AT-KABUL: At least six Resolute Support service members were killed and three others wounded on Monday after a suicide bomber targeted the joint patrol convoy of Afghan and foreign troops in Bagram district of northern Parwan province. Spokesman to the Parwan governor, Wahidullah Sediqi, said that a suicide attacker riding …
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Officials said on Sunday the Taliban had captured the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, besieging dozens of police. A reliable source at the provincial police headquarters said the Sangin district fell into the hands of Taliban militants on Sunday afternoon when the rebels overran the district administration office. He said …
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AT-KABUL: A traffic accident in southern Zabul province left four people dead, while six others injured, said an official. Gul Islam Sial, spokesman for Zabul governor office, told Afghanistan Times on Sunday that the incident took place on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Tazeerabad area of Shahjoi district around 2:30 pm on …
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Noida: Greater Noida Sports complex hosted an international cricket series between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) shifted its base from Sharjah to Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Noida after signing an MoU with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Greater Noida Industrial …
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AT-KABUL: Briefing members of the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the parliament on Sunday, the minister of mines Daud Shah Saba said the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project would create 7,000 jobs in the country. He said that work on TAPI gas pipeline project would be launched in Afghanistan …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Local officials have warned of escalating insecurity in Kunduz. They said that after the fall of Kunduz city in late September, the Taliban seized different types of weapons from security forces, which they are using now against the government forces and civilians. This comes amid ongoing clashes …
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Rescuers in the city of Shenzhen pulled four people from the debris but at least 27 people remain missing. A landslide at an industrial park in southern China buried more than 20 buildings and left 27 people missing on Sunday, state media reported, as more than 1,500 emergency workers searched …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan can benefit from the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BKT) railway project and speed up the rebuilding process, Azerbaijani political analyst said on Sunday. Fikret Sadikhov told Trend News Agency that Afghanistan and Azerbaijan have close trade and commerce ties and the two countries planned to implement different projects in …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Indian media reported that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might soon visit Kabul to inaugurate the parliament building—India’s symbolic gift of democracy to Afghanistan. According to reports, Prime Minister’s Office has put pressure on all stakeholders to finish the project and said that Modi was keen that …
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AT-KABUL: Mediothek Afghanistan on Sunday launched two-day conference titled “The role of media in peace and social security” to seek media’s support in bringing lasting peace to Afghanistan. The Deputy Minister of Information and Culture, Sayeda Muzhgan Mostafawi, said that media should lend its support to the government’s peace efforts. …
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