KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), a non-government electoral monitoring says that some evil demands from women during the elections caused them refrain from contesting in the votes. The body also expressed concerns of what it called “restricted freedoms and dual behaviors” against women in the …

KABUL: Political analysts believe that only an interim administration could help the ongoing peace process succeed. Although the United States and some regional countries are making efforts to find a way to put an end to the Afghan war, Taliban militants have not yet said ‘YES’ to requests over sitting …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Moscow urges Washington to complete the probe into the US troops’ erroneous air strikes against civilians in Afghanistan and hold culprits liable, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a commentary circulated on Wednesday. Over the past week alone, the US indiscriminate air strikes in Afghanistan have killed about 35 …

By Mansoor Faizy and Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: There is an immediate need to chalk out a comprehensive plan to grab the unprecedented peace opportunity as scaremongers and conspiracy theorists don’t help rather make things more complicated. In the wake of progress in Doha talks, US and Taliban members presented the …

AT-KABUL: The government of Indonesia has reaffirmed commitments for bringing peace to Afghanistan. Special Envoy of Vice President of Indonesia for Afghanistan, Mr. Hamid Awaluddin said this in talks with the Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani. Mr. Awaludin reaffirmed his country’s commitments for bringing peace to Afghanistan and expressed his country’s …

In response to fears and apprehensions regarding impacts of US troop’s pullout from Afghanistan in according to proposed peace agreement, Ambassador Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad has made it clear that this decision could be made with the consent of Afghan government. He made it clear that in the light of past …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s secret service – NDS – has “busted” a Pakistani terrorist network involved in a conspiracy to stage insurgent attacks in southern province of Nimroz. Intelligence agents staged a pre-emptive raid in Zaranj city, capital of Nimroz province, killing a terrorist and arresting three terrorists hailing from Pakistan, said …

KABUL: Afghanistan’s drug courts have sentenced seventeen people to prison for conspiracies to smuggle or sell drugs, said officials on Tuesday. Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that 17 drug traffickers have been given short and long term prison sentences over the past week. CJTF in a press statement said …

Kabul: Afghanistan’s first polio case in 2019 was reported in Kandahar province, where a 22-month-old girl from Spin Boldak district was infected by the poliovirus. According to a statement the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz said, “this case indicates that the poliovirus is still transmitting in Kandahar and the …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Human Rights Commission office in the southeastern zone says that some 50 per cent people being held in the prisons of Paktia province were deprived of having access to defending attorneys. The commission has said lack of advocates in Paktia prisons has caused the delay of inmates’ …