NEW DELHI: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said peace was Afghanistan’s significant goal since the shadow of terrorism haunted Afghan children and women. “Terror must be confronted and must be overcome,” he said while speaking alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the media after a meeting with him here. …
Read More »ANP will resist against changes in Gawadar-Kashgar trade route: Asfandyar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chairman of Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan, said that the party will resist against changes to the original map of Gawadar-Kashgar economic corridor. Talking after a party meeting, the prominent Pashtun nationalist leader said that his party will spare no efforts to prevent the Pakistani …
Read More »Foreign troops failed in bringing peace to Afghanistan, says Karzai
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The ex-President Hamid Karzai said that foreign forces in Afghanistan have failed to bring peace to the war-hit country. In an interview with Trend News Agency in Azerbaijan, Hamid Karzai said that through NATO during its mission in Afghanistan wanted to help Afghan, failed to bring stability …
Read More »“SCO membership will improve Afghan economy”
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of MPs and analysts have said that membership of Afghanistan in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is vital for fixing the country’s economy on condition that the government succeeds to receive full membership of the organization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday said that …
Read More »Afghanistan, India are bound by a thousand ties: Ghani
The Indo-Afghan partnership has blossomed despite barriers caused by geography and political hurdles, says Narendra Modi AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hinting at the importance of Afghanistan and India relations, President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said that the two countries are bound by a thousand ties and millions of memories. President Ghani …
Read More »India, Afghanistan to sign treaty on intelligence
KABUL: India is expected to sign a treaty with Afghanistan on sharing intelligence and cooperation against crimes during President Ashraf Ghani’s maiden trip to the country later this month. Indiatimes.com reported on Monday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sign a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Afghanistan during President …
Read More »Afghan forces avenge Badakhshan deaths
KABUL: Four Taliban commanders, who ordered beheading of Afghan soldiers in Juram district of northeastern Badakhshan, had been killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Monday. In total 27 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed, including eight who were beheaded after being captured, during a massive attack on …
Read More »New IDLG chief, Herat, Kandahar governors named
KABUL: The government has appointed Ghulam Jilani Popal as the Independent Directorate of Local government (IDLG) chief and new governors for western Herat and southern Kandahar provinces, an official said on Monday. The government official told Pajhwok Afghan News Dr. Humayun Azizi had been appointed as new governor for Kandahar …
Read More »Would be suicide bomber told NDS he was raped by Taliban
AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested a would-be suicide bomber who was raped by the Taliban commanders before sending him to carry out attack. A statement issued by the NDS quoted the would-be suicide bomber, Bilal, as saying that he was gang raped by four commanders of the Taliban …
Read More »NUG has no specific anti-corruption policy: Watchdog
AT-KABUL: Though fight against corruption was among top priorities of the national unity government (NUG), the Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee alleged that the incumbent government has no specific strategy in this regard. The chief executive officer (CEO) of the committee, Rashed Behroz, said that government has no …
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