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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Azra road which is located in the central Logar province has become a major drug trafficking route threatening the local people, a high-ranking official said on Friday. The district’s administrative chief Hameedullah Hameed told Pajhwok Afghan News that the road was being used as a drug …

Daesh has become cancer and there is no treatment for it, but only its elimination. Afghan people and government know this very well. Despite having meager resources and little support from the international community, Afghan government has tightened grip over the notorious terrorist group which has global designs and posing …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A group of armed insurgents attacked the house of a renowned member of Wolesi Jirga, Malim Mir Wali, on Wednesday late evening in Kabul. Seven people were killed and six others sustained injuries in the attack, said officials. The Taliban fighters, including suicide bombers, attacked the house …

Stylish batsmen and popular wicket-keeper Mohammad Shahzad has been awarded as ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year. This is this first time for an Afghan player to win the award in recognition his outstanding performance. Shahzad was honored by the leading world cricket body for finishing as the leading ODI …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi agree long term commitment to future security and stability in Afghanistan. In a statement posted on its website, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at UK said that Beijing and London remain committed to their long term …

Over 50 percent of Afghanistan’s population is trapped by grinding poverty; though, joint survey of the World Bank, Ministry of Economy and Central Statistics Office say that more than 39 percent Afghans live below the poverty line. Generally, most of the people are living a hand-to-mouth existence. Over half of …

AT-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of the Parliament rejected the draft of the next Afghan year’s budget in the general session on Wednesday. The lawmakers rejected the budget citing lack of balance, justice and fairness in the allocation of the budget. Head of the parliamentary commission for …

AT-KABUL: A Mullah (cleric) on Wednesday was arrested over sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy he was teaching religious subject in the southeastern Ghazni province, local officials said. Provincial director of criminal investigation Muhammad Qahir Naseri confirmed the incident, saying, “The mullah has sexually assaulted his 11-year-old student during the night …

AT-KABUL: A man who allegedly killed his seven-month-old son with a knife in the eastern Nangarhar province, was arrested, local officials said Wednesday. Provincial spokesman, Ataullah Khogyani, said that the killer was identified as Amanullah originally a resident of Bati Kot district had killed his son after divorcing his wife …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) termed the role of civil society important in the election process, saying that without their cooperation, transparence in election is not possible. “Civil society is playing the role of eyes for the commission,” the IECC chief, Abdul Aziz Aryayi said in …