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AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours killed at least seventy eight Taliban militants during several military operations across the country, the Ministry of Defense said Sunday in a statement. The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces in the past 24 hours, launched several operations against Taliban insurgents …

AT-KABUL: Fifty-two passengers died Sunday and 73 others wounded in a traffic accident on the Kandahar-Kabul highway in Ghazni province, police and health officials said. Two busses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision in Bozak area of the Muqur district, provincial spokesman Jawid Salangi told …

KABUL: Six Taliban prisoners, who were already sentenced to death penalty by Afghan courts, were executed on Sunday in capital Kabul, officials said. The Taliban members were involved in terrorist attacks and killing of incident people and were executed today after their death sentences were signed by President, Ashraf Ghani, …

MoE will fill 13,000 vacant posts: Press Dept. AT-KABUL: Deputy Minister for Youth at Ministry of Information and Culture, Kamal Sadat, urged the government to fill the vacant positions through vacancy advertisements in order to provide jobs to the unemployed youth. “According to reports there are over 25,000 vacant positions …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga on Saturday warned that political interference in Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) power transmission project would create crisis in the country. Legislators asked the government to deal with all those with iron hands who are sabotaging the project. They said that the power transmission …

AT-KABUL: Four members of the same family were killed and one another injured in a roadside bomb in Shajoy district of southern Zabul province, local official said on Saturday. District Chief, Wazir Mohammad Jawadi, said that the roadside bomb went off in Tazi area of the district on late Friday. …

AT-KABUL: Forty three Taliban fighters were killed and 15 others wounded in different crackdowns within the past 24 hours, said officials. 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) …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: At least 29 Taliban militants were killed after the Afghan security forces repulsed their coordinated attack on a police check posts in Ghaziabad district of Kunar province on Saturday morning, provincial official said. In addition 30 Taliban insurgents received injuries in the attack. According to officials, the …

The two leaders of the unity government are apparently still looking for ‘competent’ persons to fill the vacancies of defense ministry and intelligence agency since they took power 20 months ago. The president and chief executive usually promise the people that they would solve this problem “in the near future”. …

AT-KABUL: The Special Forces of the Afghan National Army (ANA) on Thursday night raided a Taliban-run prison in Nowzad district of southern Helmand province, the Ministry of Defense on Friday said in a media statement. After securing the prison, the ANA freed 60 prisoners from Taliban captivity, the statement said. …