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AT-KABUL: Afghan Special Forces in an overnight operation raided a Taliban prison in volatile Helmand and rescued 58 people including security personnel from lock up, local military authorities said. “In a raid on a Taliban prison, Afghan army special forces liberated58 people in Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province, …

AT-KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has argued that the United States strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia has been counterproductive which has also caused an escalation of violence. In an interview with China’s CGTN television channel, Karzai also cast shadows on the prospects of withdrawal of American forces from …

AT-KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezbi Islami Afghanistan, has raised concerns that elections with the ongoing faulty system will have dangerous pitfalls and will pave the ground once again for interference of outsiders. In his address in a news conference, Hekmatyar said the forthcoming elections will be inundated with rigging …

AT-KABUL: More than 31 drug traffickers have been caught over the past week following a nation-wide crackdown by the counternarcotics police, the Court of Criminal Justice Task Force said on Tuesday. The culprits, among whom are two women and an Iranian, have been handed to the CJTF for criminal investigations …

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani confirmed on Sunday that he will run for office during next year’s presidential polls, insisting that it was essential to hold the elections despite rising violence in the country. “My allies are the nation of Afghanistan; three major strata of (Afghan society): Young people, women …

Nothing can atone for ‘peace and reconciliation’ debacle and perhaps nothing can circumvent the menace it spews, except for a termination of perennial hypocrisy and political deceit; and nothing can unlock the conflict in the war-shattered country except for a genuine spirit and grit to recoil from unhinging quasi-counterterrorism policies …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Advisor, Hanif Atmar met Monday the NATO-led Resolute Support mission commander John Nicholson, emphasizing on the implementation of the NATO summit’s decisions about Afghanistan. According to the National Security Council, on behalf of the government and people of Afghanistan, Atmar thanked Nicholson for his cooperating with …

AT-KABUL: Some members of parliament, lawyers and politicians claim that the political parties lack legitimacy and cannot represent people, based on the constitution. They said Monday that President Ghani should prevent some individuals who seek their personal benefits under the pretext of political parties and pressure the government. Nader Khan …

AT-KABUL: The government of Afghanistan rejected the statements made by Russia’s speciall representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov that the Taliban are controlling around 50 per cent of the country’s ground as baseless propaganda. Mohammad Radmanesh, spokesman of defense ministry said Monday that the security forces have control on the whole …

AT-KABUL: Foreign currency especially the US dollar is smuggled from the country through five border points, the Central Bank claims. The Central Bank governor, told lawmakers on Monday that smuggling of currency is one of the reasons that Afghani loses value in the international markets. “Dollar is smuggled via Islam …