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AT-KABUL: The New Line Organization, a civil society body lauded Monday the female security officers and female journalists at the eve of the international women’s day. “We tried to commemorate international women’s day in a different way with applauding female security officers and female journalists with granting braveness trophies,” said …

AT-KABUL: A US drone strike has killed 15 Daesh (Islamic State) militants in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials in the province said on Monday. Achin district governor Haji Ghalib Mujahid said that the attack was carried out in Mamandow area late Sunday. “The attack was carried out on a hideout of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Helmand Provincial Council members along with a number of civil society activists said that the Taliban’s Quetta Shura was leading the war in Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province. According to them a number of Quetta Shura fighters have find foothold in the district and …

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai remains an important and influential figure in Kabul, and a fierce proponent for a stronger Indian presence in the country. In New Delhi this week, he spoke to Diplomatic Editor Suhasini Haidar about the attack on the Indian mission in Jalalabad, as well as talks …

Insecurity, economic and social problems have increased. Government must take steps for solution: Parliament Speaker By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that the government has “strong intentions” for both peace and defense. Addressing the lawmakers at the parliament’s opening session Ghani said that the defense preparations were against those …

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 …