By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani inaugurated newly-built building of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) here on Monday. The ceremony was attended by top military braces, where the president commended the capabilities of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He said that Afghan forces were fighting enthusiastically against the …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of Parliament, Zahir Qadir, alleged that the government was backing Daesh. He claimed that the government only targets the Taliban when the insurgent group attacks Deash fighters in Nangarhar. During Monday’s session, he said that …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen have gunned down a female polio worker and injured another in southern Kandahar province, said officials on Monday. According to the provincial governor’s spokesman, Samim Khpalwak, the incident took place on Monday morning in the fourth police jurisdiction of Kandahar city, the provincial capital. He …
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AT-KABUL: At least 68 Daesh fighters have been killed and four others wounded in military operation of Afghan air force in eastern Nangarhar province. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor office, said that Afghan air force targeted Daesh fighters in various areas of Achin and Chaparhar districts of the …
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In a historic moment, Afghanistan have for the first time managed to break into the top 10 of the International Cricket Council’s ODI Rankings since they began playing this format. Afghanistan rose two places and jumped to best-ever 10th place after their victory over Zimbabwe in the first of the …
Read More »Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) has claimed that the country would become self-sufficient in wheat production by 2020. The deputy minister of agriculture Mir Amanuddin Haidari said that the ministry has drafted a strategy for grain production to meet the demand side. The draft strategy has been sent …
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AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and other organizations rounded up as many as 350 drug addicts in Kabul. The MoPH in a joint venture with Ministry of Counternarcotics, the MoI, Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Number of drug addicts has soared in northern Balkh province, said a local official on Sunday. The director of Balkh counternarcotics department, Abdul Rahim Oghli, while talking to Azadi Radio expressed his deep concerns over lack of drug addicts’ rehabilitation centers in the province and said that …
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AT-JALALABAD: Shinwari tribal elders warned to stage protests, if the government failed to clear their respective areas of militants. Religious scholars and tribal elders gathered in Nangarhar on Sunday to discuss security situation in eastern Afghanistan. Malik Osman, a Shinwari tribal elder, said that they waited for the government to …
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AT-KABUL: Police Chief of eastern Kunar province, Abdul Habib Sayedkhil, said on Sunday that the Taliban insurgents have killed six member of a family in Barikot village of Nari district. Sayedkhil said that the Taliban militants entered into a house in the Barikot village of Nari district last night and …
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