AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A Canadian tourist has been freed after remaining in the Taliban’s captivity for more than five years in southern Afghanistan, said officials in Toronto, Canada. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion on Monday said that Rutherford, the Canadian citizen, was freed with Qatar’s help. “I extend my …
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The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) always stand unsurpassed in the battlefield against anti-government elements. In the extremely fluid security situation in 2015, the ANSF have come up with a tremendous performance against insurgents. The Afghan security forces were successful at many fronts in the fight against militants. From the …
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MD Helicopters has received a firm order for 12 additional MD530F Cayuse Warrior armed scout helicopters for Afghanistan. The deal was contracted via the US Army’s Non-Standard Rotary Wing, says MD Helicopters in a statement. The US company says all 12 aircraft will be delivered in-theatre in less than 12 …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 58,212 registered Afghan refugees have repatriated to Afghanistan from Pakistan during the last year, 2015. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), these refugees were sent back to their country from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, Punjab, Islamabad and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Associated Press …
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Govt asked to draw red line in peace talks By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of Parliament welcomed Monday the quadrilateral meeting among delegations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States to seek roadmap to resume peace negotiations between Afghan government and Taliban. Delegations of …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah on Monday urged the ministry of interior to boost up crackdown of drug sellers in the country. “Considering addicted complaints regarding for the drug sellers, I will instruct interior ministry to foster operations against them throughout the country,” Abdullah said during a …
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Security situation remained challenging; differences between NUG leaders had deep impacts over foreign policy; 200,000 Afghans went to Europe; decrease in poppy production was due to bad harvest; investment decreased by 26% AT-KABUL: The Center for Strategic and Regional Studies (CSRS) in its recent report said that 2015 was a …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has detained a six-member Taliban group, including two suicide bombers, in eastern Nangarhar province. The spy agency said on Monday that out of the six militants, two were suicide bombers, already prepared to carry out suicide attacks in Jalalabad, the capital city of …
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Opportunity for both New Zealand and Pakistan to top ICC T20I Rankings New Zealand and Pakistan will have an opportunity to achieve number-one T20I ranking for the first time when they lock horns in the three-match series in Auckland on Friday, 15 January. New Zealand, following its 2-0 win over …
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AT-KABUL: At least three school children, including two girls, were killed and eight others were injured on Monday morning when militants fired mortar at a school, Ministry of Education (MoE) said. “The mortar hit the Spin-Gahi School on Monday at 11:00 am in Bak district of Khost province,” MoE said …
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