AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Artworks of Afghani artists were showcased at an exhibition held at the Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi on Saturday evening. Inaugurated by Dr Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Afghanistan Ambassador to India, the Afghan Painting and Handicraft Exhibition at the Gandahara Hall of the Embassy, displayed more than …
Read More »Senator insinuates Iran’s involvement in Afghan conflict
AT-KABUL: A member of senate has blamed Iran for being behind insecurity in “many provinces” of Afghanistan, claiming that Tehran destabilizes western Afghanistan to keep Afghan government busy so that it could not manage flowing waters into Iranian border areas. Asef Seddiqi, deputy head of senate, said Monday that insecurity …
Read More »Editorial: Farah’s unrest recedes
What was the point behind the Taliban’s massively attack on Farah, the western province that has been pushed back by the brave Afghan security forces? Was it about to capture the district as usual they are attempting to, or other evil hands of some foreign countries were involved behind the …
Read More »Number of women in drug trade rises
AT-KABUL: Women now play an increasing role in the drug trade compared to the past years, the Counter Narcotics Justice Center said Sunday. It said that families are busy in drug smuggling and all the members of families are doing that, adding that some ladies are the leaders of small …
Read More »Dostum poised to return home, says his aide
AT-KABUL: First Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum who is in Turkey for a long time, is due to come back to country, an aide of him said. Abdullah Qarloq, member of senate who is who is close to Dostum said Sunday that President Ashraf Ghani in his recent visit to …
Read More »Unrest recedes in Farah
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In the wake of a week-long painstaking military drill of the government security and defense forces in western Farah city, the insurgent Taliban combatants have been pushed back and violence has receded, according to local authorities, allowing residents to resume their daily life after days of unrest …
Read More »72 dead in flash floods
AT-KABUL: At least 72 people have been killed due to heavy flash floods across the country during the past week, said disaster management authority on Sunday. Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) in a statement said that as result of floods in Samangan, Takhar, Kapisa, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Badghis, Ghor, Panjshir, …
Read More »Insecurity displaced over 100,000 in 2018
AT-KABUL: Over Hundred thousand Afghans have been forced to leave their homes because of war and growing insecurity in the last five months of the 2018, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Sunday. Growing insecurity in different provinces such as Kunduz, Baghlan, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Nangarhar, Helmand and …
Read More »Editorial: Pakistan is superstore of terrorism
With freezing most of its security aid to Pakistan, Washington still failed to nail Islamabad down to its knee for its highly supports to the different militant outfits with sole aim of undermining US-NATO mission in Afghanistan in the war on terror. The crackdown on Pakistan was meant to compel …
Read More »Defense Minister confides that war in Farah is over water
Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In the wake of deterioration of security and outrage of the insurgent Taliban in western Farah province, high-ranking security brass along with General John W. Nicholson Commander of the Resolute Support Mission travelled to Farah on Saturday, meeting with residents and pledging to address security grievances and batter the militants. …
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