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AT-KABUL: Jamiat-e Islami defied an order by the central government to remove a second governor of the northern Samangan province, deepening a political schism between President Ashraf Ghani and regional leaders. President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday ordered northern governor Abdul Karim Khadem – a senior member of Jamiat-e Islami political …

AT-KABUL: The government of Afghanistan denied Pakistan’s allegations that terrorist groups are based in Afghanistan, saying that Pakistani authorities have different viewpoints over the sanctuaries of terrorist groups. The ministry of defense said Monday that Taliban’s Quetta council, Haqqani network, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups are inside Pakistan. Pakistan’s army …

AT-KABUL: A spate of defiance against the government’s rulings has arisen ever since the ousted governor of northern Balkh province Ata Muhammad Noor defied his removal and ramped up a hostile language against Ghani’s government. In the wake of Noor’s resistance, the sacked governor of the northern Samangan province – …

AT-KABUL: Saudi Arabia is considering scaling up its bilateral ties with Afghanistan –countering scourge of terrorism and boosting reconstruction in Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar – who is visiting Riyadh upon an invitation of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud – is expected to discuss cementing …

AT-KABUL: Hailing the reform agenda of the Ministry of Interior, the top US official in Kabul has put weight behind the government’s grand security plan for Kabul and its outskirts. The government has embarked an unflinching scheme to beef up security in Kabul province and its suburbs in the wake …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Interior has received 4.9 billion Afghanis in half-yearly revenue this fiscal year, against 3.8 billion of the past year. Minister of interior Wais Ahmad Barmak on Sunday said the ministry’s revenue reached Afs 4.9 billion. Speaking at explanation of four years MoI strategy, he …

AT-KABUL: A top Pakistani politician said that fetching the Taliban militant group to the table of talks is impossible, rejecting the Taliban’s offer for direct talks with the United States as unjustifiable. In an interview published on Sunday, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman, Aftab Sherpao believed bringing the Taliban insurgents …

After months of meticulous negotiations with military and political pundits, the U.S. President Donald Trump finally announced his new strategy on Afghanistan – as part of which he is contemplating having to deploy myriad 4,000 surplus troops in the war-weary country. It is very ironic, though, because Trump had talked …

AT-KABUL: At least 131 Taliban militants were killed and 36 others heavily wounded in counterterrorism military raids across Afghanistan in the past day. Ministry of Defense in a statement said on Sunday that Afghan army staged joint military operations with the Afghan police and national directorate of security to sweep …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan is planning to inject funds amounting to $22.5 million into counter-narcotics program in the eastern Nangarhar province. Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) has signed an agreement with the local officials in Nangarhar to implement alternative projects at a cost of $22.5 million in a bid to curtail poppy …