By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Attorney General Office (AGO) ordered the arrest of nine bodyguards of First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum on charges of abduction and sexual assault of Ahmad Khan Ishchi, former Jawzjan governor. He was allegedly kidnapped on 25th November, and was under captivity for 16 days. “The …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that two gangs of robbers were busted in Kabul city. In a press statement issued here, NDS said that its operatives succeeded to arrest two groups of robbers, comprise of 10 thieves, leading by Rahim and Baba Sadam in 17th …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Islamabad is moving to hold ‘tough talks’ with the Afghan government in the upcoming visit of Pakistan’s Army Chief General Javed Bajwa to Kabul. Sources describe that Gen. Bajwa would visit Afghanistan when the time is right, aimed to rebuild the fractured ties between the two …
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By NoemíJabois and José Luis Paniagua-The former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai said the United States and Russia must work together to plot a path along which the Central Asian country could progress. During an interview with EFE in New Delhi, Karzai said he was convinced the Taliban, wrested from …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The New Line Organization (NLO) on Monday expressed deepest concern over government decision to scrap the Electronic ID card system and revert to paper identification document in the form of a booklet. NLO termed electronic ID cards “a very much important in order to have a fair …
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AT-KABUL: A man accused of transferring illegal money was detained by custom officials of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. In a press statement issued here, the MoF said that the accused man skillfully wanted to transfer 23,000 Swiss francs, 238,700 USD, 141,500 …
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By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The peacemaker, Pir Syed Ahmad Gailani, has died on Saturday evening in a hospital here as a result of an illness, official said. He was around 84-year old. “With great regrets it is informed that the spiritual, national and Jihadi figure, and also the founder of the …
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AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed condolence for the death of former jihadi leader, Pir Sayed Ahmad Gailani. “With regrets, I was informed that a great national and spiritual personality and jihadi leader Pir Sayed Ahmad Gailani passed away due to illness,” Karzai was quoted as saying by a statement. …
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AT-KABUL: The Taliban group has asked the new US President Donald Trump and his cabinet members not to follow the policy of previous US leaders. “Afghanistan is burning due to wrong policies of previous US officials and their occupations,” the group said Sunday in a statement. “If Trump doesn’t revise …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Kabul Municipality (KM) on Sunday said that 100-150 people are losing lives by biting of stray and mad dogs annually across the country. “Mad and stray dogs spread rabies via biting, which is not too simple to be cured and it causes death to 100-150 people …
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