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AT-KABUL: The security forces are fighting Taliban insurgents for three days in different parts of the Kunduz city. “Afghan forces recaptured Pohantoon, Bandar-e-Sherkat and Bandar-e-Kabul areas and security is improving in the city,” army spokesman for Kunduz Mahfuzullah Akbari said. He said that fighting and clearance operation were going on …

AT-KABUL: The US secretary of state John Kerry addressed delegates attending the Brussels summit on Afghanistan on Wednesday, calling on the Taliban insurgents to join the peace process as the head of another opposition armed group Gulbuddin Hekmatyar recently did. “Taliban could not win on the battlefield, there is a …

AT-KABUL: Hundreds of families have fled Wednesday their houses in the Nawbahar village of western Farah province, arguing Taliban militants had gathered to attack the area. Azizullah, a resident of the village, said around 300 rebels had gathered in the area to attack security check-posts. He said the displeased families …

Taking separate flights to Brussels is a clear sign of tension between President Ghani and CEO Abdullah: Ehsani By Farhad Naibekhel-KABUL: The Young Activists Network for Reform and Change (YANRC), a civil society organ, said Wednesday that the Brussels’ financial aid would be for the Afghan nation, not a white …

KABUL: The two-day Brussels International Conference on Afghanistan kicked off in the Belgium capital on Tuesday, when the European Commission announced new financial assistance to the Afghan government in the form of a State-building contract. Tomorrow, the European Union and the government of Afghanistan will co-host the Brussels Conference that …

When the Brussels summit is taking place to financially support the Afghan government, another report has caught attention of many. As many as 600 people attempted suicide in first half of the current year in Herat province. According to the spokesman for the zonal hospital in Herat, eighteen people succeeded …

AT-KABUL: At least 56 militants loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh, were killed during joint clearing operations lunched by security forces and international forces in eastern Nangarhar province, local official said Tuesday. The provincial police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal said the terrorists were killed in Pikhe-Khwar area of …

AT-KABUL: There are conflicting reports about the fall of Helmand province’s Khanshin district to the Taliban. Heavy clashes are underway between security forces and the Taliban insurgents in different parts of the province including on the outskirt of the Lashkar Gah city, provincial capital. “After fierce fighting rocked the district, …

AT-KABUL: Political Parties and Civil Societies representatives on Tuesday urged the government leaders to accomplish commitments made during electoral campaigns. “The national unity government leaders must run constitutional Loya Jirga and electoral reforms as they committed during first days of the establishment,” said Omar Ayyar, head of the Unite Afghanistan …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The security forces have driven Taliban back and retaken the center of Kunduz city after the militants took over the city for a few hours, officials said Tuesday. “Afghan forces recaptured the center of city back from Taliban during last night operations,” defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri …