“Durand’s Curse” —A line across Pathan Heart In 1893, Mortimer Durand, an Englishman duped the Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman into signing blindly on a piece of paper. Consequently Afghanistan lost 40,000 square miles of its territory, first to Britain and then to Pakistan. Yet, no one knows why this happened. …

The massacre of more than 40 innocent women and children which was carried out recently by the Taliban militants in Sar-i-Pul province, has made the Afghan people and government deeply saddened. This inhuman act of terrorism and genocide of Afghan masses by Taliban indeed is a war crime and open …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have shot dead two would-be suicide bombers in the Taqab district of central Kapisa province, a military statement said on Tuesday. The 201st Selab Military Cops said that the suicide attackers on motorcycles wanted to target security forces in the district on Monday …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kabul police have detained two people in connection with the murder of five children from a single family in Kabul city, official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Salim Almas, crime branch chief for the 101st Asmaee zone, said in a post on his Facebook account that …

With no secured provider for chartered flights, tonnes of fruits rot at Kabul airport Weeks after the India-Afghanistan air corridor trade project was launched, the project has run into rough weather, with fruit exporters complaining that procedural delays, particularly a shortage of cargo planes, are causing them major losses. Matters …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS) during an operation arrested a suspected along with his guide in western Herat province, detainee might be suicide bomber, an official said on Monday. Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News NDS personnel took into custody the …

AT-KBAUL: At least 45 Taliban and Daesh fighters were killed during an operation launched by the intelligence operatives in different provinces in the past 24 hours. A press statement issued by National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that its operatives succeeded to kill 38 Taliban and 7 Daesh in different …

AT-KABUL: The Kabul police on Monday handed five tons of explosive materials and ammunition to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) program of defense ministry, an official said on Monday. Addressing a press conference here at Kabul, Mohammad Sadiq Muradi, deputy head of security affairs at the Kabul Police …

AT-KABUL:  Presidential Palace in a statement has strongly condemned terrorist and barbaric act of the Taliban militants for carrying out massacres of more than 30 civilians, including women and children in northern Sar-i-Pul province. Taliban’s inhuman acts of terrorism and genocide of innocent Afghan people are parts of war crimes, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 15 Taliban militants have been killed, and several other received injuries in a clearing operation in Gomal district of southeastern Paktika province, officials said on Monday. The commander of 6th Battalion of the Army Col. Mohammad Ayub, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Afghan security forces …