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AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s top peace authority has called on tribal leaders and a nationwide struggle to achieve a durable peace and alleviate the burden placed on the people. Head of the High Peace Council, Mohammad Karim Khalili said on Tuesday that if all Afghans get united, they can rescue country from …

AT-KABUL: According to the Afghan Constitution, Ghani-Abdullah’s government of national unity will end in 93 days, senior members of a political movement said Monday at a press conference in Kabul. Jombesh-e Guzar, a political party which announced its existence on May 2017, reasons that based on the Constitution the presidential …

In the wake of the unfettered political disarray, the Afghan unity government has found itself in a bind that could only be circumvented if a ‘paradigmatic politic of compromise and negotiation diplomacy’ is concocted; defiance against the government’s writ has taken a whole new shape to itself ever since a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has urged the international community to restrain the financing streams of terrorist groups and help Afghanistan in reducing civilian casualties in the ongoing war. According to the annual report of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published last week more …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has approved an ambitious strategy of creating five million jobs during the coming five years. This strategy would be announced in the beginning of the new solar year. The Presidential Palace has confirmed the strategy of ‘job creation’ in various government ministries and relevant departments, aimed …

AT-KABUL: At least 20 police officers embraced martyrdom, while a dozen of Taliban insurgents have been killed in separate clashes erupted between them in western Farah province, police and local residents said on Tuesday. Police confirmed the martyrdom of only colleagues, but said 13 Taliban insurgents were killed in retaliatory …

AT-KABUL: The Criminal Justice Task Force warns against the increase in drug smuggling through air comparing to the past years. The interior ministry-led institution says it has found out the increase of aerial drug smuggling since it took control of narcotics trade through the Kabul international airport. It said Monday …

AT-KABUL: The dead bodies of nine civilians — who have been kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh militants, and later killed, have been found in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. The Daesh militants abducted dozens of people, including tribal …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan Special Forces in their ongoing anti-Taliban operations — have freed 30 people who were being held hostage by the Taliban insurgents for several years, the provincial governor said. The security forces raided a Taliban-controlled jail in eastern Laghman province, releasing all the captivities. Backed by air force—the …

AT-KABUL: Some senators have demanded stringent action against the ousted provincial governors who are in disobedience of Kabul order regarding their dismissal. On Sunday, the governor for Samangan province Abdul Karim Khaddam followed Balkh governor and his party fellow Atta Noor who rejected his dismissal order. Khaddam and Noor are …