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Insurgent attacks have been escalated. Casualties among military and civilians are high. Children and women are among killed and wounded. As a whole the Afghan civilians have been bearing the brunt of casualties with losing of their dearest and nearest one in several disagreeable incidents. In many ups and downs …

AT-KABUL: At least 29 prayer holders were “martyred” and 63 more were injured after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque, full of worshipers, in Herat the capital city of western Herat province. The attacker first fired at a group of people in entrance of the mosque at around 8:00pm before …

AT-KABUL: At least 60 armed Taliban militants were killed and 40 others wounded in Afghan National Security Forces massive counterinsurgency operation in Paktika within past 24 hours. Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army launched large-scale counterinsurgency joint operation in Surobi district, Paktika province, which as a result, 60 armed …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that its operatives succeeded to bust a kidnapping network in southern Kandahar province. “Intelligence operatives arrested three abductors and busted their networks in 2nd district of Kandahar city,” said a statement issued by NDS. Arrested kidnappers identified as Rahmatullah, Abdul …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least seven militants including a commander of the Islamic State (IS), aka Daesh terrorist, have been killed in a drone strike carried out by foreign forces in eastern Kunar province, officials said on Tuesday. The Provincial Police Chief , Maj. Gen. Jumma Gul Himmat told Pajhwok …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Saudi government has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul, pledging to support the Afghan government in fight against terrorism. An unnamed Saudi Foreign Ministry official, quoted by the Saudi Press Agency had expressed solidarity of the Saudi Kingdom with Iraq and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Kabul-Kandahar highway has been closed for traffic on Tuesday due to ongoing fighting between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said. The Maidan Wardak Governor’s Spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News the highway was blocked in Syedabad district …

The US administration has to be careful about every single decision regarding America’s longest war, however, with no eye-caching result in Afghanistan. When there is expectation of new strategy to be chalked out on Afghanistan, American’s presence is important in the war hit country. In a bid not to fritter …

Most of the Afghan masses still do not have access to clean drinking water despite billions of dollars invested to supply the nation with a steady supply. In Kabul almost six million people are living and over half of them are lacking access to safe drinking water as well as …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Monday said that 37 Taliban fighters were killed and 29 others wounded during ground and airstrike in Northern and Northeastern provinces in the past 24 hours. Afghan Defense and Security Forces have conducted joint operation in different areas of Baghlan, Faryab and Jawzjan provinces, which …