Nation

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Lawyers and analysts said that traditional Loya Jirga has to be organized by the Afghan nation instead of the government. Analysts believe that traditional Loya Jirga is more appropriate as constitutional Loya Jirga not met the pre-requisites and conditions. Commenting into the prevailing situations, analysts said that …

AT-KABUL: 14 people, including eight policemen, were killed and 18 others, 11 of them civilians, were injured after Daesh suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a Kabul hotel where a political gathering was underway. The attack took place outside the Qasr-e-Naween Hotel in PD 4th of Kabul city at entrance …

AT-KABUL: The New National Front of Afghanistan (NNFA), a government opposition party on Thursday welcomed the dismissal of Independent Election Commissions Chairman Najibullah Ahmadzai, asking National Unity Government (NUG) to further reforming the electoral body in order to gain people and parties trust. According to reports, Ahmadzai was fired after …

Kabul (Paktika) [Afghanistan]: Amidst escalating tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, experts have said that there is no evidence to prove Durand as the border line. Loy Afghanistan Tehreek (Greater Afghanistan Movement) recently organized a conference in capital Kabul where experts denounced the latest statement of British Ambassador to Afghanistan Nicholas …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Counter Narcotics in joint venture with the United Nations Office for Drug and Crimes (UNODC) on Wednesday released the 2017 survey saying the areas under opium poppy cultivation increased by 63 percent across the country. “The total area under poppy cultivation in Afghanistan was estimated …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has said Afghanistan would no longer depend on Pakistani seaport fir its transit trade with India and other countries after opening the strategic Iranian Chabahar port. Chabahar Port is located in Sistan—Baluchistan province of Iran, lies outside the Persian Gulf which …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Italian government on Tuesday granted 4.3 million Euros to Afghanistan to fight polio in the country and to improve the nutritional status of children under the age of five. Khaama Press reported, citing a UNICEF statement. A representative of World Health Organization (WHO) said this Italian …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Lawyers Union of Afghanistan (LUoA) on Tuesday allegedly blamed National Unity Government (NUG) with breaching of constitution through releasing decrees and asked for cancelation of the decrees. LUoA claimed that the 158 decree of NUG is against 22 and 79 article of constitution, in which deprived military …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A new survey says that still 61.2 per cent people are pessimistic about the future of Afghanistan, saying their country was going in the wrong direction. The survey launched by the Asia Foundation, however says that optimism among the Afghans about the direction of their country has slightly …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack against a police checkpoint in the western Farah province on Sunday night which ended in killing of eight police personnel, local police officials said Monday. The official, speaking into the matter said the unpleasant incident happened late Sunday night in Farah …