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“At a time when many Afghan women are struggling to survive, the NGOs are merely cashing in on the hype of women’s rights.” By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Amid serious concerns over increase in violence cases against women, a new body under the name of “57 Movement” (a cluster of civil …

WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s security situation is so tenuous that the top U.S. commander there wants to keep as many U.S. troops there as possible through 2016 to boost beleaguered Afghan soldiers and may seek additional American forces to assist them. Army Gen. John Campbell said in an interview with USA …

590 drug traffickers sent behind bars By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Requesting international support, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Wednesday said that narcotics are a funding source for terrorists. Spokesperson of the CJTF, Ahmad Khaled Moahed, said that link between terrorism and narcotics is evident. He said that this international …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 38 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in airstrikes conducted by the Afghan Air Force in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials on Tuesday. The 201st Selab Military Corps in a press statement said that Afghan Air Force launched airstrikes on hideouts of IS militants …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Youth Peace Activists on Tuesday urged the government to increase participation of young men and women in promoting peace and countering extremism. They urged the government to implement the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) 2250 resolution and engage youth in decision-making at all levels. Fatema Ehsani, a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban insurgents launched an assault on security check-post, but ultimately failed as security forces killed a large number of Taliban insurgents in tit-for-tat response in Uruzgan province, official said. Afghan security forces repelled and killed scores of Taliban insurgents when they attempted to attack their security chick-post …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan has termed the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kabul and his brief stopover in Lahore city of Pakistan as a positive step towards bringing peace in the regional countries. In a press statement …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has seized and torched eight tons of hashish in central Logar province, said officials on Tuesday. The provincial governor’s spokesman Saleem Saleh told Pajhwok Afghan News that the NDS operatives have seized eight tons of hashish in Al-Taimor area on the …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) distributed 55.5 acre of lands among 36 new companies in five industrial parks of Afghanistan. The companies would invest Afs1.1 billion. The agreements were signed by Chief of AISA Mohammad Qurban Haqjo with the owners of the private companies here …

At least 14 people were killed and many more injured when a suicide bomber on a motorbike crashed into the main gate of a government office in the northwest Pakistan town of Mardan, officials said. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but Pakistan is fighting Taliban and …