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RUCHI KUMAR-Amar Sinha has been India’s ambassador to Afghanistan for the last two and a half years He is very popular among the Afghan polity and locals too Sinha saw regime changes in both countries, but feels the relationship didn’t change It’s a bittersweet moment for Amar Sinha. The man …

The announcement is heartening for India since many of the country’s projects in Afghanistan have been targeted by terrorist groups. NEW DELHI: Afghanistan has said it will raise a 7,000-member security force to guard the $10-billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) gas pipeline project within its territory, an announcement that comes close on …

Riding on the back of a sensational unbeaten century from Mohammad Shahzad, Afghanistan chased down 254 with four wickets in hand in the second One-Day International against Zimbabwe in Sharjah. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first. The openers Richmond Mutumbami (21) and Peter Moor (50) got Zimbabwe …

The Reporters Without Borders, a watchdog, reported on Tuesday that this year 110 journalists were killed in the line of duty.  Since 2005, as many as 787 journalists were killed in the world. Unfortunately, the killers enjoy impunity in most of the cases. Justice has not been provided to the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 38 Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in airstrikes conducted by the Afghan Air Force in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials on Tuesday. The 201st Selab Military Corps in a press statement said that Afghan Air Force launched airstrikes on hideouts of IS militants …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan border police had arrested nine Taliban militants in Nazyan district of eastern Nangarhar province, said an official on Tuesday. Commander of the 301st Border Police Zone, Col. Mohammad Ayub Hussain Khail, told media in Jalalabad city that the rebels were apprehended in Marwo area. They were …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Youth Peace Activists on Tuesday urged the government to increase participation of young men and women in promoting peace and countering extremism. They urged the government to implement the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) 2250 resolution and engage youth in decision-making at all levels. Fatema Ehsani, a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban insurgents launched an assault on security check-post, but ultimately failed as security forces killed a large number of Taliban insurgents in tit-for-tat response in Uruzgan province, official said. Afghan security forces repelled and killed scores of Taliban insurgents when they attempted to attack their security chick-post …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan has termed the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Kabul and his brief stopover in Lahore city of Pakistan as a positive step towards bringing peace in the regional countries. In a press statement …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has seized and torched eight tons of hashish in central Logar province, said officials on Tuesday. The provincial governor’s spokesman Saleem Saleh told Pajhwok Afghan News that the NDS operatives have seized eight tons of hashish in Al-Taimor area on the …