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AT-MAZAR: The terrible impact of the Afghan war on its civilians was the focus of this week’s 2018 Mazar Short Film Festival. Supported by UNAMA, the festival showcased the work of film-makers from Balkh province. The films, of up to six minutes in length, looked at the many different ways …

AT Monitoring Desk-Afghanistan’s drawn-out conflict could be deadlier in 2018 than the war in Syria, experts have warned. Despite the violence in Afghanistan seemingly appearing less frequently in the media, 17 years after the US-led invasion, the country’s conflict could prove the deadliest in the world this year in terms …

A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace Council meets Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal to learn about the Nepali model of peace process, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, September 13, 2018. Photo: Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s secretariat AT Monitoring Desk A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace …

AT Monitoring Desk-A $280 million U.S. program, created to help empower women in Afghanistan, has been a “failure and a waste of taxpayers’ money,” according to government oversight group Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR). USAID’s program, Promote, was expected to help 75,000 Afghan women enter the workforce. The …

AT-KABUL: 13 people were arrested in western Herat province as they were trying to smuggle dollars to Iran, provincial official said Friday, informing of a comprehensive crackdowns against money smugglers. We have taken serious efforts to halt foreign currency smuggling to Iran, said Provincial Governor Spokesman, Ghulam Jilani Farhad, adding, …

Afghan politicians, leaders of a number of political movements and influential figures have gathered under one umbrella, discussing current political and security situation of Afghanistan and also talked about Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) that was signed with US during first working day of National Unity Government. The security pact allowed …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Citizenship Movement (ACM) on Thursday while criticizing the negligence of the International Community regarding external interference in Afghan affairs and attacks from outside the country against Afghan people, said that the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States did not improve the country’s security but instead deteriorated …

AT-KABUL: Members of parliament ask for a revision over the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States, arguing the pact did nothing for security improvement. The Ghani-administration signed the controversial security pact with the United States on its second work day on September 30, 2014, a document that former …

AT-KABUL: At least146 militants have been killed and117 have been wounded in military crackdown conducted by national security forces over the past day, according to military authorities. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reassured Afghanistan that it would support President Ghani’s peace plans to negotiate and reconcile with the militant Taliban movement, ZamanNews reported. Yusuf Bin Ahmed Al Uthaymeen vowed support to the efforts of President Ghani of calling upon …