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AT-KABUL: At least 35 Taliban fighters were killed and 10 others wounded within the past two days during military operations by Afghan forces aimed at retaking Jalriz district in Maidan Wardak. Afghan national security and defense forces have stormed militant strongholds in Jalriz district to push the Taliban back and …

AT-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), blamed the Independent Election Commission (IEC) for launching the October legislative and district council elections in a zone-based structure in Ghazni province, describing it as a belated decision. Yousuf Rashid, head of the FEFA, said Tuesday that the commission would …

Resurgence of militancy is about to throw the country out of gear. The government’s standpoint against the Taliban has not only backfired but emboldened the insurgent movement. The Taliban-friendly dogma of the government – to cede certain regions in the south to the Taliban to persuade them to abandon war …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Baku will host a meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan June 28, Hikmet Hajiyev, spokesman of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, told Trend June 25. The ICG is a platform for discussions on assistance to the development of Afghanistan and the region in which it is …

AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah rejected the handover of some areas to Taliban as against the peaceful morale and the national interests. This is the first time that the chief executive publicly stands against president Ghani’s decision, saying such discussions are not in the list of the government’s work …

AT-KABUL: Pakistani military has claimed that one of their soldiers was killed on Sunday allegedly after terrorists from Afghanistan fired upon a security post in the North Waziristan tribal district. The reports suggested that a security post at Zoya in Garbaz area in North Waziristan was fired upon from the …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) during a steering committee meeting pledged to contribute around $2.485 billion to Afghanistan’s national budget to reduce poverty, improvedevelopment and public-utility projects. The ARTF convened on Monday a meeting co-chaired by Minister of Finance Eklil Hakimi and the World Bank Country DirectorShubham Chaudhuri …

AT-KABUL: A few representatives of people in the Parliament on Monday expressed worry over what they described as President Ashraf Ghani’s deceitful actions which “run against the country’s national interests”. Referring to the president’s recent decisions as caustic, they said Ghani is being more malevolent and destructive than terrorists. MP …

AT-KABUL: The Common Humanitarian Fund has allocated $17 million to non-governmental organizations and UN agencies delivering life-saving aid to families affected by the drought that has gripped large parts of Afghanistan. “Now is the time to help. Without quick action the number of families and the gravity of suffering will grow …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council says that if the Afghan Taliban stop fighting and join the government peace process, foreign terrorists would be defeated. It said Sunday that the government of Afghanistan proved by killing Pakistani Taliban leader that nobody was allowed to use Afghan soil against another country and …