After the Pakistani government announced on November 15th as final deadline for repatriation of registered and unregistered Afghan refugees, there has been manifold increase in the number of returnees. As many as 4,086 Afghans returned home from Pakistan via Torkham in the past two days. According to spokesman for the …
Read More »AT-KABUL: The Republic of Korea contributed two million dollars for clearance of landmines and explosive remnants of war to the United Nations Mine Action Services in Afghanistan. This contribution would benefit an estimated 70,000 people living in proximity of contaminated areas, the contribution of South Korea will fund the clearance …
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By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The Afghan security forces recaptured the control of a strategic Khanabad district from Taliban in northern Kunduz province, provincial official said on Sunday. “To retake the district which was fallen to the Taliban on Saturday, a joint operation on that day (Saturday) carried by Afghan National Army …
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AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces killed and wounded around 100 Taliban insurgents including their leaders after they (Taliban) conducted a complex attack in Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. Taliban leader Naeem Khalid was killed during fierce clashes in the district, the official said. “The Afghan …
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AT-KABUL: More than 50 Taliban fighters were killed and 35 others were wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Delivering a speech at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi-based think tank, the former President Hamid Karzai said that war on terror has failed to discourage Pakistan from using terrorism and religious radicalism as tools against its immediate neighbors. Karzai said that the Islamic …
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After deadly clashes between the small number of security forces and the Taliban, the militants succeeded in seizing control of Khanabad district of Kunduz province. The district is very important from strategic point of view because it connects Kunduz with Takhar. The district chief of Khanabad, Hayatullah Amiri, confirmed fall …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A woman was found burnt to death inside her home in the Ekmalatil locality of Beshod district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani identified the deceased as Shiba, saying that motivation behind her killing was yet to clear. However, …
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AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock on Saturday said that the eggs and chicken products had increased significantly in eastern Nangarhar province. The ministry added that eggs products increased from 123,000 to 433,000 in the second quarter in Nangarhar. Chicken products increased from 163,000 pieces to 557 pieces, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The security forces have repulsed Taliban’s complex attack on the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, inflicting Taliban heavy casualties, local officials said on Saturday. However the Taliban claimed that they captured the district. Nangarhar police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News a large number …
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