Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) said that economic conference on Afghanistan, which is going to be held in Berlin, will encourage foreign investors to invest in Afghanistan. Deputy Head of the AISA, Muhammad Ebrahim Shams, told Azadi Radio that the conference will assess investment opportunities in Afghanistan. …
Read More »Widening differences among Taliban leadership: HPC urges fighters to talk peace
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) said that rifts among leadership of the Taliban militants have widened. The council urged the Taliban fighters to join the peace process. According to reports, the Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor recently succumbed to his injuries. Office of the Vice …
Read More »Elements in Iran want to destroy Afghan-India Friendship Dam
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Some elements in Iran are in the quest to destroy Afghan-India Friendship Dam (Salma Dam) in western Herat province, said an official source. Wali Muhammad Rashidi, the commander of the dam’s security, told reporters that they have seized 50 kilogram explosives in a truck near the dam. …
Read More »Higher Education Law: Lecturers boycott classes, exams
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of state-owned universities lecturers boycotted classrooms, winter semester examinations and university entrance test in protest at the recent presidential decree. The president had issued a decree about enforcing the pending Higher Education Law, when the lawmakers were gone on summer recess. The decree was widely criticized …
Read More »8 killed, 2 injured in Wardak
AT-KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed and two others injured in a mortar shell fired in Sayed Abad district of Wardak province, said officials on Friday. According to the provincial officials the mortar hit the playground has left eight civilians killed and wounded two others. The dead bodies were …
Read More »40 security personnel freed from Taliban prison in Helmand
AT-KABUL: As many as 40 security personnel have been freed from the Taliban’s run prison during a joint raid by Afghan and US Special Forces in southern Helmand province. The US forces headquarters in Afghanistan said in a press release that Afghan and US forces raided a Taliban-run prison in …
Read More »Three Pakistani militants killed in Kunar
At Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least three Pakistani militants belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed in a drone strike in eastern Kunar province, said officials on Friday. The Kunar police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Habib Syedkheli, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a US drone strike killed three Pakistani militants …
Read More »Pakistan turning Haqqani network into Taliban’s leader: India’s Ambassador to Kabul
India’s delay in taking a clear position on the negotiation between the Taliban and the Pakistan government might end up justifying Pakistan’s current strategy for the Taliban, The Hindu was told by Amar Sinha, Ambassador of India to Kabul. Mr Sinha said that the recent attack on Taliban leader Mullah …
Read More »14 killed as ANA mortar hits Wardak mosque
At least 14 people were killed and another six wounded when a mortar allegedly fired by Afghan National Army (ANA) troops hit a mosque in the Syedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Friday, residents said. Elders of the district had gathered in a mosque in Wotali village when …
Read More »Ambiguous peace talks undermines women’s role in judicial council: AWN
By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Afghan Women Network (a cluster of civil society activities for advocacy of women rights) alleged the murky negotiation process with Taliban has impacted membership of women in High Council of the Supreme Court (HCSC) in a serious way. Shafiqa Habibi, a member of AWN said that after …
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