By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) and Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) reported 48 percent decrease in opium production. According to a survey report poppy cultivation has declined by 19 percent and opium production by 48 percent in 2015. The survey had been conducted …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Wednesday said that Chardara district of northern Kunduz province has been retaken from the insurgents last night. In a press statement issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan Special Forces and soldiers succeeded in retaking Chardara district. The district was considered to be …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Vowing to overcome the existing challenges and lead the country towards prosperity, President Ashraf Ghani said that enemies of the nation had kept the government busy in the war aimed at preventing Afghanistan from development. Speaking at the 15th exhibition of agricultural products and the World …

The newly-appointed police chief for southern Ghazni province on Wednesday asked the militants to shun the insurgency or be ready for being targeted. Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel issued the warning during his introduction ceremony in Ghazni City, the provincial capital, this morning. “If the Taliban continue shedding the bloods of …

KABUL: Afghanistan was a peaceful and tolerant Muslim country with a fast-improving economy before the Soviet invasion, the former president claims. While the Soviet Union tried to impose its own ideology of communism on a deeply Muslim nation, the West and its allies did the same mistake by fostering extremism, …

AT-Kabul: US and Afghan security forces in a joint offensive dismantled al-Qaeda network in Kandahar province and killed dozens of militants in Shorabak district of the province, military official said on Tuesday. The US spokesman for Afghanistan Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner said the US and Afghan troops have dismantled al-Qaeda …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has vowed to enhance cooperation with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to prevent the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, from expanding in the region. The deputy director of the RATS executive committee, Vitaly Burov, …

AT-KABUL: The pharmaceutical services’ union of Afghanistan has donated five tons of medicines to Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to help injured people in Kunduz province. Chief of the union Abdul Khaliq Zazai handed over the packages to Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz here on Tuesday. Feroz said the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have killed at least 10 Daesh fighters in a series of mop-up operation conducted in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, military official said on Tuesday. In a media statement issued the Selab Military Corps said that Afghan security forces attacked Daesh hideouts in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  A suicide bomber has attacked a police checkpoint in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday. A policeman stationed at the check-post was killed in the attack. Local officials said that another policeman was injured in the attack. The provincial police spokesman Zia Durrani said …