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As new threats have started emerging in the Arab peninsula, President Ashraf Ghani called on the international community at the Munich Security Conference that Afghanistan shouldn’t be kept on backburner. His call is timely and needs attention. Though too many other global challenges have emerged, but Afghanistan shouldn’t be ignored …

A drone strike in Afghanistan has killed a key militant commander who recently swore allegiance to Islamic State (IS), officials say. AT News Report KABUL: A commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Afghanistan, Abdul Rauf Khadim, was killed in a drone strike in southern Helmand …

KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) and the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) have planned to conduct a nationwide survey to collect precise information about industries and factories as well as their products. The results of the survey would enable the government to adopt an efficient policy for …

The Deputy Foreign Minister also held a press conference where he said China will try all means to make Afghan-led peace process successful AT News Report KABUL: The Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister called on President Ashraf Ghani in the presidential palace on Monday, wherein they exchanged views on different issues …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of social media users have opposed sending a group of Afghan army cadets for training to a military training academy in Pakistan, despite being a sign of increased cooperation between the two neighbors. The six-member group has been sent to a military compound in Abbottabad …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai called on Afghan media to promote national unity. Staffers of Pajhwok Afghan News in a meeting with Hamid Karzai on Sunday applauded his support to freedom of speech over the past 13 years. Danish Karokhel, head of the news agency praised Hamid Karzai’s all-out support to …

The ISIS presence in Afghanistan is nothing but propaganda. Security forces are capable enough to fight any terrorist group under any name, and are committed to maintain law-and-order in the country. AT News Report KABUL: Terming the presence of Daish or ISIS in Afghanistan as propaganda, the Interior Ministry on …

KABUL: Blaming the government for interference into electoral affairs, a number of electoral monitoring organizations on Sunday prodded the national unity government not to politicize the electoral reforms process, and pay all-out efforts in bringing reforms in election panels ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls. The Transparent Election Foundation of …

KABUL: Criticizing the harsh situation created by Pakistani government for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, particularly in Peshawar the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and around the province, a number of civil society activists on Sunday alleged that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) forces Afghan refugees, through threatening and arresting them, to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) insecurity has battered tourism industry over the past few years. The acting Minister of the MoIC, Musadeq Khalili, told Azadi Radio that around 700 tourists have visited historical sites in Afghanistan this year. Khalili described insecurity and lack of proper …