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KABUL: At least 66 insurgents including 36 Taliban militants and 30 Islamic State terrorists were killed during a string of ground and air operations in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Tuesday. Nangarhar Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said that 27 fighters from Taliban’s red detachment were killed and three others wounded …

Kabul: At least 78 insurgents were killed and 22 wounded in military raids across the country over past day, said officials. During operations one militant was arrested and handed over to judicial organs for further inquiry. Enemy hideouts and stations shelled and bombed with air strikes and artilleries by Security …

KABUL: Ten people have been given prison sentences by counternarcotics courts of the country for charges of drug trafficking over past week, authorities said Saturday. The courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said in statement that primary and appellate courts have sentenced 10 drug smugglers to five …

Kabul: Amodern irrigation system has been inaugurated in eastern Nangarhar province and will irrigate 4,000 acres of agricultural lands, according to officials. A press released issue by Nangarhar Provincial Press office today said that that Provincial Water Management Department of Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration of Irrigation Department has inaugurated …

AT-KABUL: Three U.S. service members were killed and three wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated on Tuesday near Ghazni city, US official confirmed. One American contractor was also wounded. The wounded service members and contractor were evacuated and are receiving medical care. In accordance with U.S. Department of Defense …

KABUL: Twenty five people were kidnapped in a Taliban ambush on a civilian convoy in northern Balkh province, a gubernatorial spokesperson said. Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for Balkh’s governor said that the bus which came under attack was travelling from Balkhab district of Sar-e-Pul province to Mazar-e-Sharif. The incident occurred …

AT-KABUL: One hundred and two young Afghan women graduated on Tuesday from USAID’s Promote: Women in the Economy (WIE) Microfinance Institute Training (MFI) program. According to the agency’s statement, the women are part of the program’s second apprenticeship session, which now includes 177 graduates. Implemented by the Afghanistan Microfinance Association …

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has announced that he will not attend the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, scheduled to be commenced from Wednesday. He made the announcement on the day when Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing traditional Jirga of tribesmen in North Waziristan just on Durand Line, claimed …

AT Monitoring Desk-With a devastating drought worsening an already horrendous humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, parents are increasingly compelled to “sell” young daughters into marriage to pay off debt or buy food, the UN said Tuesday. In the drought-hit Herat and Baghdis provinces of Afghanistan, the UN children’s agency estimates that …

KABUL: A protest that was staged on Sunday over arrest of a local commander Ali Poor entered to second day in western Kabul. Hundreds of people mostly Hazara ethnic protested in Pul-e-Sokhta area western part of Kabul city over arrest of a local commander Ali Poor on Sunday, which it …