NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today hosted a dinner for Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani during which she assured her of India’s continued commitment towards assisting Afghanistan in becoming a peaceful and prosperous country. Noting that Afghanistan has a very special place for India, Swaraj said the country …
Read More »Aid group: 400 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes
Italy’s coastguard rescued 144 from ship off Libya, but survivors tell Save the Children that hundreds were on board. Survivors of a capsized migrant boat off Libya have told the aid group Save the Children that an estimated 400 people are believed to have drowned. The coastguard had helped rescue …
Read More »Two policemen killed in Takhar
AT-KABUL: Two policemen have been killed and another wounded when a group of insurgents attacked a checkpoint of Afghan security forces in northern Takhar province the other night. The acting governor of the province, Sunnatullah Temori, said that a group of militants attacked a police check point in Khwaja Ghar …
Read More »14 schools, 3 clinics to get buildings in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Japan will build 14 schools and three clinics in eastern Nangarhar province at the total cost of $10 million, said an official source on Tuesday. Nangarhar deputy governor, Muhammad Hanif Gerdiwal, told reporters that the construction works of the uplift projects would be kicked off next week. …
Read More »Militants attack ANP checkpoint in Bamiyan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A group of militants stormed a security checkpoint of Afghan National Police (ANP) in central Bamiyan province, said an official source in the province. Bamiyan Police Chief, Khudayar Qudus, said that a swamp of militants attacked a checkpoint of ANP in Shibar district of the province on …
Read More »Human traffickers kill eight Afghans in Iran
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Afghanistan on Tuesday confirmed killing of eight Afghans in Iran. The ministry’s spokesman Ahmad Shekib Mustaghni in his weekly press briefing said that as per reports dispatched by the Afghan embassy in Tehran, human traffickers killed eight Afghans in Zahidan, …
Read More »Karzai urges youth to support NUG
AT-KANDAHAR CITY: The ex-President Hamid Karzai urged youth to lend their support to the national unity government (NUG). Talking to lecturers and students of Kandahar University, Hamid Karzai termed education as key to a brighter future of Afghanistan. “Non-violence resistance, national unity and education can lead Afghanistan towards a prosperous …
Read More »Poor air support, mismanagement resulted high casualties among ANA troops in Badakhshan clash: Karimi
AT-KABUL: As insecurity mounts in different parts of the country, particularly the northeastern Badakhshan province, the Internal Security and Defense Commission of the Wolesi Jirga on Tuesday held an extraordinary session with high ranking security officials including the Interior Minister, the Chief of Army Staff and the chief of National …
Read More »2 civilians killed in Kabul
AT-KABUL: Two civilians were killed in Khair Khana area of the capital city on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses said that gunmen opened fire on a Corolla-model car near Hazrat Omer Farooq (RA) Masjid in the 11th police jurisdiction of Kabul City and succeeded in fleeing way. According to eyewitnesses the killers were …
Read More »Construction work over road connecting Karte Ariana, Karte Sakhi begins
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Kabul Municipality (KM) on Tuesday kicked off construction work over two-way road connecting Karte Ariana and Karte Sakhi areas of the capital city. President’s special envoy on reforms and good governance Ahmad Zia Massoud inaugurated the construction work in the presence of local residents and government …
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