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AT-KABUL: Over Hundred thousand Afghans have been forced to leave their homes because of war and growing insecurity in the last five months of the 2018, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Sunday. Growing insecurity in different provinces such as Kunduz, Baghlan, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Nangarhar, Helmand and …

With freezing most of its security aid to Pakistan, Washington still failed to nail Islamabad down to its knee for its highly supports to the different militant outfits with sole aim of undermining US-NATO mission in Afghanistan in the war on terror. The crackdown on Pakistan was meant to compel …

Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In the wake of deterioration of security and outrage of the insurgent Taliban in western Farah province, high-ranking security brass along with General John W. Nicholson Commander of the Resolute Support Mission travelled to Farah on Saturday, meeting with residents and pledging to address security grievances and batter the militants. …

AT-KABUL: At least nine people died and hundreds of house destroyed after flash floods hit different districts in the northern province of Balkh, officials said Saturday. “The floods struck districts of Kholm, Sholgar, Chemtal, Charkent and Shakandi after spring rainfalls,” said Rahmatullah Zahed, head of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani at the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul on Friday said that specter of violence still overshadowed the world, calling for genuine inter-national dialogue and state-to-state cooperation to overcome insecurities facing humanity. At OIC’s Extraordinary Islamic Summit Conference on Palestine, Ghani condemned the …

AT-KABUL:  The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Saturday strongly condemned the back-to-back attacks in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province, which killed at least eight civilians and injured at least 55, the agency said in a statement. “Facts in the incident have now become clear. Four …

It is a fact that civilians in Afghanistan have been caught in crossfire of the ongoing counter-terrorism operations with taking high toll on them. The Afghan civilians, including the children and women are becoming casualties of war in alarming numbers. Even some airstrikes targeting fighters loyal to the different extremist …

AT-KABUL: The government is planning to erect a solar energy plan with a capacity of more than five megawatts of electricity in Daikundi province, according to a government official. The Minister of Energy and Water said on Thursday that a Chinese company will take on the entire phases of the …

AT-KABUL: The government has ordered that schools in Farah be closed to avoid civilian casualties amid ongoing clashes between Taliban insurgents and government forces in the western province. In the face of tense security situation in Farah, the Ministry of Education on Thursday declared that all schools and other educational …

AT-KABUL: A Pentagon spokesperson has said that Iran is likely behind a fierce Taliban insurgent offensive on western Farah city. More than a thousand Taliban militants brutally assailed Farah city in the west early on Tuesday morning. U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Dana White said that Pentagon can’t rule out …