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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed and wounded at least 35 loyalists of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist group during the ongoing “Shaheen-25 operations” in eastern Nangarhar province, official said. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, said that air and ground operations, carried …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Umer Zakhilwal has held constructive meetings with the civil and military leadership of Pakistan on Tuesday, where he emphasized on reduction of tension between the two countries. Zakhilwal said, “I had a “very good meeting” with Pakistan Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz …

A high-danger avalanche warning must be issued by the related governmental officials to those districts across the country, which is under avalanche hazard. The government should help swing Afghans living in the avalanche prone districts to a safest place. This would be a temporary shifting as avalanche threat would not …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan and the US officials discussed the ways of counter-narcotics efforts in a joint workshop held on Tuesday in Kabul. The US Ambassador to Kabul, Hugo Llorens reaffirmed his country’s support for Afghanistan’s counter narcotics objectives at the event, the US embassy said in a statement. “All of …

AT-KABUL: At least 19 fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Deash terrorists were killed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province, within past 24 hours, security official said. In a press statement, the Nangarhar press office, said that these fighters were killed in Haska Meena and …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Hundreds of residents in eastern Kunar province took out to the streets on Monday morning to protest Pakistan artillery shelling, and were shouting anti-Pakistan slogans. Hundreds of residents of Asad-Abad, the capital city of Kunar province, staged a rally to give vent to their anger against Pakistan …

AT-KABUL: In the new gesture of snowstorms and freezing weather, at least 26 people were killed and nine others received injures in the six districts of the northwestern Faryab province, provincial official said the other day. Provincial governor spokesman, Javid Baidar, said that despite human losses the snowstorm had also …

By Sadiq Yousufi-KABUL: The series of terrorist attacks in Pakistan have targeted all the four provinces, including tribal-belt, administered by Pakistan. The loyalists of the so-called Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist carried out a bloody attack on the Sufi Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh province …

Afghanistan National Cricket Teams is just a 16 years old, and has gone from strength to strength despite a bloody war and the ongoing insurgency. Cricket was the single sport allowed by the Taliban insurgents during their region, but has only become a national obsession since 2001. It is very …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: While expressing his deepest sympathy with the victim-families of the recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdullah Abdullah said “the only solution to end tragedy in the both sides is the honest approach of Islamabad in fight against terrorism.” Presiding the Council of …