AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested three members of Haqqani network during a special operation in southeastern Paktia province. The NDS in a press statement issued the other day said that they have detained three Haqqani network militants. The arrested men were allegedly providing …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday signed an agreement with the European Union (EU) to foster healthcare services for mental and disabled patients. Minister of Public Health, Ferozuddin Feroz, said that based on the agreement the EU would provide eight million Euros to the ministry in order to …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Director General of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Headquarters for International Relations Mahmoud Bayat said that global support is needed to curb poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. In a meeting with the European Union special envoy to Afghanistan Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin in Tehran, the Iranian official stressed on introduction of alternative …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 1,800 drug dealers have been detained and tons of drugs seized this year across the country, said the Ministry of Counternarcotics on Sunday. Addressing a press conference, the Interior Deputy Minister for Counternarcotics, Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, said that more than 1,800 drug dealers have …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday signed an agreement with the “Group of Combatants Against Cancer” to fight breast cancer. The ministry would launch awareness and fundraising campaign. Farhad Darya, a renowned singer, was appointed as ambassador to lead the drive against breast cancer. Speaking at a press …
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Is it a day after the fair? For pessimist, it might be yes, but for optimists still there is a hope. Still the government has time to fix many issues. Corruption has reached record high, but yes it can be cured. Joblessness is rampant, but yes it can be overcome. …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 27 Taliban militants have been killed in clearance of Afghan security forces in Dasht-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province, said the provincial police chief. Muhammad Qasim Jangalbagh told Azadi Radio that Afghan forces have conducted clearance operations against the Taliban militants in all districts of …
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AT-KABUL: Nine of the 16 passengers kidnapped on Kabul-Kandahar highway have been released, said the Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday. Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 16 passengers in Nurak area of Zabul province the other day. According to some sources, all of the kidnapped people were from Hazara ethnic minority. Seddiqi …
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An elected official in a remote northwestern Pakistani district confirmed that the bodies of 22 men recently killed in southeastern Afghanistan have been buried in the region. Alamzeb Khan, the district Nazim or in charge of the local government in Khyber Pakhtukhwa’s Lower Dir region, told Radio Mashaal on November …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 20 passengers have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on Saturday morning in southern Zabul province, said local officials. The Deputy Police Chief of Zabul province, Ghulam Jailani Farahi, confirmed the kidnapping and said the incident took place on Kabul Kandahar highway, between Shah Joy …
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