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AT-KABUL: The foundation-stone for the construction of Bamyan cultural center was laid down by the minister of urban development Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi in the presence of representatives from UNESCO and the Embassy of South Korea on Sunday. “Bamyan province could be turned into a vital tourism and economic hub …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security said Sunday that its operative thwarted a bomb attack in the northern Samangan province. In a press release, the intelligence agency said that its operatives succeeded to arrest a man with motorcycle full of explosives in Aybak center of Samangan province. Arrested man identified …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces rescued Sunday 70 security forces trapped in Taliban’s siege in Faryab province, provincial official said. “The rescued Afghan security forces had been in the Taliban siege from the past 13 days in Almar district of the province,” provincial police chief Sayed Aqa Andarabi said. In …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents allegedly shot dead three sisters in the Kharwar district of Logar province. “Four women had gone to a hill in a village and three of them were captured by the militants while returning home,” provincial governor’s spokesman Salim Saleh told Khaama Press Sunday. “Only …

On Sunday in a joint press conference, the spokesman of Ministry of Defense criticized media allegedly for biased and unbalanced reporting. Accompanied by the spokesmen of Ministry of Interior and the National Security Council, the defense ministry’s spokesman said that security situation in Kunduz province was under total control of …

President Barack Obama has approved a broader role for American troops to help Afghan forces effectively conduct anti-terrorism operations in the war-torn country, an official said on Friday. The new powers would allow US forces to engage in similar efforts to accompany conventional Afghan security personnel when they undertook operations, …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Saturday strongly condemned Friday’s bombing in a mosque in Nangarhar province, calling it “war crime”. “I condemn the attack targeting civilians gathered for Friday prayers at the Hisarak Jami Mosque in Rodat district, Nangarhar province. The attack killed at least …

Islam’s massage is peace, not terror and bombing; those who destroy mosques and kill prayers have not faith By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghan Ulema (religious scholars) on Saturday strongly condemned the attack targeting civilians gathered for Friday prayers at the Hisarak Jami Mosque in Rodat district of Nangarhar province and …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL:  The lawmakers on Saturday refused to approve presidential decree on the electoral reforms. The decree was sent to the parliament three times, but was rejected. The government vowed to hold parliamentary election soon after the decree was approved in the parliament. Some of the lawmakers opposed …

AT-KABUL: At least 61 insurgents were killed in different crackdowns conducted by the security and forces in the past 24 hours, officials said. The defense ministry said that operations were launched in Nangarhar, Laghman, Paktika, Paktia, Logar, Wardak, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Baghlan, Balkh, Jowzjan, Faryab, Kunduz and Helmand provinces, in which …