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AT-KABUL: The Ministry Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Sunday said that 9,077 welfare projects have been implemented across the country in the past 12 months of the solar year. “The schemes were implemented at a total cost of $245.2 million in 6,326 villages of 326 districts throughout the country,” …

AT-KABUL: At least thirty-one Taliban militants were killed in a series of airstrikes carried out by the Afghan and foreign air forces in southern Helmand province, officials said Sunday. Provincial government media office said in a statement that the strikes were conducted in the provincial capital city of Lashkar Gah …

AT-KABUL: The mastermind of a July suicide attack against the enlightenment movement protesters that killed and wounded scores of demonstrators in Kabul city, was killed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Saturday. “The organizer of the bombing on the enlightenment movement demonstration Abdul Qaiom, also known as …

AT-KABUL: At least 64 militants were killed and 16 others were wounded in different operations launched by the national army in the past 24 hours, the military said Saturday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National …

Achakzai suggested ‘International Pashtun Conference’ to highlight problems of ‘Lar o Bar’ Afghan. AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Head of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) in his latest appearance to the media had come hard against Pakistan and said that if Pakistan shun interfering into Afghanistan’s internal affairs, more …

Let’s put India—the time tested friend, and Pakistan—the neighbor to the boxing rank on Afghanistan situation to get a clear picture that which states is honest in the game. The Afghan people would observe the two states at the rank with an open-eye without blinking, and the interesting point is …

No military solution for Afghanistan dilemma: UN envoy AT-KABUL: The United Nations Security Council highlighted Afghanistan’s security challenges and other important issues including hidden agendas, the peace process and the ever-increasing necessity for regional and global cooperation. Mahmoud Saikal, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative in the United Nations has official complained to …

Our Correspondent-PESHAWAR: Known tribal elder Malik Darya Khan Zakhakhel has shown concern over closure of Pak-Afghan Torkham crossing point, which he said resulting in worst kind of economic hardships to tribesmen, residing along with border. “Both Pakistan and Afghanistan must realize interests of tribesmen living on both sides of border …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations Security Council in its latest report on the situation in Afghanistan has said that the government of Afghanistan continued to face significant political, economic and security challenges. The President Ashraf Ghani, and the Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, continued to engage in bilateral discussion to …

An influential US Congressman yesterday introduced a strongly worded bill in Congress to declare “untrustworthy ally” Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. “Not only is Pakistan an untrustworthy ally, Islamabad has also aided and abetted enemies of the United States for years,” said Congressman Ted Poe, who is Chair of …