Nation

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The National Unity Government has lost support of the youth, said a survey launched by the Election Watch Organization of Afghanistan, a watchdog. According to the survey, most of young Afghans who voted in the 2014 presidential election are disappointed and questions performance and developmental schemes of …

AT-KABUL: Thirty-nine Taliban fighters were killed and 29 others wounded in the counter-insurgency operations in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) with the collaboration of the Afghan National Police (ANP) and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) conducted the operations against insurgents in …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Female journalists and media workers claim that the working condition was worsening for them. “Different challenges have hampered the work of female journalists,” deputy culture minister Sayyeda Mojgan Mustafavi said Saturday in a meeting held by the Voice of Afghan Women Journalists (VAWJ), a non-government organ …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Lecturers of the state-run universities once again came out on Saturday to protest presidential decree over higher education. They demanded abolition of the decree. President Ashraf Ghani in a decree has limited the age of the university lecturers, which the lecturers call against the higher education law. …

AT-KABUL: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford has said that he overall was pleased with what he saw and believes integration of lessons learned from operations last year will make the Afghan army and police more effective forces going forward. The US …

AT-KABUL: Stressing on withdrawal of the foreign troops from Afghanistan, exchange of prisoners and removal of its leaders names from the UN blacklist, the Taliban said that it would not participate in the direct talks with Afghan government unless the conditions were met. In a media statement issued here, the …

KANPUR:  Religion should not be used as a political tool as it causes immense harm, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said, asking Pakistan to turn a new leaf so that there is peace in the region and the countries can progress. The people of Afghanistan were “misled” in the …

Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump on Thursday favored American troops staying in Afghanistan because its neighbor Pakistan has nuclear weapons, which needs to be secured. “I think you have to stay in Afghanistan for a while, because of the fact that you’re right next to Pakistan, which has nuclear …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday said that it has arrested a notorious kidnapper along with five accomplices in northern Parwan province. In a press statement issued here, the security agency said that its operatives succeeded to arrest a leader of kidnapping group, known as Major General …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Democracy International (DI) released a report on Thursday claiming that Hamid Karzai has ruled the country far better than President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani because majority of lawmakers have lost trust over the National Unity Government (NUG.) In its survey about the Wolesi Jirga and Meshrano …