AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, has said that Pakistan’s military troops and NATO forces have carried out joint military operations inside Afghanistan. Nisar in an interview with Iran’s Fars News Agency (FNA) said the other day that relations between Kabul and Islamabad have never been …
Read More »Aynak copper mine project security a top priority: MoI
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces will spare no efforts to ensure security of Aynak copper mine in Logar province, said an official in the Ministry of Interior (MoI). After delay in extraction of Aynak copper mine, contracted with a Chinese firm, President Ashraf Ghani paid a visit to the mine. …
Read More »MoE concerned over surge in attacks on schools
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) expressed its deep concerns over recent attacks on schools. Kabir Haqmal, spokesman for the MoE, told Azadi Radio that anti-education elements have surged their attacks on schools. Militants reduced three schools to rubbles over the past two weeks in eastern Afghanistan. Haqmal …
Read More »Afghanistan, Russia mulling to strike gas-for-fruits swap
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russia after banning food imports from some of its major suppliers like the European Union, the ex-Soviet country is now discussing a deal with Afghanistan to swap natural gas for fruit, media reports said on Friday. The reports said that according to officials from Afghanistan’s Chamber of …
Read More »1,410 army cadets complete training in Helmand
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: With the commitment to defend the country against any threat by anti-government elements, nearly 1,410 army cadets completed training at 215th Maiwand Military Corps Training Center in sourthern Helmand province, said official on Friday. Speaking at a ceremony in Lashkargah city of Helmand, a senior commander of …
Read More »Pakistan’s security forces never carried out operations inside Afghanistan: Arg
AT-KABUL: The Presidential Palace (Arg) on Friday said that the Afghan government would neither allow any foreign country in any circumstances to carry out operations on Afghan soil, nor the Afghan security forces have conducted any joint operation with Pakistan’s security forces inside Afghanistan. The Presidential Palace in a statement …
Read More »Sovereignty matters: Karzai’s office hits back at Pakistan’s interior minister
KABUL: Pakistan’s interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali in an interview with Fars News Agency (FNA) said that their security forces in coordination with NATO and Afghan government have conducted military operations inside Afghanistan. His remarks have upped concerns of the people of Afghanistan and they look curious to know how …
Read More »Karzai lauded for leadership traits
AT-KABUL: The chairman and members of National Welfare Party called on ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Wednesday. They hailed Hamid Karzai for his constructive services over the past 13 years. Muhammad Hassan Jafari, the chairman of the party, termed Karzia as a symbol of pride and a great leader for …
Read More »China pledges to build hydropower dam, improve Afghanistan-Pakistan connectivity
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: China has pledged to build a hydropower dam in eastern Kunar province as well as highways and railways to improve connectivity between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hua Chunying, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told media-men that his country stands committed to construct a 1,500-megawatt hydropower dam in …
Read More »Soft targets: Yet another school reduced to rubbles in Kunar
AT-KUNAR: Insurgents blew up yet another school in Dangam district of Kunar province on Tuesday night, an act of cowardice that left hundreds of schoolchildren deprived of education. Abdul Qahar, Deputy of Education Department of Kunar said the primary school was located in the Sawoon area of Dangam district, was …
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