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AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has expressed his deepest condolences over the death of a former legislator, Babrak Shinwari who passed away due to illness. “I would like to express my deepest sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of the late Shinwari’s,” Karzai said in a statement, wishing …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) held its first meeting Monday in Kabul co-chaired by finance minister Eklil Hakimi and Shubham Chaudhuri, country director for the World Bank. “The meeting discussed aligning the support provided through the ARTF based on development objectives of the Afghanistan National Peace and Development …

AT-KABUL: At least 189 fighters loyal to Daesh (Islamic State) were killed and 61 others wounded during operations carried out by the security forces in the past four weeks in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said Monday. A press statement issued by Ministry of Defense said that these fighters were …

The 16th term of parliament’s working year was inaugurated on Monday—from today the legislators would restart work after a 45-day winter vacation. Their priority would be preserving national interests. They are the key player in driving the country toward peace and stability, and can do more things than merely criticism …

Pakistan holds no authority to merger as FATA was never regular part of Pakistan By Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: It seems that high-ranking officials in Pakistan are looking toward anarchy, where despite to take bold steps to resolve the already worsened situation, created by the continued ignorance and providing sanctuaries to various …

All efforts on card to quell insurgents’ peril: Ghani By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghanihas said that all efforts are on table to quell threat of insurgents in the upcoming year. President Ghani during inauguration of parliament session after winter recess on Monday has warned that those Taliban insurgents …

NEW DELHI: The latest terror attacks in Kabul this week show once again how the Taliban remains Afghanistan’s greatest security threat and the issue figured prominently when foreign secretary S Jaishankar met new US national security adviser H R McMaster in Washington on Wednesday. Condemning the attacks, India had said, …

AT-KABUL: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in close collaboration with the Afghanistan Ministry of Education (MoE) announced Sunday the official launch of Afghan Children Read (ACR), a five-year project in Early Grade Reading (EGR) for primary grades 1 to 3. “Despite the gains made in education in …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Advisor to the President Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Sunday flew to India with aim of participating in the 19th Asian Security Conference (ASC), his office said. A press statement issued by National Security Advisor Office, said that during this three-day official visit, Atmar would participate in …

AT-KABUL: At least 66 militants were killed and 39 others were wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan …