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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An official in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) rejected concerns about increasing militants’ infiltration in the ranks of security forces. Najibullah Danesh, a spokesman for the MoI said the recent insider attack in Kandahar does not mean that militants can infiltrate ranks of security forces. Two policemen …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Women’s Network and a number of right activists urged the government of national unity to enhance women’s political participation. Tens of women rights activists in a gathering on Tuesday said that the government should deliver on its promises to appoint four women ministers in its cabinet. Hasina Safi, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday reiterated that the Afghan security forces were ready to defend any kind of attack by anti-government elements, and said there is no need for increasing number of foreign troops in the country. Radio Azadi quoted the head of MoD operation, …

KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Tuesday said that presence of foreign advisers in customs and the reluctance of major companies to pay taxes are not letting the national economy to grow. Deputy Chief of ACCI, Khan Jan Alikozai, in a day-long seminar held in the Ministry …

KABUL: Inadequate livelihood opportunities, lack of professional and vocational trainings, unbearable poverty, exponentially growing insecurity and encouragement of families by human traffickers to send their children illegally to European countries have resulted into serious and diverse effects on asylum seeking teenagers. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) in its recent …

AT-KABUL: Tribal elders from Bamiyan province called on ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Monday. The elders lauded Hamid Karzai’s leadership skills as well as his nation-building efforts. They said that the former Afghan president started from the scratch and steered Afghanistan towards development and prosperity. They urged Karzai to play …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan Consul-General at Peshawar, Sayed Mohammad Ebrahimkhel, said that the Afghan refugees arrested by Pakistani police are not involved in Peshawar school attack. They will be released soon, he added. Following the terror attack on a military-run school in Peshawar on December 16, Pakistani security organizations have …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A man arrested on charges of allegedly killing of a cop has said that a Taliban commander in southern Helmand province paid him and his colleagues 50,000 Pakistani Rupees for killing of government officials and policemen in the province, said media reports on Monday. The reports said …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The families which have been displaced as a result of insecurity and conflicts in Warduj, Jurm and Yumgan districts of northeastern Badakhshan province are living under tents and in rental houses in Baharak district while facing several problems. Azadi Radio on Monday quoted a number of the …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan government has accepted an offer by the Indian government to use its expertise in fighting polio in the country, said media reports on Monday. The reports said that this offer has been rejected by Pakistan which also remains as a polio-endemic country. The proposal by the Health …