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AT-KABUL: At least 23 loyalists of Daesh terrorist group were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, security officials said Sunday. The ministry of defense said in a statement that the airstrike was carried out in the Achin district late Saturday. No further details were given regarding the strike …

The more Afghans hate war and bloodshed the more violence tightens its grip. At a glance it seems irreconcilable paradox the nation has to deal with as a whole. To dig deep, the ugly truth surfaces—the war is hovering over like black clouds. The lightening of violence strikes the nation …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Saturday, with a majority vote disqualified ministers of foreign affairs, labor and public works for their failure in spending budgetary allocations during the outgoing Afghan fiscal year. Wolesi Jirga members summoned ministers and sacked them after they failed to …

AT-KABUL: The former intelligence Chief Rahmatullah Nabil has said the Taliban insurgents are supported by Iran as the country aims to counter the growing Daesh emergence reach in the country. “Taliban insurgents are receiving financial and equipment support from Iran, particularly in the western parts of the country,” Nabil said …

AT-KABUL: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has asked the US president-elect, Donald Trump to withdraw his troops from Afghanistan and let the Afghan people resolve their issues internally. In a letter following Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Hekmatyar said that the presence of the US forces and operations, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least four people killed and over 15 others wounded, after a suicide bomber targeted the heavily guarded and the largest base for the US forces in Bagram district of northern Parwan province, said officials. “A suicide bomber managed to enter into the Bagram air base among …

A group of the Taliban fighters attacked the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif Thursday night using an explosives-laden vehicle which rammed the high outer wall of the building to help other attackers open fire at the Afghan and German guards. Mazar-e-Sharif is the capital of relatively peaceful …

AT-KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in a report said that absence rate in Afghan schools is much higher than what the Afghan officials claim, despite spending of some $868 million dollars to rebuild the education system in Afghanistan. The report said that many schools lacked basic …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned attack on German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital city of northern Balkh province. “I strongly condemn the last night (Thursday night) terrorist attack on the German consulate. The attack on the friendly country also resulted casualties of some civilians,” Karzai was quoted …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least four children have been killed and four other received injuries after a bomb exploded inside a house in the outskirts of the capital of western Herat province, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Jilani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place inside the …