To fight terrorism state-to-state relations imperative: Afghan politicians to Russia By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Large number of Afghan politicians and civil society activists strongly condemned the trilateral meeting on Afghanistan which held on 27th December in Moscow. They urged Russia to focus on state-to-state relations in order to fight terrorism. Terming …
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About 50 families are mourning as three terrorist incidents claimed the lives of nearly fifty people in the provinces of Kabul, Kandahar and Helmand, in which about 100 others were injured. The attacks took place near the parliament building in Kabul, inside the provincial governor’s residence in Kandahar and a …
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AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday visited the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Kabul, and expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathy over the death of UAE diplomats killed in Kandahar on Tuesday. The ex-president also wrote a message of sympathy on the book of condolences at …
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The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko, had presented a very bleak picture of Afghan security forces on Wednesday in Washington. Sopko said that corruption was rampant in the Afghan security forces. According to the US inspector, the security forces have suffered heavy casualties and barely hold …
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By: Matthew Graydon-Afghanistan – Walking into the narrow, cramped courtyard of Shamsur Rahman’s home in Jalalabad city, it is difficult to imagine that his family of ten can live there. But they do, and so do the families of his three brothers, writes Matthew Graydon. Shamsur Rahman and two of …
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Since end to the combat mission of NATO, the Taliban have changed their strategies. For them there is no break in winter now. The militant group thinks that it can come into power once again through extreme violence. Therefore, the group had accelerated the speed of subversive activities. All those …
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AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Tuesday’s attack in Kandahar province, calling it against Islamic and human principles, carried out by the enemies of Afghanistan. The attack took place in the provincial governor’s guest house in Kandahar city, while the governor was meeting the United Arab Emirates ambassador to …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 12 people were killed and 18 others including provincial governor and the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Kabul wounded in an explosion in the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday evening, officials said. The bombing targeted governor Homayoun Azizi and the ambassador Juma Mohammad Abdullah al-Kaabi’s …
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AT-KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) has arrested 10drug runners in the past three months, said officials. CNP has apprehended 10 smugglers through different crackdown and handed over them to Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) for further criminal proceedings, said a statement issued by CJTF. Statement said that the investigation would …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least seven policemen were killed after the Taliban insurgents attacked their checkpoint in southern Zabul province, a well-placed source said on Wednesday. A local official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in Arghandab district around 09:00 pm Tuesday …
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