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AT-KABUL: At least 17 foreigner fighters have been killed and dozens other insurgents were wounded following an airstrike in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. The intelligence official, who wished anonymity, said A-29 aircraft of the Ministry of Defense (MoF) pounded hideouts of the foreign terrorists in Khastak …

AT-KABUL: The first ever electronic library is planned to be established, an initiative by the ministries of higher education and telecommunication to help university students get easily access to different books. The very first electronic library will be established in the Kabul University, said Arefa Peikar, spokeswoman for the higher …

AT-KABUL: Police have detained three suspects over firing rocket on a diplomatic enclave in Kabul, interior ministry said Tuesday. A rocket crashed on the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood Monday night, just hours after a high delegation from the UN Security Council left Kabul. Nobody was hurt in the attack. These …

AT-KABUL: At least 96 militants were killed and 48 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Informal contacts have been established with the Taliban insurgents amid at paving ground for peace talks with the group—a terrorist outfit that has been involved in several deadly attacks across the country. Despite the confirmation of indirect contacts, the High Peace Council (HPC) officials have not met …

AT-KABUL: At least five civilians embraced martyrdom, and 45 others received injuries after Taliban insurgents fired rockets landed in a local bazaar, with flood of civilians, in northern Faryab province, official said. This happened on Tuesday and the Taliban insurgents fired rockets from a nearby controlled area at around 11:30am. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, and popular Pashtun nationalist leader, Mahmood Khan Achakzai has denied any right to the institutions of Pakistan to humiliate Afghan refugees in Pakhtunkhwa or to force them to leave for Afghanistan, Spogmai Radio has reported. Achakzai said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa belongs to …

AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdullah Abdullah on Monday reacted over recent remarks made by the ousted Balkh governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, saying “we have answers, our silences doesn’t mean we don’t have words to say.” It should not be taken out of context that we don’t have answers, …

AT-KABUL: A senior official in Herat province was arrested by the intelligence operatives on the charge of spying for Iran. Provincial spokesman, Jilani Farhad said that the arrested man was sent to Kabul for investigation. He did not identify the detained person, but said he previously held important government post …

AT-KABUL – The UN Security Council undertook a visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from the 13th to 15th of January 2018. The first Council visit to Afghanistan since 2010, the visit was an opportunity to reiterate the Security Council’s support for the Government and people of Afghanistan and their …