By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday organized a day long regional seminar on counterterrorism and extremism in the “Heart of Asia” in Kabul. The seminar titled “Regional Seminar on Counter Terrorism and Extremism in the Heart of Asia” was aimed to boost up regional cooperation in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: To his first official visit, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with a high profile government delegation is expected to travel to Kabul soon. According to Indian media, Kabul and New Delhi are discussing a suitable date for the visit of the Indian Primer Modi. Since …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has assured his country’s support to Afghanistan and announced €350 million fund for Afghanistan’s reconstruction in 2016. The announcement taken after Steinmeier attended meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels on Tuesday. While taking into account the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Italian troops to stay in Afghanistan through 2016 to combat increasing terrorism along with the coalition and Afghan forces, said the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during at a press conference on Tuesday. The Prime Minister said that the Italian troops which serving a combat mission in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that its operatives have apprehended 11 members of the Jundullah terrorist group which is affiliated to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In addition one militant was killed in a gunfight with the NDS. A statement issued by the NDS here on …

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday expressed concern over terrorist safe havens in Pakistan, while a top Pentagon general told lawmakers the level of counter-terrorism co-operation from Islamabad has been unsatisfactory. “We are concerned about it,” Carter told members of the House Armed Services Committee when Congresswoman Susan Davis …

This is a special write up on the 42nd Death Anniversary of Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, an epitome of Pashtuns’ rights and resistance against the British in India, and Pakistan. He was assassinated at the age of 66 by forces of intolerance in Pakistan. By Abdul Hayee Aryan: On December …

Under General Sharif, the Pakistan army is carrying out a low-intensity war against diversity of opinion. By Mohammad Taqi: Along with putting the Pakistani COAS on a pedestal, his media team was actively weeding out his detractors. Pakistan’s globetrotting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has been peddling the …

Too much rant. Too little sense.  It looks ideas and rambling rants cluttered their brains. They speak most of the times about problems and very much little about the solutions. Then it must make any sense that we are winning against all the economic, social, political, and security evils? To …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Questioning Pakistan’s sincerity in the peace process of Afghanistan, Meshrano Jirga stressed that there must be an international guarantee that Pakistan will remain committed to Afghanistan. Fazel Hadi Muslimyar, Speaker of the Meshrano Jirga, said that peace talks with Pakistan have turned into an enigma. “We want …