At Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 60 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 14 others sustained injuries during the military operations in various parts of the country, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Friday. The MoD spokesman Brig. Gen. Dawlat Waziri told Pajhwok Afghan News that the insurgents have …
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AT Monitoring Desk-Kabul – A teenage boy was killed in southern Helmand province while at least three people wounded in Kabul during the celebratory gunshots minutes after the Afghan cricket team beat Zimbabwe, health officials said Friday. Individuals who hold guns started shooting in the air to celebrate the victory …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After Saudi Arabia cut off its diplomatic relation with Iran, the Afghan government expressed concerns over the recent diplomatic tensions between the two countries. “Afghanistan pursues friendly relations with all Islamic countries as well as its neighboring countries,” The Presidential Palace said on Friday in a media …
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AT Monitoring Desk-Kabul – Police in the western Herat province have seized a car filled with explosives near the Indian consulate, provincial police spokesman said Friday. “The car parked close to the Indian was identified by police,” Abdul Raouf Ahmadi said. He added that explosives, fuses and remote controllers were …
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Provincial officials will take part in national decisions By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to address the problems that provincial officials are facing, providing them with the chance of taking part in national decisions, said a provincial governor. Governors of Ghazni, Faryab, Badghis, Wardak, Khost, Takhar, Sar-e-Pul, Nuristan, …
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AT-KABUL: About 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Friday, creating panic among the masses. However, there was no immediate report of damage or casualty. According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.0 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake was Hindu Kush region, 232 …
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A shocking and most annoying news recently surfaced in media regarding training of women as suicide bombers. According to Deputy Chief of the Nuristan province council, Omer Farooq, scores of women in Gawhardesh area of Kamdesh district were being trained to carry out terrorist attacks. It is said that the …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The union of state-owned universities lecturers on Thursday asked the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the parliament to reject the recent presidential decree on higher education. The union termed the decree against the Constitution and the civil services law. Recently, President Ashraf Ghani issued a …
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Gulbadin Naib’s gutsy pinch-hitting powered Afghanistan to a sensational win over Zimbabwe in the last One-Day International (ODI) at the Sharjah International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday night. With the two-wicket triumph in the hard-fought encounter, Afghanistan clinched the five-match series against the Test-playing Zimbabweans. The winners, surviving early jitters, staged …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In his daily news conference, the White House’s Press Secretary, Josh Earnest told newsmen that President Barack Obama had been informed regarding causalities of US troops caused in Afghanistan fighting. “This does underscore that Afghanistan is a dangerous place,” he said. A US troop was killed and …
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