AT Monitoring Desk-A $280 million U.S. program, created to help empower women in Afghanistan, has been a “failure and a waste of taxpayers’ money,” according to government oversight group Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR). USAID’s program, Promote, was expected to help 75,000 Afghan women enter the workforce. The …

AT-KABUL: 13 people were arrested in western Herat province as they were trying to smuggle dollars to Iran, provincial official said Friday, informing of a comprehensive crackdowns against money smugglers. We have taken serious efforts to halt foreign currency smuggling to Iran, said Provincial Governor Spokesman, Ghulam Jilani Farhad, adding, …

Afghan politicians, leaders of a number of political movements and influential figures have gathered under one umbrella, discussing current political and security situation of Afghanistan and also talked about Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) that was signed with US during first working day of National Unity Government. The security pact allowed …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Citizenship Movement (ACM) on Thursday while criticizing the negligence of the International Community regarding external interference in Afghan affairs and attacks from outside the country against Afghan people, said that the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States did not improve the country’s security but instead deteriorated …

AT-KABUL: Members of parliament ask for a revision over the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States, arguing the pact did nothing for security improvement. The Ghani-administration signed the controversial security pact with the United States on its second work day on September 30, 2014, a document that former …

AT-KABUL: At least146 militants have been killed and117 have been wounded in military crackdown conducted by national security forces over the past day, according to military authorities. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reassured Afghanistan that it would support President Ghani’s peace plans to negotiate and reconcile with the militant Taliban movement, ZamanNews reported. Yusuf Bin Ahmed Al Uthaymeen vowed support to the efforts of President Ghani of calling upon …

AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security – NDS – on Wednesday said its operatives had discovered and confiscated a truck loaded with ammonium nitrate in Paktika, which they believed would have been used for terrorist activities. NDS special detachment operatives succeeded to discover and seize a Hino model truck full of …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says it would complete investigations over the fake ID cards within two weeks, while the parliamentarian election is to be launched in 40 days. “A committee is assigned to investigate the counterfeited ID cards and it will share the result of its work with …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan asks for more assistance from international donors to the drought-hit regions, saying there was a 61 per cent decrease in rainfall and snowfall last year. Drought is now another problem government and people have to confront with besides insecurity and war. State ministry for disaster management says it …