AT-KABUL: At least 54 militants were killed and 24 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces in the past 24 hours. In a statement, the ministry of defense said, that the Afghan National Army with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of …

AT-KABUL: At least 27 Taliban fighters were killed and eight others wounded during an operation conducted by Afghan forces in southern Helmand Province in the past 24 hours, provincial office said Sunday. Afghan forces conducted ground operation and airstrike in Chamirza area of Nadali district, which as result 24 Taliban …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Haneef Atmar on Saturday in a video conference with his US counterpart, Herbert Raymond McMaster, talking on the implementation framework of the bilateral political cooperation. “The two sides discussed in detail the implementation of the US-Afghanistan bilateral pact and agreed upon set of benchmarks for …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have turned several houses of civilians into their strongholds in Imam Sahib district in Kunduz province, security officials said on Saturday. It was four years that the Taliban insurgents have used civilian houses as their military safe havens, TOLONews has reported. Officials at the Afghan army’s …

AT-KABUL: After two days of closure due to heavy snowfalls, the Salang highway—linking the capital Kabul with the northern Afghanistan—was reopened for traffic on Saturday, an official said. Lt. Gen. Mohammad Rajab, the highway maintenance commander, told Pajhwok Afghan News both sides of the tunnel had been cleared of heavy …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Dr. Omar Zakhilwal has putted weight behind peace talks with the Taliban insurgents in a bid to put an end to the ongoing war, it has been reported. “Peace cannot be brokered under duress, but it needs good and positive intentions because …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review of Afghan government’s measures in structural reforms and praised the country for its commitments and performance, Wadsam “Afghan Business News Portal” has been reported. Finance Ministry’s spokesperson Ajmal Hammed Abdul Rahimzai said the IMF had appreciated “the …

Speaking on the fate, and origin of FATA in the light of India’s Independence Act, 1947, and agreement between the late Afghan King Amanullah Khan, and British India in Rawalpindi in 1921, the Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai, in his address on the floor of …

AT-KABUL: At least 15 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 22 others wounded during an operation carried out by Afghan security forces in northern Faryab province, a security source said on Saturday. A statement issued here Saturday, said that at least 15 Taliban insurgent were killed and 22 others injured …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Turkey’s state-run aid agency inaugurated a school in northern Afghanistan’s Faryab province on Friday. The school built and equipped by Turkey’s Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has 16 classrooms, a Turkey News Agency (Anadolu) reported. Faryab’s Deputy Governor Abdul Muqeem Rasih, Provincial Education Director Mohammad Yasin Arsalan, …