“I am under pressure from different sides, including the cabinet members and the council of ministers. Such pressures will not work. I am committed to bring reforms in customs departments and will uproot endemic corruption in Finance Ministry” Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: As corruption still remains biggest hurdle for the …
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AT-KABUL: Nearly 96 Taliban fighters were killed and 61 others were wounded in crackdowns carried out by security forces in different provinces. The Interior Ministry on Saturday said in a statement that the Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the National Directorate of …
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On May 11, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had informed Parliament that a Red Corner Notice was in existence against Dawood, accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts. New Delhi: India has identified at least five or six locations in Pakistan of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and the latest intelligence …
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“We want friendship with the people of Pakistan. We want all kinds of agreements with them. But we cannot accept any deal with the military and ISI of Pakistan as they have always pursued enmity with Afghanistan,” the former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said. By Rahim Sarwan KABUL: Former Afghan …
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Amrullah Saleh, former chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s domestic intelligence agency, is an outspoken critic of the recent MoU between the NDS and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Having headed the agency from 2004 until 2010, Saleh commands a great deal of insight into the working of …
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AT-KABUL: At least five Taliban militants have been killed in military offensive in northern Parwan province, said a local security official. Sakhidad Keftan, a commander of the 201st Selab Military Corps, said that Afghan security forces have launched a large-scale military operation against militants in Ghorband district of the Parwan. …
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“Refuting Patan claim, Taliban said all those killed in the drone strike were civilians” AT-KABUL: At least 34 suspected Taliban militants have been killed when a drone strike targeted a funeral ceremony in the southeastern Khost province, said a local official. The Deputy Governor of Khost province, Abdul Wahid Patan, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Terrorism will have dangerous consequences at regional and international levels if the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the international community looked the other way to cooperate Afghanistan in war on terror, said the Foreign Affairs Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani. He told the SCO summit the other day in …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amidst growing insecurity in northern provinces, a senior Russian envoy has said that deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan’s north is a matter of concern for Moscow, and that the federal government is reviewing Kabul’s request for military aid from that country. Russian ambassador to Afghanistan, Alexander Mantytskiy, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The central Bamiyan province on Friday was officially announced as the cultural capital of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for 2015. High ranking officials and foreign authorities attended the ceremony in Bamiyan city. Earlier in the day, a statue was unveiled by Mohammad Mohaqiq, the …
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