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AT-KABUL: The special court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said on Monday that seven drug smugglers already arrested were convicted and sentenced to prison. The CJTF did not provide details about the term of the jail they were sentenced to, but said that seven smugglers were apprehended by Counter …

AT-KABUL: At least five civilians were killed and nine others wounded in southeastern Paktika province on Monday morning, said officials. Paktika Governor’s spokesman Nabi Peerkhil said that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed vest inside a bakery at around 10:30 am in Yahya Khil district. He said that five civilians …

AT-KABUL: At least four Afghan National Army officers and soldiers were killed and 14 others were injured when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted their transportation bus in northern Balkh province of the country, official sources told Afghanistan Times. The bus was carrying army personnel from Mazar-i-Sharif city to the headquarters …

A committee to be established to assess threats would face Afghanistan and to take joint solution measures: Acting Defense Minster By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The joint commission of Afghan, US and NATO officials held its first session Sunday aiming to assess the implementation the Afghan-US military agreement called Bilateral Security Agreement …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Foreign ministry said Sunday that the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) had agreed to continue efforts to specify the exact date for a face to face talk with the Taliban. The quadrilateral coordination group consists of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States. The group has held …

AT-KABUL: At least three men working on a polio vaccination campaign were kidnapped and killed by unknown gunmen in eastern Kunar province, police chief said on Sunday. Chief of the Kunar police, Abdul Habib Syedkhel, said the polio workers were abducted from Ghaziabad district by unidentified armed men nearly two …

AT-KABUL: A policeman was killed and four judges were injured on Sunday morning in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Pul-e-Alam, capital of Logar province. The deadly blast on vehicle of the judges has also left four civilians injured. According to the provincial governor Haleem Fidaee, the bomb was attached to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A two-year-old child had been rescued from abductor in northwestern Faryab province, local security officials said on Sunday. Provincial Police Chief, Col. Sayed Aqa Andarabi, told Pajhwok Afghan News said that the kidnapper Ahmad Zai was arrested at the spot when tried to abduct the child in …

GUWAHATI: South Asian Games Chief Executive Officer Injeti Srinivas today disclosed that India brought 184 athletes from Afghanistan to participate at the 12th SAG here in a special chartered flight considering the situation in that country. Briefing the media at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium, Srinivas said that the action …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five alleged Pakistani spies, who disguised themselves as medical doctors and nurses, were arrested by the Afghan security forces in the northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said. The arrested spies included two men and three women were working in hospitals in Baharak and Kheshm districts of the …