AT-KABUL: Afghan war has taken a brutal turn in the previous year as armed conflict between the warring parties has resulted in twenty-two percent increase in civilian causalities. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its annual report, released on Wednesday, documented 10,548 civilian casualties caused by armed …

AT-KABUL: At least four civilian were killed and one another wounded in a roadside blast in Kabul. Kabul police in a press statement issued here said that a Toyota Corolla car carrying a pregnant woman from Qarabagh district to center of Kabul hit a roadside mine, as a result four …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Youth Civil Society Association (AYCSA) urged the national unity government to establish a ministry for youth affairs which was promised to address problems faced by young Afghans. The association warned the government of nationwide protests if the demand was not met by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive …

Since September 2014, the month when Afghanistan got a new government, five months have elapsed, but no major breakthrough has been visible on the ground particularly on security front. The new government’s attempt to do something totally new on foreign policy front has also drawn flakes. Though this troubled nation …

AT-KABUL: Six policemen died in clashes between Afghan security forces and militants in southern Kandahar province. Zia Durani, spokesman for Kandahar police, confirmed the incident and said that police were patrolling Band-e-Timor area of Maiwand district, when they came under attack from Taliban militants killing six policemen. He said that …

AT-KABUL: Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and Director General of ISI Rizwan Akhtar in a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to support Afghanistan’s peace process. They said that Pakistan has taken a new direction to facilitate the reconciliation efforts. This is the fourth visit of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chairman of Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awami Party (PkMAP), Mahmood Khan Achakzai, said that mistreatment with Pashtuns and Afghans in Pakistan was not tolerable anymore. Talking to a press conference the Pashtun nationalist leader said, “We don’t know the concept of refugee. Afghans are our brothers and it …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Minister of Interior, Noor-ul-Haq Ulumi, on Tuesday said that he would accept no compromise that affects the capability of the Afghan police, vowing that they would leave no stone unturned to prevent possible threats by militants in upcoming spring season. He told this in the first …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: More than 100 gunmen led by Abdul Aziz, an attorney in Tolak district of western Ghor province, commander Mohammad and Mullah Noor, members of Guzar tribe, have started beating residents and plundering houses in the district for the past 10 days, said a number of local residents. …

AT-KABUL: Terming rule of law and implementation of the Constitution as the main way to overcome violence against women in the country, a number of women’s rights organizations on Tuesday prodded the government to punish perpetrators of violence against women and end culture of impunity in Afghanistan. A session organized …