AT-Kabul: Concerned over the ongoing political uncertainty, political figures and analysts have faulted Trump’s counterproductive strategy in Afghanistan and raised doubts about his willingness for peace. They believed that peace will be impossible until the U.S. has a military and intelligence presence in Afghanistan. At a monthly session of the …
Read More »TAPI project on the horizon; Afghanistan ponders security for landmark pipeline project
AT-KABUL: As the much-orchestrated milestone trans-Afghanistan pipeline is about to be embarked upon, Afghanistan is pondering eliminating the obstacles in the path of its implementation and devising pragmatic ways of beefing up security for the project. Wais Barmak minister of interior in a session on Tuesday called on the defense …
Read More »With peace stalled, Khalili urges all-out effort for durable stability
AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s top peace authority has called on tribal leaders and a nationwide struggle to achieve a durable peace and alleviate the burden placed on the people. Head of the High Peace Council, Mohammad Karim Khalili said on Tuesday that if all Afghans get united, they can rescue country from …
Read More »Ghani-Abdullah term expires in 93 days: Critics
AT-KABUL: According to the Afghan Constitution, Ghani-Abdullah’s government of national unity will end in 93 days, senior members of a political movement said Monday at a press conference in Kabul. Jombesh-e Guzar, a political party which announced its existence on May 2017, reasons that based on the Constitution the presidential …
Read More »Editorial: Why government’s writ is defied
In the wake of the unfettered political disarray, the Afghan unity government has found itself in a bind that could only be circumvented if a ‘paradigmatic politic of compromise and negotiation diplomacy’ is concocted; defiance against the government’s writ has taken a whole new shape to itself ever since a …
Read More »Abdullah to international community: Combat terrorist financing, stop civilian casualties
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has urged the international community to restrain the financing streams of terrorist groups and help Afghanistan in reducing civilian casualties in the ongoing war. According to the annual report of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published last week more …
Read More »5m jobs on offing
AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has approved an ambitious strategy of creating five million jobs during the coming five years. This strategy would be announced in the beginning of the new solar year. The Presidential Palace has confirmed the strategy of ‘job creation’ in various government ministries and relevant departments, aimed …
Read More »20 police martyred, 13 Taliban killed in Farah
AT-KABUL: At least 20 police officers embraced martyrdom, while a dozen of Taliban insurgents have been killed in separate clashes erupted between them in western Farah province, police and local residents said on Tuesday. Police confirmed the martyrdom of only colleagues, but said 13 Taliban insurgents were killed in retaliatory …
Read More »Anxiety amplified over aerial drug trafficking
AT-KABUL: The Criminal Justice Task Force warns against the increase in drug smuggling through air comparing to the past years. The interior ministry-led institution says it has found out the increase of aerial drug smuggling since it took control of narcotics trade through the Kabul international airport. It said Monday …
Read More »Dead bodies of nine hostages found in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: The dead bodies of nine civilians — who have been kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh militants, and later killed, have been found in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. The Daesh militants abducted dozens of people, including tribal …
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