AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least nine security personnel have been killed in a roadside bomb blast during an operation against militants in the northern Balkh province, said local official on Sunday. Provincial governor spokesman, Munir Ahamd Farhad confirmed the news, saying that several other security forces were also sustained injures …
Read More »Boundary of division and contention: Pashtun psyche must be addressed
By Attaullah Waziri-A border that was a product colonial jealousy and insecurity, the Durand Line divided what can be claimed as one of the world’s largest ethnic tribes, the Pashtuns, into two separate nation-states, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where they compete for political prominence today. In the late 1880s, the Amir …
Read More »ED: Disaster preparedness
Many areas of Afghanistan are affected every year by the seasonal snowfalls, avalanches and heavy rainfalls followed by devastating floods. The spring rainfalls that start from late March yearly and go on up to late April or further are followed by flash floods that damage houses, farmlands, roads and bridges. …
Read More »75 insurgents killed in military operations
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 75 Taliban militants were killed and 24 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD)said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
Read More »24 Daesh killed in raids
AT News Report KABUL: At least 24 fighters loyal to Daesh were killed and three others wounded during raids in eastern Nangarhar provinces within past 24 hours, officials said Saturday. “24 fighters loyal to Daesh were killed and three others were wounded during ground and air raid in Achin and …
Read More »ED: NATO decisive to eliminate Daesh in Afghanistan
The NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan has recently said that the Daesh terrorist group would be “defeated” by the end of the 1396 (Afghan year) in the country. A spokesman for the NATO troops has vowed that the organization would not let Afghanistan turn into a safe haven for …
Read More »ED: Government must win opium war to get closer to stability
Afghanistan, the war hit-country is almost producing the highest percentage of the world’s illicit opium, through which billions of dollars are circulating inside the country and in abroad. The opium product is fueling the global heroin trade, funding the Taliban insurgents, Mafia and some corrupted clusters across the country. Opium …
Read More »Opinions: India should question legality of Durand Line between Afghan, Pak
By Satish Chandra-Men coming from Afghanistan move down a corridor between security fences at the border post in Torkham, Pakistan on the Durand Line on 18 June 2016. REUTERS All successive Afghan regimes since 1947 have refrained from granting de jure recognition to the Durand Line. In a welcome departure …
Read More »ED: School problem
School student are pursing education in open air which of course it is a great threat to their health, and also they can’t learn anything as they are in an improper environment. It has very hard to learn that thousands of children at Faiz Mohammad Kateb Primary School in Dasht-e-Barachi …
Read More »Afghan Taliban are strategic asset of Pakistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The former US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Olson has said that Pakistan still allows Afghan Taliban to use its soil as its ‘core strategic asset’ and is unlikely to abandon the terrorist groups as its Afghan policy is about “geo-strategic maneuvering” against India …
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