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AT-KABUL: Former Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, reacted to signing of the intelligence sharing accord between Kabul and Islamabad and asked immediate nullification of it by Afghan government, his office said on Wednesday. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently signed to pave the way for intelligence sharing between Afghan National …

KABUL: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) deplored that armed groups had attacked hospitals, clinics, and health personnel in several violent incidents in Afghanistan over the past year. The HRW and the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition said in a joint report released on Wednesday that attacks on medical facilities, health …

“During my tenure as the spy chief I didn’t sign any agreement, which will be a blot on our history” AT-KABUL: As the National Directorate of Security (NDS)—the premier national spy agency—signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Afghan critics and former high-ranking security officials vehemently …

AT-KABUL: Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos arrested 300 suspected militants in an operation in eastern Laghman province, a local official said. Sarhadi Zwak, spokesman for Laghman governor office, said that army commandos conducted the crackdown on militants in Mia Saib and Murchakhel villages of Alishang district of the province on …

AT-KABUL: At least five people have been killed and 53 injured by suicide car bombing in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s justice ministry building in Kabul, officials said. Kabul Police Chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi, told reporters at the scene of the attack that five people, including a woman, were killed …

AT-KABUL: A primary court in Kabul sentenced 11 police officers to one year in jail and announced eight others free of charges for failing to protect a woman killed in Kabul in March by an angry mob. The 28-year-old woman called Farkhunda was beaten to death and her body was …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the premier national spy agency, on Monday denied training of its agents by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Reacting to the news reports that ISI has offered to train and equip the NDS agents, spokesman to Afghan spy agency, Haseeb Siddiqi, said that nothing …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) on Monday discussed proposals from six foreign airways companies for winning the contract of air control. The ACAA said in a statement that the consultative meeting exchanged views on different aspects and conditions of the contract with representatives of the companies. Names of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As concerns loom over delay in trial of 19 policemen allegedly involved in Farkhunda’s case, the primary court on Monday announced that would decide about the policeman today (Tuesday). Head of the primary court, Safiullah Mujaddidi, said the reason behind the delay was high volume of dossiers …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief of the Qaumi Watan Party, a neo-nationalist political party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), urged the government of Pakistan to promote bilateral trade ties further with Afghanistan. At a party meeting in Charsadda district of KP, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said the other day that the Nawaz-led …