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KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said the United States has turned a blind eye to terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghan frontiers. In an interview with Sophie Shevardnadze, a correspondent for the television network RT, the former Afghan president said that Afghanistan is insecure, the Taliban have gained more territory, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), a state-run electricity structure on Monday released a list revealed that shows government officials, members of parliament and powerful figures have owed AFN3.3 billion for electricity bill only in Kabul. “Governmental offices owed AFN 1.6 billion, factories AFN 783 million and residential …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:A majority of representatives in Wolesi Jirga have demanded disqualification of ministers who were not capable to spend 50 percent budgetary allocation in the ongoing fiscal year. First Deputy Speak, Haji ZahirQadir has chaired Monday’ssession and said that the lawmakers have the responsibility to summon ministers and question …

AT-KABUL: Five passengers died and three wounded after a Toyota car collided with a fuel tanker in the southeastern province of Ghazni, local officials said Sunday. Provincial spokesman Jawid Salangi, said that the accident took place on Ghazni-Kandahar highway in Qarabagh district early morning. He said vehicle collided with a …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Sunday that its operatives arrested at least four members of Jundallah terrorist group, also known as people’s resistance movement of Iranian armed opposition in an operation in the Northern Province of Takhar. “The operation was carried out in the Dasht-e-Qala district as …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Rescue National Movement (ARNM), a civil structure on Sunday criticized the government leaders and security officials for being inefficient, saying it as main factor behind fall of districts and check posts to Taliban across the country. “Critical state of affairs, fall of districts and checkpoints …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Fifty soldiers were killed and several others went missing over the past two weeks in the ongoing conflict in the southern Helmand province, local officials said Sunday. The provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat said the initial investigations indicate that at least 50 soldiers died in the line of …

AT-KABUL:  The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in an operation freed 50 civilians taken hostage by the Taliban in southeastern Ghazni province, local officials said Saturday. The operation was launched Friday night in the Geru district, local officials said. Provincial police chief, Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, confirmed the rescue, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) on Saturday called the ongoing year as the most challenged for the organization as one million people were displaced due to conflicts across the country. “These people fled their houses in the provinces of Kunduz, Helmand, Ghazni, Farah, Uruzgan and Paktia,” said acting head …

ANP asks KP govt to follow centuries-old code of Pashtunvali, see refugees as guests By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: A Pakistani politician and a prominent Pashtun leader, Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that his country was passing through a critical time in its history as the country faced with what he called …