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AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani accepted credentials of the new Indian ambassador to Kabul, Vinay Kumar, president’s office said Monday. The president also discussed Kabul-Delhi relations and cooperation in different sectors. Ghani called India a good friend and strategic partner to Afghanistan, wishing success for Kumar in his mission. Indian ambassador …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has delivered a scathing critique over a failure of the U.S. government to tame an ever-galloping scourge of militancy to which Afghanistan has been hemorrhaging. He faulted the U.S. for not burying the hatchet and yet allowing an ensuing infestation of ISIS militants into Afghanistan. …

AT-KABUL: The extremely dry winter has affected 22 provinces across Afghanistan and now threatens to negatively impact the lives of one million people, with an additional two million who could feel its effects over the coming months, UNICEF said in a statement on Monday. Food insecurity and reduced access to …

AT-KABUL: Fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist have beheaded three brothers, all of them doctors, in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani said the brothers were guillotine in Chaparhar district of the province. “It was around 02:00am local …

The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, and has ever since been an annual event. The person credited for organizing the event 48 years ago was a US Senator Gaylord Nelson. He rallied the support of millions of Americans who demonstrated in across different cities in the …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan Special Operations Forces have seized Taliban drugs worth around 12.6 million US dollars as joint Afghan-US operations is underway to eliminate the key financial resource of the group coming from drugs trade. According to a report by the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, Afghanistan’s 777th Special Mission Wing …

AT-KABUL: The fatality of Sunday deadly suicide bombing has jumped to 69 martyred, including two policemen, and to120 injuries, including five policemen, a police official said on Monday. A suicide bomber loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist, blew himself up near to a people waiting …

AT-KABUL:At least 17 fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS) or the Daesh terrorists have been killed during operation conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial official said on Monday. “Thesemilitants were killed in Gorgari area of Haska Mina district,” Nangarhar …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a voter registration center on Sunday in Kabul that left 48 dead and 112 wounded. He extended his heartfelt condolences to families of the victims. “These cowardly attacks are solely intended to undermine our civil liberties and wreak havoc …

AT-KABUL: At least six civilians were killed and three others wounded on Sunday morning after a roadside mine blew up a vehicle in northern Baghlan province. No terrorist group has taken responsibility for the blast. “A passenger car heading towards a funeral ritual exploded after hitting a roadside bomb in …