AT-KABUL: The electricity department (Breshna) says the armed opposition groups repeatedly target the power pylons transferring electricity from the neighboring Uzbekistan to Kabul and some other provinces, calling on the government to enhance security measures to prevent capital blackout. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Breshna said that armed opposition …
Read More »Rough weather holds back aids’ transfer to remote Badakhshan district
AT-KABUL: Local officials in the northeastern province of Badakhshan have said that the bad weather has challenged humanitarian relief to the families of the landslide victims in the remote district of Kohistan. Provincial Spokesman, Nick Muhammad Nazari said on Tuesday that the aids were to be provided to victims of …
Read More »Washington insists on intra-Afghan talks; RAND ‘Peace Plan’ not represents US policy
AT-KABUL: Soon after report released by RAND Corporation that the US Administration, and the Afghan government pulse the Taliban group could agree for a potential and final peace agreement, the US Embassy in Kabul showed reaction, saying RAND does not represent their policy. “Afghan media reports of RAND Corporation “peace …
Read More »US diplomats in Herat, discuss peace, humanitarian assistance
AT-KABUL: A diplomatic delegation from the US Embassy led by Counselor for Peace and Reconciliation Alan Misenheimer visited Herat on Tuesday, where they held meetings with acting provincial governor Moheddin Noori and civil society leaders representing women, youth, academia, and media. The visit supports Special Representative Zalamy Khalilzad’s efforts to end the conflict …
Read More »Man detained for smuggling timbers to Pakistan
AT-KABUL: Afghan military officials in eastern Nangarhar province say they detained a man who planned to smuggle timbers to Pakistan—a black, but a lucrative business that the Afghan government since long has been scrambling to put a complete halt to its practicing. 201 Selab Military Corps Forces on Tuesday arrested …
Read More »Taliban call off peace talks with US officials, citing disagreement on agenda
AT-KABUL: The Taliban group has once again rejected to hold talks with the US official on Afghan peace set for today (Wednesday), just after flinching to take part in anther peace talks in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia. The Afghan Taliban said they had called off peace talks with U.S. officials …
Read More »Paktika clash leaves eight militants dead
AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces on Tuesday killed eight Taliban fighters in a clash erupted between them in southern Paktika province, security official said. The clash took place in Chali region Sharan, the capital city of Paktika, in which the Afghan National Police (ANA) killed eight Taliban insurgents, Ministry of …
Read More »Editorial: Not in Doha
In the wake of Afghan Taliban leaders reluctance to talk with US in presence of Saudi and UAE officials at Riyadh on January 13, now they (Taliban) also rejected to hold talks with the US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Doha Qatar which was set for today January 9. Whatever …
Read More »21 drug traffickers sent behind bars
AT-KABUL: Amid a war on drugs, the country’s top counternarcotics court has sentenced 21 drug traffickers to prison in the past one week. They sent behind bars for short and long-term incarceration. Criminal Justice Takes Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said that its primary and appellate courts have convicted 21 drug …
Read More »Winter fighting takes heavy toll on Taliban; 146 rebels killed
AT-KABUL: With new defense minister at office and strategy change in fighting ground, the anti-Taliban winter operations have taken heavy toll on the Taliban insurgents as 49 of its fighters were killed Tuesday, while 97 other on Monday, a totally of (146) death casualties within a week. 97 Taliban insurgents …
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