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Kremlin says Turkish leader pledges to repair diplomatic relations after November incident near Turkey-Syria border. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he is “sorry” for the downing of a Russian military jet near the country’s border with Syria last year, and that there was no deliberate intention in carrying …

The Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria’s main opposition party engaged in the war with the Bashar al-Assad regime for the past five years, has expressed serious concerns over involvement of nearly 20,000 Afghans in the Syrian civil war. The SNC has brought the issue into the Afghan government’s notice several …

AT-KABUL: A key commander of the Taliban along with his 65 fighters, renounced violence and joined the peace process in northern Faryab province. This comes aimed at ongoing military operations led by First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum to suppress militants in the province. In a media statement, the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday that it thwarted a terror plot in Kunar province. Intelligence operatives arrested a would-be suicide bomber in Asadabad city, the provincial capital, it said in a statement. The would-be bomber was named Hafizur Rahman, who planned to conduct suicide attack in …

AT-KABUL:  The National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar ordered security officials to retaliate the terrorist attack of Daesh in the Kot district of Nangarhar province. Via a video conference, Atmar ordered military officials of Nangarhar province to take all possible resources for elimination of terrorist Daesh militants there. He spoke …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Speaker of Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the Parliament claimed that a number of lawmakers usually misuse their legitimate authorities in interpellation of ministers. Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Speaker of WJ in Monday’s plenary session said that some MPs collected signatures from lawmakers aiming to …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said the National Unity Government was in full swing to bring reforms in the country’s electoral bodies aiming to ensure transparent and free elections. “Discussion on full card over the implementation of the reforms,” Abdullah addressed the cabinet’s weekly meeting held Monday. Hinting to the …

AT-KABUL: Fifty-seven Taliban fighters were killed and 60 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, officials said Monday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense said that Afghan National Army with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security conducted …

AT-KABUL: Five Taliban insurgents were killed and eight others wounded as a mine they were planting in a mosque, went off in Paktia province, officials said Monday. “The incident happened in the Sayed Karam district,” Ministry of Interior said in a statement. No civilian casualties were reported in the blast. …

AT-KABUL: At least 10 Daesh fighters were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Monday. “Ten Daesh including intelligence in charge of the group for Kot district were killed in an airstrike in Kot district,” said Spokesman Provincial Governor Spokesman Ataullah Khogiani, identifying the intelligence in charge …