AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents publicly hanged a university student in the central-east of Wardak province, local officials confirmed Saturday. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was hanged to death in accusation of …

AT-KABUL: The commander of the US-led international forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson claimed the two countries were “legitimizing” the Taliban inside Afghanistan. In a briefing to the Pentagon, Gen. Nicholson, said: “Russia has overtly lent legitimacy to the Taliban and their narrative goes something like this that the Taliban …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Saturday run the first ever press conference with the aim of boosting up women’s role in agriculture sector across the country. “Running this conference aims at supporting female farmers and paving the ground for development of women’s activities in agriculture fields,” …

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported this week of the internal displacement of more than half a million people since the beginning of the current year, calling the increasing conflicts in Afghanistan as the main cause of the displacement. The report has announced that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Emphasizing on higher troop levels in Afghanistan, the commander of US Central Command, Gen. Joseph Votel, said that he does not want the US forces level in the country to drop “anytime soon”. Votel lauded the US President Barack Obama for his decision in July to keep …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: China has suggested construction of railroads that would link Quetta and Peshawar to Afghanistan’s modern capital city, Kabul. Beijing is mulling to cash in on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by linking Afghanistan, the gateway to Central Asia, to the corridor. Quetta and Peshawar, two major cities …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The two-day Heart of Asia summit will take place in India’s Amritsar city on Saturday (today) where terrorism and connectivity would be top agenda. The Afghan government has circulated a draft on regional cooperation against terrorist organizations to all participating countries for approval at the Heart of …

AT-KABUL: General Mohaiuddin Ghori was laid to rest in western Heart province on Thursday following his death in a helicopter crash two days ago. President Ashraf Ghani, Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, Head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and many other officials attended the funeral of Gen …

There are many officials and lawmakers who consider themselves above the law because the laws in this land are meant for poor. The more the position of an official is higher the trouble gets bigger. Most of the high-ranking officials have violated the constitution. Yet they are free and holding …

Afghanistan may seek additional military assistance from India in battling a relentless Taliban insurgency, a New Delhi-based newspaper reported on Wednesday. President Ashraf Ghani is expected to present Prime Minister Narendra Modi a wish list at their meeting on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference in the Amritsar …