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States within a state

By Dr Khurshid Alam-The writer can be reached at [email protected] within a state are deemed norms in present day political phenomenon. But to have a glomerulus of states within a State might wonder some people. State is a type of polity that an organized community living under system of government …

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Four Taliban killed by own bomb in Kunduz

AT-KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents including a commander were killed and one another wounded by their own bomb explosion in the northern Kunduz province, security officials said Monday. The provincial police said in a statement that the insurgents were busy making mines while mines blow up in Dasht-e-Archi district killed four …

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Two Lashkar-e-Islami members arrested in Nangarhar

AT-KABUL: Two militants of the Lashkar-e-Islami, a terrorist group mostly active around the Khyber agency, Pakistan’s federally administered tribal area were arrested during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province, security officials said Sunday. In a statement the provincial police said the two suspects were arrested in the Achin district where …

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Kabul, Balkh massacres: Fanatics kill 33 worshippers

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Thirty-three Muslim worshipers were killed and 82 others injured in two separate terror attacks in the country. The massacres have left the whole Afghan nation in shock. Dozens of the worshippers were killed and wounded in two heart-wrenching incidents during Ashura in Kabul and northern Balkh province. …

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Pakistani envoy’s statement illogical: Analysts 

AT-KABUL: The remark triggered harsh criticism in Afghanistan as Afghan experts termed Pakistani envoy’s remarks regarding peace links between Afghanistan and Kashmir as illogical. “Kashmir issue is between Pakistan and India and linking that to Afghanistan is illogical and meaningless, because Afghanistan is not India’s advocate,” said political expert Ahmad …

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President Ghani’s visit stirs protest in Bamyan

  Security personnel beat journalists; same projects inaugurated for second time By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani, leading a high-level delegation, reached on Monday in central Bamyan province and inaugurated the provincial airport and the Maidan Shahr-Bamyan highway. However, his arrival prompted protests in the city. According to the …

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Afghanistan arrests Iran official for recruiting fighters

BEIRUT: Afghanistan has arrested an Iranian official for recruiting Shiites to fight on behalf of the Syrian regime, according to media reports. An Iranian outlet affiliated with the country’s reformist movement reported Sunday that Qurban Ghalambor—the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office in Kabul—was detained for “recruiting …

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Australian kidnapped aid worker freed

AT News Report  KABUL: Australian aid worker, Kerry Jane Wilson, who was abducted in Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province four month ago, was rescued in a special operation carried by National Security of Directorate (NDS) operatives on Sunday night, provincial official said on Monday. Conforming the report, Provincial Governor Spokesman …

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Asfandyar proudly declares to be Afghan

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A Pakistani politician and a prominent Pashtun leader, Asfandyar Wali Khan has proudly declared he is an Afghan, as he warned against the harassment of the Afghan refugees in the country. In his address during a really in Swabi, AsfandyarWali Khan who is also Central President …

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Georgia’s defense minister visits Afghanistan

AT News Report KABUL: Georgia’s newly appointed Defense Minister, Leyan Izoriahas paid a visit to Afghanistan on Monday, where he held meetings with Afghan officials and Georgian soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. “For my first international visit I purposefully came to Afghanistan as I wanted to thank our brave men for …

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