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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Over 2,000 unregistered Afghan refugees have been detained by Pakistan police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistani media reported. Search operation is still underway to arrest more Afghan refugees who lack legal stay documents, police said Wednesday. Moreover, Pakistani officials set June 30 as a deadline for Afghans …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar would soon pay a visit to Moscow, where he is to hold talks with Russian officials regarding support to the Afghan security forces and as well issues of mutual interest. “The adviser despite other issues would also talk to officials on supply …

AT-KABUL: Sixty-six Taliban fighters were killed and 30 others were wounded in different operations launched by the military in the past 24 hours, security authorities said Wednesday. The defense ministry said in a statement that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and national directorate of security …

AT-KABUL: The National Solidarity Program (NSP) completed 41 development projects in the districts of Sarkani, Narang and Nurgal as well as Asadabad city, provincial capital of the eastern Kunar province. According to a statement issued by the solidarity program, the projects include the construction of more than 3,000 meters of …

Fierce fighting between Afghan National Security Forces and the Islamic State fighters (also known as Daesh) is underway in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province. As of Tuesday, around 37 Daesh terrorists, mostly from Pakistan, were killed and 44 others were injured. Fearing fall of the Kot district to Daesh, …

Binali Yildirim says suicide bombers who killed at least 36 at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport likely linked to ISIL. At least 36 people have been killed in attacks at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, which the Turkish prime minister said was likely carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq of the Levant …

Pakistan wants to repatriate some of the almost 1.6 million refugees living in the country. UNHCR has set aside funds for 60,000 returnees. Pakistan, June 23 (UNHCR) – Families sat quietly. Small children explored among the chairs. These people were going back, some after decades. And they were going back …

The parliamentary election has been delayed too much. Hopes for positive change of the voters were dashed not only by the government but their own elected representatives too. The voters wanted to change their fate while rejecting the corrupt and selfish members of the Wolesi Jirga in the coming parliamentary …

KABUL: A Pashtun leader Mahamood Khan Achakzai has said that he would not allow anyone to harass Afghan refugees in their “own land”. He directly said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province belongs to Afghans and they can live there without fear and irritation. “If Afghans are harassed in other parts of …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday said that over 40 Daesh fighters were killed and 44 others were wounded through operations in eastern Nangarhar province. Daesh fighter were killed and wounded in Afghan forces’ joint raids in Bandok, Zarabandok, Janjal Ghonde, Sepa Ghonde and Bahador Baba areas of the …