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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Over 100 suspects and 25 unregistered Afghan nationals were arrested in a search operation carried out under the National Action Plan (NAP) in various areas of Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said. Quoting police officials, The Express Tribune, an English-language paper …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, reached Islamabad on Sunday, to represent Afghanistan in the meeting of senior authorities at the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process. The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process was launched in 2011 in Turkey to bring Afghanistan’s neighboring and regional countries together at …

KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday that the agreement with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) yet to be finalized in which national interest would be kept supreme. The agreement which is hot topic in several media outlets was said to be still debatable, a statement from the …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai met with the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Saturday. The two leaders discussed different issues of mutual interest. Hamid Karzai appreciated India’s support for Afghanistan in different areas, particularly in education sector. He termed relations between Kabul and New Delhi as time-tested …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: National Security Council (NSC) rejected signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on intelligence sharing with Pakistan.  The NSC said that only draft of the MOU has been signed between the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistani spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Najib Manalai, spokesman …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Saturday expressed concern over the government’s move to distribute arms among locals to fight militants. The watchdog said it fears the process will arm a number of human rights violators, adding that the move will result in worsening security situation in parts …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After a decision by residents of northeastern Badakhshan province to take up guns against militants if they did not give up militancy, an MP from the province said Saturday that public uprisings should be supported by the government; otherwise it will not yield any result. The first …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Amid heated debate on the recently disclosed deal on intelligence sharing between the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) questioned honesty of Pakistan and asked the government to submit the agreement to the parliament. They …

AT-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) of the parliament on Saturday approved the proposed changes by the president in the law regarding caretaker ministries and state organizations. The changes brought about in the law enable an acting minister to be remain in the office for more than two months until a …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Finance on Saturday introduced electronic payment of customs duty in order to resolve problems of importers and tackle corruption. Speaking at the press conference here, Chief of the Afghanistan Customs Department (ACD) said that hereinafter the traders would not be impelled to pay customs duties …