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By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: To prevent and respond to child recruitment in the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF), and to improve age-verification mechanism, the government has officially launched age assessment guidelines at a high level meeting in Kabul held the other day. Government officials, with the technical assistance of UNAMA and …

AT-KABUL:  Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the 12th South Asian Games (SAG). SAG will continue in Guwhati and Shillong till February 16, a media statement said. According to the statement, the games were inaugurated by Modi at a gala ceremony which saw participation from all the eight SAARC …

AT-KABUL: The European Union on Tuesday has lauded the Afghan government for issuing a new bylaw on the Establishment and Activity of Private Mass Media. “We now need to see the bylaw implemented and call upon the Afghan government to make sure that this happens,” said EU Special Representative Ambassador …

318 suspects arrested on the charges of different crimes in the past three weeks: Kabul police  By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Kabul Police claimed Tuesday that criminal cases had decreased by 36 percent in the past ten months, while people complain of increasing crimes. “The crime graph has decreased by 36 percent …

AT-KABUL: At least 32 Taliban fighters were killed and 44 others wounded in different operations in the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with the Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) conducted operations against Taliban insurgents in different …

AT-KABUL: At least eight militants and three soldiers were killed in two separate incidents in the western provinces of Herat and Farah, security officials said Tuesday. “A number of the Taliban militants attacked an army checkpoint Monday night in the Bakwa district,” said an army official in Farah province, where …

Afghanistan Under-19s eased to an eight-wicket win against New Zealand Under-19s in Cox’s Bazar, to move to the ninth-place playoff final. New Zealand were reduced to 35 for 6 by the 19th over, after opting to bat. Useful contributions, however, from Josh Clarkson (25), Aniket Parikh (48) and Nathan Smith …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Republican Party of Afghanistan (RPoA) on Monday urged the government to bring urgent reforms in the electoral bodies. “Electoral bodies have played with the people’s votes and are not trustable commissions anymore. Thus, the government has to bring reforms in the commissions as soon as possible,” …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, Ahmad Shekib Mostaghni told Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty that the Taliban can present their conditions during the direct talks, not prior to that. “Afghan government has always emphasized that all the groups who come to the talks, should come without preconditions,” Mostaghni said. …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Hundreds of Nangarhar residents staged demonstrations on Monday in Kabul to protest what they said “mounting insecurity” in several parts of the province, calling the empowerment of the Taliban insurgents and emerging of the Islamic State the major elements. Protestors accused the government of incompetence and …