AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday said that operation has been launched to retake Ghormach district of Faryab province. Spokesman to the ministry Seddiq Seddiqi said that additional policemen were sent to Faryab and operation has been launched to clear Ghormach district from the militants. Speaking at a press …
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AT-KABUL: At least 20 insurgents have been killed and several others injured in US airstrikes during a joint clearance operation by Afghan and US forces in Kharwar district of central Logar province, official sources said on Tuesday. The provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Daud Ahmadi said the operation was launched …
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AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) on Tuesday said that after the Taliban stormed the Kunduz city they attacked and destroyed offices of the 13 media organizations and displaced 92 media-persons. Chief of the AJSC, Najeeb Sharifi, said that stations of Roshani and Khawar were completely destroyed while the …
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AT-KABUL: A number of professors of public universities in Kabul called on ex-President Hamid Karzai at his office on Monday. The scholars expressed their concerns regarding professors’ retirement law newly introduced by the National Unity Government. They said that retirement of the professors is not in favor of Afghanistan’s higher …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Scores of foreign militants have infiltrated Maidan Wardak province, said a local official on Monday. Residents of the province told Azadi Radio that hundreds of foreign militants are hiding in different parts of the province. Sharifullah Hotak, a member of Maidan Wardak provincial council, urged the government …
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“As protests flare against her alleged incapacity being a governor, Joyenda blamed some influential men of trying to assassinate her as she was sternly opposed to illegal activities of warlords” AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Interestingly, the provincial governor of Ghor has expressed concerns over her own security despite the fact that …
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By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The cost of insecurity and extremism last year in Afghanistan estimated around $9.091 billion and detracted from resources needed for developmental projects, says a report issued by the Equality for Peace and Democracy. The report tells about cost of conflict and violent extremism in Afghanistan in 2014. …
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Cannot prevent alcoholic beverages’ imports at Karzai airport, says the deputy counter narcotics minister Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The deputy minister of counter narcotics at the Ministry of Interior told Wolesi Jirga on Monday that the ministry could not stop importation of the alcoholic beverages at the Hamid Karzai International Airport …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Aimed at discussing market expansion opportunities and widening commercial ties, Afghan and Iranian investors kicked off a three day business conference here on Monday. Challenges and opportunities were discussed in the meeting titled “Business Development Strategy Review Meeting between Afghanistan and Iran”. Addressing the meeting, Ahmad Taqfiq …
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“US, China, and Iran should come forward and seek guarantee that Pakistan and Afghanistan will not allow their respective soils to be used by militants,” Achakzai suggested AT-BANNU: Addressing party’s worker convention at Fazal Qadar Shaheed auditorium Bannu, Chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Mehmood Khan Achakzai forewarned …
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