AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: According to local officials 12 militants have been taken into custody when they were using Kunduz-Khan Abad highway as a route to join fellow insurgents in the area who are fighting against security forces. Spokesperson of police, Mahfuzullah Akbari said, the Taliban insurgents were in a vehicle …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An important control and command centre of the Taliban insurgents have been damaged irreparably during an operation conducted by the Afghan security forces in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, …
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Corruption in Afghanistan is a widespread and growing problem in Afghan society. Afghanistan ranks 169 of 176 in Transparency International’s 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index. Corruption is consistently singled out as a problem in the war-hit country. It is a fact that society remained riddled with corruption. It is not simply …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a meeting with the famous saffron producer Mohammad Akbar aka Baba-e-Zaferan (father of saffron), praised him for his efforts in the increase of saffron cultivation and its quality, especially the saffron of Herat province. Karzai’s office said Monday that the ex-president said …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Afghanistan is making progress in fighting corruption amid many challenges, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan said at an anti-corruption conference co-hosted by the Afghan government and the European Union held in Kabul today said statement. “Corruption is one of the greatest challenges to restoring lasting …
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Commander of Kunduz division should be fired, introduced to court: Ibrahimi By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament on Monday expressed deepest concerns over ramp up insecurity particularly in northern Kunduz. They termed mismanagement main factor behind fall of the district to Taliban hand. “Afghanistan …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The U.S. Forces in Afghanistan confirm that Sheikh Abdul Hasib, the amir (leader) of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) in Afghanistan was killed in a combined Afghan-U.S. raid in eastern Nangarhar on April 27. The raid conducted by Afghan Special Security …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Over 40 insurgents have been killed and a number of others were received injures in an airstrikes carried out by the foreign forces in Paktia province, security officials said on Monday. These militants were killed after their hideouts were targeted by air. Provincial Police Chief Abdullah Abdiyani, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Twenty suspected gunmen, who were travelling from the Sarobi district of Kabul to northern Afghanistan, were detained in central Kapisa province, security official said on Monday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Mohammad Ayub Yousafzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that the men were arrested in Awal Kohistan district of the …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to help the Afghan-led peace process along other regional countries. In a meeting with Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Karzai on Sunday welcomed Zarif to Kabul, asking the Islamic Republic to cooperate with Afghanistan …
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