AT-KABUL: Prominent photojournalist Mohammad Yousuf Younusi passed away on Wednesday at the age of 55. Younusi has been in the Rehman Medical Institute Peshawar for the past three days after heart attack. Born in Kabul, Younusi’s father was also a photographer. He started working with the state-run media in the …
Read More »IED blast targets Bamyan MP in Kabul city
AT-KABUL: Fakoury Beheshti, a parliamentarian from Bamyan province, was injured along with three others when a bomb blast targeted his vehicle in western part of Kabul city on Wednesday morning, officials said. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was placed under a road bridge in Police District 6 in western part …
Read More »Editorial: Russia in spotlight
Around two months ago, the Russian officials have planned to host trilateral talks on Afghanistan. The invitation was extended only to China and Pakistan. It is very strange that these three important neighboring countries would discuss security situation in Afghanistan but the Afghan officials were not invited to attend the …
Read More »Pakistani troops shoot Afghan
By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: An Afghan national was injured whereas eight other captured as a result of Pakistani troops firing on the Durand Line at Khyber Agency on Tuesday. Pakistani officials claimed that all these Afghan nationals were making attempts of entering Pakistan without visa, passport and other valid travelling documents. …
Read More »Afghan women demand visible action against sexual harassment
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan women welcomed the establishment of the law against sexual harassment of women at workplace, urging the government to strictly implement the law to overcome sexual harassment across the country. Afghan Women News Agency (AWNA) has interviewed a number of women in different organs, who asked the …
Read More »60 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 60 Taliban insurgents were killed in different joint clearance operations lunched by security forces in the past 24 hours across the country, ministry of interior said Tuesday. In a media statement, the ministry said the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National …
Read More »WikiLeaks release cable on assassination plot of Karzai
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A multi-sided agent, Chaman Gul, planned to assassinate the US ambassador and Hamid Karzai when he was President of Afghanistan, revealed a new WikiLeaks cable release. The cable was sent by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay to the US Department of Defense on August 17, 2005. …
Read More »Editorial: Strength and strategies
After formation of the unity government, most of women and girls hoped that their rights would be protected as the leaders assured them of neutralizing threats that barred them from exercising fundamental human and constitutional rights. Fragile security situation in the country is exposing the strength and strategies of the …
Read More »Parliament concerned over Russia interference in Afghanistan, asks for govt’s reaction
“Russia must take lesson from past defeat and do not interfere anymore in Afghanistan’s Affairs,” MP By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the parliament expressed “deepest concerns” over Russia relation with the Taliban and Moscow’s interference in internal affairs of Afghanistan. The lawmakers asked the …
Read More »NDS arrests five armed robbers in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday its operatives arrested a group of five armed robbers in capital Kabul. In a statement, the NDS said the terrorists were identified as Farhad son of Abdul Ahad, Zabiullah son of Rahimullah, Farshid son of Payanda Mohammad, Mohammad Nazir son of …
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