive research carried out by the UNAMA into juvenile rehabilitation centers (JRCs) indicates the need for the Afghan government to focus, in particular, on helping young Afghans …

AT-KABUL: The ministry of interior (MoI) Sunday condemned publicly hanging of a university student in strong terms and ordered the Wardak police to arrest perpetrators. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A prominent commander of the Daesh terrorist group also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was killed during a clash with the security forces in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Sunday. Rahmatullah Hashar, the district administrative confirmed the death …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents publicly hanged a university student in the central-east of Wardak province, local officials confirmed Saturday. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was hanged to death in accusation of …

AT-KABUL: The commander of the US-led international forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson claimed the two countries were “legitimizing” the Taliban inside Afghanistan. In a briefing to the Pentagon, Gen. Nicholson, said: “Russia has overtly lent legitimacy to the Taliban and their narrative goes something like this that the Taliban …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Saturday run the first ever press conference with the aim of boosting up women’s role in agriculture sector across the country. “Running this conference aims at supporting female farmers and paving the ground for development of women’s activities in agriculture fields,” …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: China has suggested construction of railroads that would link Quetta and Peshawar to Afghanistan’s modern capital city, Kabul. Beijing is mulling to cash in on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by linking Afghanistan, the gateway to Central Asia, to the corridor. Quetta and Peshawar, two major cities …

AT-KABUL: General Mohaiuddin Ghori was laid to rest in western Heart province on Thursday following his death in a helicopter crash two days ago. President Ashraf Ghani, Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, Head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and many other officials attended the funeral of Gen …

AT-KABUL: The GIZ, a German organization with the cooperation of the Ministry of Information   and Culture held a two-day peace fair in Bagh-e-Babor in Kabul with the aim of mobilizing the youth toward supporting peace process across the country. “Everyone particularly youth has the responsibility to work for peace in …