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By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled said Wednesday that 51,000 government posts are vacant due to the lack of managerial capacity. Deputy Minister Wasel Noor Mohmand confirmed the vacancies “in all governmental administrations”, saying that the application process was ongoing very slowly. Last year around …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that Afghan Taliban would soon join the Afghan peace process. “Efforts are underway that all factions of Afghan Taliban are united before the end of this month,” The Nation, a Pakistani newspaper, quoted Aizaz while briefing his country’s Senate …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Nearly a dozen militants on Wednesday renounced violence and reintegrated into civil society by joining the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process in western Herat province, an official said. Before voluntarily surrendering and joining the peace process, the former militants were engaged in anti-government activates in Guzra district …

AT-KABUL: The policemen, who was shot injured Tuesday in Kabul by NATO forces, succumbed to his injuries in hospital, Ministry of Interior said. The police, who was working as guard for the Ministry of Commence and Industries, was shot injured yesterday at 12:50 pm near to Afghan parliament by the …

AT-KABUL: At least two passengers were killed and twenty-seven others received injuries when two passenger buses overturned from road at the Salang Pass in north of Kabul, official sources said on Wednesday. Spokesman to Disaster Management Minister, Omar Mohammadi, said that the buses overturned from the road due to heavy …

The Mohali police on Tuesday arrested an Afghanistan national for roaming around suspiciously near the Chandigarh international airport. Police found the visa of Ahmad Manzood had expired last year. He had come to Chandigarh from Delhi on Sunday with his friends. SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the accused was here …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: To prevent and respond to child recruitment in the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF), and to improve age-verification mechanism, the government has officially launched age assessment guidelines at a high level meeting in Kabul held the other day. Government officials, with the technical assistance of UNAMA and …

AT-KABUL:  Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the 12th South Asian Games (SAG). SAG will continue in Guwhati and Shillong till February 16, a media statement said. According to the statement, the games were inaugurated by Modi at a gala ceremony which saw participation from all the eight SAARC …

AT-KABUL: The European Union on Tuesday has lauded the Afghan government for issuing a new bylaw on the Establishment and Activity of Private Mass Media. “We now need to see the bylaw implemented and call upon the Afghan government to make sure that this happens,” said EU Special Representative Ambassador …

318 suspects arrested on the charges of different crimes in the past three weeks: Kabul police  By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Kabul Police claimed Tuesday that criminal cases had decreased by 36 percent in the past ten months, while people complain of increasing crimes. “The crime graph has decreased by 36 percent …