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AT-KABUL: Sixty Taliban fighters were killed and 26 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. In a press release, the ministry of defense said that Afghan National Army with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security, conducted joint operations …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai spoke on Friday about Afghanistan and Syria at Chatham House, a London-based think tank, where he stressed on homemade solutions to the existing challenges in the two countries. “Having suffered from outside intervention with best intentions I know what Syria is going through,” Karzai said, …

AT-KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, visited Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in London and inquired about his health. Nawaz underwent successful open-heart surgery at a London hospital on Tuesday. Both sides underscored the need for a peaceful solution to the current issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They also …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Afghan security forces on Thursday night freed nine hostages from a Taliban prison in Grishk district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday. “The raid was carried in the Shorki locality of the province, in which two Afghan soldiers, a policeman, and six civilians were …

AT-KABUL:  Chief of Kahmard district of Bamyan province was killed by his bodyguards, official sources said. Bamyan Police Chief, Abdul Mateen Ezidyar, told media that Hadi Khan Sighani, district chief of Kahmard, was assassinated by his bodyguards late last night. He said that Sighani was killed when he was going …

AT-KABUL: Provincial directorate of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission’s (AIHRC) in Herat province has expressed concerns over child trafficking to Iran The office said that trafficking of children, under 18 years of age, to Iran is still a great concern of the AIHRC. Chief of Human Rights Commission in …

AT-KABUL: The National Solidarity Program (NSP) completed 37 development projects in various parts of Daikundi Province. NSP in a media statement issued here said that the projects included construction of irrigation canals 1,418 meters in length, protection walls, gabion walls, 155 public baths, culverts, sidewalks, extension of a water supply …

In Afghanistan especially in the capital city, Kabul, levels of air and water pollution remain all times high, causing health problems. High level of carbon in the air is a major cause of cancer and other deadly diseases. Looking at burning of fossil-fuel and use of fertilizers and chemicals, it …

AT-KABUL: Fifteen Taliban fighters were killed in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) has conducted joint operations against insurgents in different …

Nearly half of the Afghans captured by Canadian troops in 2010 and 2011 had no links to the Taliban and were illegally held far longer than Ottawa has publicly acknowledged, military police said Wednesday. In an open letter published by La Presse newspaper, the police officers called for accountability for …