AT-KABUL: Foreign Minister Salahduddin Rabbani told lawmakers at the Wolesi Jirga that 1,700 Afghan migrants have applied to voluntarily return from Germany. “A large number of Afghans are willing to return home, but so far 1,700 of Afghans have applied for voluntary repatriation from Germany,” Rabbani briefed lawmakers on Wednesday. …

AT-KABUL: The government of Japan donated five million dollars to the ministry of energy and water to produce renewable electricity from solar and wind potentials in Herat province and feasible studies over waste water to produce biogas. The agreement was signed by water and energy minister Ali Ahmad Osmani and …

Security situation is deteriorating rapidly as the Taliban and its affiliates have launched spring offensive. As usually the militant group launched attacks without announcing the warm-season fighting. Policymakers in the power center are keeping their fingers crossed for better results of their inconclusive strategies. Insurgency has spread across the country. …

AT-KABUL: At least 104 militants including 39 members of the Daesh terrorist group were killed and 39 others injured in a series of operations launched by the Afghan National Security Forces across the country, security officials said. Ministry of Defense said in a statement Wednesday that as the result of …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said that a suicide bomber was shot dead by its operatives in southern Kandahar province. A statement issued by the NDS, said that the operatives managed to gun down the suicide bomber in the PD 5 near the provincial police office. …

By Farhad Naibkehl-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries is to integrate the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA), officials said Wednesday. “The draft of integration was discussed in high economic council the other day,” deputy commerce minister Abdul Bari Rahman said. “The government plans to integrate parallel organs and coordinate facilities,” …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, hanged himself to death Wednesday in the Bamyan provincial jail, an official said. A provincial police official Mohammad Ali Lakzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the inmate, Khaliq Dad, had committed suicide by hanging himself inside his …

KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has dropped a key condition for ending his war of more than 40 years with Kabul, an associate said Tuesday. According to Amin Karim, an official of the Hezb-i-Islami Party, the party’s leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is no longer demanding that all foreign troops leave Afghanistan. Hekmatyar is …

AT-KABUL: At least seven civilians were killed and 29 wounded Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden motorcycle in a busy area of the Seyagerd district in Parwan province, officials said. “The bomber was identified by the security forces, but unfortunately, he managed blow himself up,” said provincial police …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday said that Afghan police were well prepared to rebuff enemy’s threats in the current year across the country. “Although there will be threats, but steps have been taken and preparation have been adopted to overcome challenges in better manner and neutralize …