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AT-KABUL:  Taliban fighters have added scores of children to their ranks since mid-2015 in violation of the international prohibition on the use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch HRW said on Wednesday. New Human Rights Watch research says that the Taliban have been training and deploying children for various military operations …

AT-KABUL: Khost Governor Hukam Khan Habibi on Tuesday lauded the Afghan security forces for their indefatigable efforts to down insurgent activities in the province. Briefing provincial newsmen, he talked about recent offensive conducted against insurgents in the province. “Weapons were seized and some Taliban insurgents were arrested in the operation,” …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghani Red Crescent Society is to send 82 children suffering from broken-bone disease to Germany’s Peace Village Hospital for treatment, an official for the society said Tuesday. “These children will be treated there (Germany) because their treatment were impossible inside Afghanistan,” said Mohammad Taib Yousufzai, from …

AT-KABUL: 110 prisoners including women were freed based on the decree of president from prison in western Herat province and 76 others’ imprisonment period reduced, officials said Tuesday. Abdullah Azizi, director of Herat prison told Pajwok Afghan News that by the decree of the president, these prisoners released. Azizi said that …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan government on Tuesday said that it had made enough efforts to ban recruitment of children in security forces, thus it seeks the removal of Afghan forces from the UN’s list of Shame. According to a 2010 report of Ms. Kara Korumi, UN Special Rapporteur, the Afghan …

Let mujhedeen defend their country, ex-jihaidi leader AT-KABUL: Former jihadi leader and member of Afghanistan’s Protection and Stability Council APSC, Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf called on the government to let mujahedeen join the Afghan security forces to defend national sovereignty and the people. He believes that lack of mujahedeen role …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the Afghan jihad (holy war) caused some great changes in the world, but “Unfortunately, Afghans did not reach a lasting peace”. “The honorable Afghan nation defeated the then super power [Soviet Union] and saved their soil, religion, independence and honor, suffering lots …

Ghani urges Taliban and other insurgents to shun violence and join peace process Abdullah asks Taliban to stop using children as soldiers in their war AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The 27th anniversary of the Soviet troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan was commemorated on Monday at the Presidential Palace in which leaders called …

Moscow does not want to join the US initiatives aimed at establishing stability and peace in Afghanistan. However, Russia is ready to set up a negotiation process independently. On Monday a representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Moscow does not want to participate in the Afghan …

UNAMA documented 37 per cent increase in women and 14 per cent increase in children’s casualties in 2015 By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Sunday released its 2015 annual report recorded 11,002 civilian casualties including 3,545 deaths and 7,457 injured, the highest record since 2009. …