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AT-KABUL: As many as 24 women graduated from ‘peace through business’ training program conducted by Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) in collaboration with Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in Kabul. The deputy chairman of the ACCI, Khanjan Alkozai, told reporters that 24 women received 10-week training …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six militants were killed and two others wounded following a clearance operation in northeastern Kunduz province, said officials on Wednesday. Col. Mohammad Nadir, an army officer, was quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News, as saying that the operation was launched in a Gor Tepa area near …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of protestors on Wednesday took to the streets of the capital city Kabul and urged the government to sack a number of high-ranking officials of Kabul’s Bagrami district. The protestors were more than 300 people who started rally in Ahmad Shah Baba Mina streets at around …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Terming the endemic corruption as the hurdle for development in different sectors, the president’s special representative for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, on Wednesday said that a revision of the Constitution was required to overcome the problem in Afghanistan. He told a conference in Kabul …

AT-KABUL: Amidst concerns and media buzz about Afghan government’s clandestine deal with a neighboring country for peace talks, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday that national objectives would not be compromised. President Ghani attended graduation ceremony of army cadets in Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim Defense University. He said there were …

AT-KABUL: At least seven people were killed and 46 others, mostly civilians, were wounded in a suicide truck-bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Wednesday. The attack took place at around 11:00am when an explosives-laden Mazda truck was rammed into the governor house in Lashkargah city, acting …

By Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta: These days, just turn over pages of newspapers or give your ears and eyes to analysts on TVs and radios, you will come across a frequently-used word. This frequently used word is, “proxy war”. Many take advantages of the use of this word, both overt and …

AT-KABUL: Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Tuesday said that 729 people were arrested on charges of drugs trafficking. General Prosecution Director for CJTF, Yar Mohammad Husainkhil told newsmen that 712 drugs-related cases had been registered and where 729 smugglers were nabbed. He also said that 18 public workers including …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  A suicide bomber was arrested by Afghan National Security Forces before reaching the target in Helmand province. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Sediq Sediqi said that the suicide bomber was held in Nad Ali district of the province while he was trying to carry out suicide …

“Russia concerned over IS emergence in Afghanistan, says nascent peace in Afghanistan should be protected” AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: UNAMA head, Nicholas Haysom while briefing the United Nations Security Council regarding the current situation in Afghanistan, said that phenomenal development in peace process has reinvigorate hope and the ongoing conflict …