Nation

By M. Nadeem Alizai: Customs are changing continuously and with dramatic speed in Afghanistan. The changes are mostly negative. These negative changes are earning bad image for the nation. The changes have resulted in serious problems for the government as well. Violence against women and children is byproduct of these variations. Prominent …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fifteen Taliban insurgents were killed in western Herat province during infighting over appointment of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as new figurehead of the militant group. Security officials at the province confirmed the clash, saying the militants in Shindand district were divided into two rival groups; one opposing Mullah …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Four policemen were killed and six others were held hostage by the Taliban when the insurgents attacked a police check-post in Jawzjan province, official sources said on Friday. According to the deputy governor, Abdul Rahman Mahmoodi, the policemen came under attack when they gathered for biometric identification …

KABUL:  Amid the almost daily suicide attacks inflicted to them by the Taliban, some Afghan children continued to bring joy and comfort to their countrymen. To them, there is no other antidote to the despair and sense of helplessness than a few moments of laughter and joy. “Kabul children have …

Nadeem Alizai-The prolonged miseries of Afghans yet to be addressed by the government as hundreds of patients due to lack of quality health facilities in hospitals go beyond frontiers for treatment despite heavy costs. Decades of war paralyzing health sector compelled patients to go to India, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: New Line Organization (NLO), a rights group, on Thursday urged the government for increased participation of youth in the decision-making process. Addressing a seminar in connection with the International Youth Day, the chief of NLO, Fahim Sediqi, said that though youth make nearly 65 percent of Afghanistan …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) alleged that Pakistan was involved in recent bombings in Kabul. Talking to a press conference, Haseeb Seddiqi, the NDS spokesman, said that the explosive materials used in the bombings were of military grade, which are not available to ordinary people. He said that …

AT-KABUL: Afghan civil society called on the United Nations to build up pressure on Pakistan to hand over those Taliban leaders living in its soil to Afghanistan. In a press conference on Wednesday, representative of the civil society said that the terrorist attacks that result in killing of innocent civilians …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai put his weight behind the recent stance of the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders towards Pakistan. He reminded the Pakistani military establishment, including the ISI, that it would never succeed in achieving its evil goals while destroying Afghanistan. This comes at a time that President Ashraf …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Following the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Kabul, a high-profile delegation is expected to leave for Islamabad today (Thursday) to hold talks on security relations with the Pakistani authorities, official said on Wednesday. Sayed Zafar Hashimi, the Deputy Presidential Spokesman, said the Acting Defense Minister, Masoum …