Children in military forces may take one of three distinct roles: children can take direct part in hostilities as child soldiers; they can be used in support roles such as porters, spies, messengers, lookouts; or they can be used for political advantages as human shields or in propaganda. Throughout history …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Ambassador to India, Dr. Sahida Mohammad Abdali met with officials from Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) accompanied by 32 Afghan women entrepreneurs in Balkh Hall of the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi, Embassy of Afghanistan in New Delhi said in a statement. Thirty-two Afghan women are part of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 300 Afghan children in northern Jawzjan province have been under militant training of Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group, local officials said on Wednesday . According to reports over 80 percent of Darzab district in Jawzjan province is under the …

AT-KABUL: At least 25 fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group have been killed in the latest airstrikes carried out in eastern Nangarhar province, security officials said on Wednesday. According to the officials of the 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan army …

AT-KABUL: During a three-day visit to Kabul, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Ambassador Alice Wells met with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar, National Directorate of Security Chief Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, Secretary General of the High Peace …

KABUL: Members of the Meshrano Jirga (the upper house of the parliament) said Tuesday that the new US strategy has failed to pressure Pakistan to stop support for terrorist outfits. Senators said Pakistan’s policy regarding support to extremist elements had not changed after the announcement of the US strategy on …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday blamed the local armed groups who are fighting Taliban for using children as soldiers. “Although I am aware that children are not in Afghan national security and defense forces, but unfortunately, they are used in uprising militias and local police, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghanistan-China Economic and Trade Commission’s third meeting held in Beijing, in which both officials discussed greater cooperation between the two countries, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. Monday’s meeting was co-chaired by Minister of Finance, Eklil Hakimi, and Gao Yan, China’s vice-minister of commerce, the …

AT-KABUL: The newly elected minister for the Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs, Gul Agha Sherzai has thanked all the members of the Wolesi Jirga for giving him vote of confidence. Sherzai in a statement said he is obliged to all the public representatives for their voting in his favor, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and a number of his ministers on Tuesday have signed more than 20 bilateral cooperation agreements with their Uzbek counterparts in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The official visit of high-ranking Afghan delegation, comprising Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and the National Security Adviser Mohammad …