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AT-KABUL: The New Beginning Network launched its second discussion as part of the “Academic Discourse Series 2016” with scholars, intellectuals and members of civil society in Kabul and urged the government to include positive cultural values in its national development strategies for peace, national unity and sustainable economic development. Dr …

AT-KABUL: The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, had nodded to participate in the four-nation brokered Afghan peace talks, likely to be held in Pakistan, the group said in a media statement on Sunday. The Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG), comprising of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China, had …

Jabha-i-Milli Afghanistan leader Anwarul Haq Ahadi on Saturday said the government’s efforts at peace had failed to produce any result and called the peace process a “failure.” Addressing hundreds of people at a party gathering in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Ahadi said Pakistan had either no influence …

AT-KABUL: The first round of the university entrance test was kicked off Saturday in Kabul universities, followed by the exams held in the provinces. Minister of Higher Education Farida Mohmand said that 43,000 high school graduates had enrolled for the test, but 45,000 ones were expected to attend in Kabul …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Peace Foundation and Jahesh Organization alleged that the Government Media and Information Center had not helped them holding a program, accusing it of hampering it “intentionally”. “The Peace Foundation and Jahesh Organization held the peace festival program on Thursday in the Government Media Center hall, but it …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US and NATO forces ex-commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell has asked for further role of the US in Afghanistan over what he called slow and inefficient decision-making process. Campbell added that he had pressured “civilian leaders” in the months before he left Kabul earlier …

AT-KABUL: In order to help Afghan citizens to fight corruption and garner support for stronger government action against corruption, the European Union delegation in Afghanistan on Saturday launched its 2016 anti-corruption campaign. The campaign will continue for seven weeks and culminates with high-level conference in early May. The EU in …

As usual, it is not easy to choose news about events in Pakistan over the last one or two weeks for making comments. The deadly terrorist attack on a court premise in Shabqadar (Charsada), after a similarly bloody  attack on Bacha Khan University in the same district some time back, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States of America added two members of the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), Abdullah Nowbahar and Abdul Saboor in the list of global terrorists. “The State Department has designated Abdullah Nowbahar and Abdul Saboor as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under second 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives rescued a teenage boy kidnapped in Khost province and arrested four suspects, an NDS official said. “The 15-year-old boy was kidnapped 27 days ago from the Lakano area on the outskirts of Khost city,” said the NDS provincial director Col. Barakatullah. “The …