AT-KABUL: At least 20 militants including four foreigners have been killed in southern Helmand province. Helmand Police Chief, Nabi Jan Mulakhel, said that a group of militants attacked security checkpoints in Khanshin district of the province. “Security forces killed 20 insurgents including four foreigner suicide bombers in retaliation,” he added. …

AT-KABUL: Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) expressed concerns over delay in starting work on electoral reforms. Head of the foundation, Muhammad Naim Ayubzada, said that if the electoral reforms commission didn’t start its work on time, it will create problems for holding parliamentary elections. He stressed that the date …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After three days of discussion, elders from across Badakhshan province agreed to launch a public uprising against militants. Participants of the gathering said: “A committee of influential figures should talk peace with the Taliban in Badakhshan. If the militants rejected to make peace, then we will mobilize …

AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has demanded amendments in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently signed between spy agencies of Afghanistan and Pakistan. A close source to the Chief Executive office has said that Abdullah was informed about the final content of the accord by the former President Hamid …

AT-KABUL: A senior official of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday said that the Afghan soil will never be used against any neighboring country. “Afghanistan will never allow its soil to be used against neighboring or regional countries,” said Gen. Murad Ali Murad the deputy army chief, addressing a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An Indian airways company is among six airways firms which are bidding for managing air traffic control of the country. Afghanistan’s air traffic control was run by the US-led coalition forces since 2001. The winner company will shoulder the responsibility of managing the air traffic control from June …

People criticize the health ministry for twisting realities as patients complain of doctors’ neglect AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) renovated the emergency ward of Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital on Wednesday. However, patients termed the inauguration symbolic and alleged that doctors do not pay attention to their problems. Speaking at …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Wednesday asked the National Unity Government (NUG) to invalidate the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on intelligence sharing with Pakistan. They opposed the memorandum and termed it against the national interests. The MPs said that if the government failed to cancel …

AT-KABUL: Former Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, reacted to signing of the intelligence sharing accord between Kabul and Islamabad and asked immediate nullification of it by Afghan government, his office said on Wednesday. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently signed to pave the way for intelligence sharing between Afghan National …

KABUL: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) deplored that armed groups had attacked hospitals, clinics, and health personnel in several violent incidents in Afghanistan over the past year. The HRW and the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition said in a joint report released on Wednesday that attacks on medical facilities, health …