AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai stressed global cooperation in fight against insurgency. Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over mounting militancy and violence in the region and said that despite regional countries the West and United States should also sincerely cooperate in fight against the menace. In an interview …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Counternarcotics (MoCN) on Saturday concerned over insecurity in northern provinces and said it will pave the ground for poppy cultivation. The ministry speaks of starting anti-poppy cultivation campaigns in southern provinces, and says the mission will eliminate at least 20,000 hectares of poppy cultivated …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said large-scale military operations are ongoing in 16 provinces, and insurgents have suffered heavy losses in the offensives. Quoted by TOLOnews, the MoD deputy spokesman, Daulat Waziri, said that nearly 100 rebels have been killed during the military operations. He …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Dushanbe has decided to extend the Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Turkmenistan (TAT) railway, a vital regional project, to Iranian seaports through Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Tajikistan’s Ministry of Transportation said that the railroads would connect the Central Asian Republics to Iran. According to the ministry, the railway would become operational by 2018. …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Governor of the western Herat province said that construction work on the Salma Dam was going on in full swing, and the project would take one year to complete. Refuting reports about security challenges in front of the project, Mohammad Asif Rahimi assured that nothing could hamper …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of religious scholars from eastern Nangarhar province termed the ongoing war against the government as a conspiracy engineered by neighboring countries. The religious scholars in a gathering on Friday threw their weight behind Afghan security forces. They termed the current war against the Afghan government …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Georgia has marked five years of its armed forces’ services in Afghanistan. A ceremony in this connection was held on Friday in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, where the country’s senior military officials participated. The Georgian armed forces (GAF) are participating in the NATO-led Afghan mission …
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AT-KABUL: A German citizen, kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants in northeastern Afghanistan a month back, was released on Friday, provincial officials said. The German national, working with the German Agency for International Development (GIZ), was abducted by the suspected Taliban fighters some 45 days ago while travelling in a vehicle …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Thursday said that four insurgents were arrested in Zabul province. In a press statement issued here, the spy agency said that its operatives have apprehend four terrorists in Zabul province. One explosives-packed vest and 570kg explosive materials were also recovered from possession …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Chief of the Health and Youth Commission of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) said that the parliament is set to raise import duty on cigarettes in the new law, in a move to deter smokers and consumer of tobacco. Dr Naqibullah Faiq told Afghanistan Times that MPs …
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