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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 people were killed and 10 others wounded after Daesh militants staged a stabbing rampage on the education department in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, officials said. Two Daesh-linked terrorists raided the provincial education department in 5thpolice district in Jalalabad at around nine o’clock …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission, says that the government’s disinterest in introducing new commissioners of the commission has created obstacles for its works, adding that the government was responsible for all the challenges of the commission in investigating complaints. Basir Faez, a member of the commission said Wednesday that …

AT-KABUL: Hopes on first vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum’s returning home have increased following the second vice president Sarwar Danesh’s meeting with Dostum in Turkey. But the office of the first vice president said Wednesday that Danesh had no official message from President Ashraf Ghani to his first deputy. Enayatollah …

All efforts are on cards by clerics to induce Taliban to join the peace process and recognize the democratically-elected Afghan government. Since 2001, around 40,000 people have died in a conflict where no end is seen in sight. Its decades now the Taliban insurgents are fighting on religious perspective, but …

AT-KABUL- At least 11 employees of the Urban Education Department of Jalalabad city were martyred and 10 more were injured after two terrorists attacked the city’s education department office today morning. The attack which started at 9:30am lasted two hours before the two armed terrorist of ISIS to be killed …

AT-KABUL: The government claims that powerful individuals embezzle some 700 millions of dollars from the custom revenues every year. Shah Hossein Mortazavi, spokesman for president Ghani said Tuesday that the government was trying to regularize the collection of custom revenues and change Afghanistan to a self-reliant country. He added that …

AT-KABUL: The government of Afghanistan will not keep silent against people who break the law and sabotage the society, Shah Hossein Mortazavi President’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. He also argued that the arrest of irresponsible armed people is in line with complaints that people lodge. Mortazavi vowed that the government …

AT-KABUL: Intelligence operatives of the National Directorate of Security pummeled a Taliban hideout in eastern Nangarhar province, killing more than fifteen militants. NDS Special Unit conducted an operation and targeted a Taliban stronghold in Miagan area of Hesarak district and killed 15 Taliban fighters, said a press statement issued by …

AT-KABUL: More than 10 people including twosecurity forces were killed after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a checkpoint in eastern Nangarhar’s Jalalabad city on Tuesday morning, said provincial officials. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden suit close to a security check-post at around 10am in the 6thPolice Districtin …

AT-KABUL: Second Vice President Sarwar Danish has broken silence over exile of Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and met with him in Ankara in the sidelines of the oath-taking ceremony for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Both the vice presidents met in a cordial environment. Both sides conferred on hot-button issues including the …