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AT-KABUL: President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, on Monday nominated Brig. Gen. Mohammad Afzal Ludin as defense minister, presidential spokesman said. Mohammad Ajmal Abidy said that Ludin would be introduced to parliament for vote of confidence soon. Government has already sent list of 16 nominees to Lower House of the parliament for …

AT-KABUL: At least six policemen were killed and two were injured in a roadside bombing in Qarabagh district of central Kabul province on Monday, an official said. The incident took place when a police pick-up hit by a roadside bomb in Sabzak area of the district at around 11: 00 …

AT-KABUL: The ex-President Hamid Karzai, President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah offered Fatiha for the departed soul of Farkhunda, a 27-year old woman who was lynched by a mob in Kabul around three weeks ago. An angry mob beat Farkhunda to death after falsely accusing her …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Khost residents said that the recent incident of bomb blast in the province strengthened their resolve to fight against corruption. At least 22 people have been killed and more than 60 others wounded in a suicide attack on crowed of people protesting outside of the office of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) termed the presence of foreign militants as a threat to Afghanistan, but said that UN report has exaggerated the presence of foreign militants in Afghanistan. The UN in a report recently said that Afghanistan has become safe haven for foreign militants. It …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: India is engaged in preparation to host the SAARC health ministers meeting next week in New Delhi. Health ministers of the SAARC member states would discuss key health issues including HIV/AIDS, prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases, disease surveillance network, health infrastructure, human resources for health, immunization …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Sunday notified that 171,697 people in vulnerable areas are threatened by natural disasters. The Meshrano Jirga has summoned Minister of MRRD Nasir Ahmad Durani, Acting Minister of Energy and Water (MoEW) Sultan Mahomood Mahmoodi, Deputy of Afghanistan National …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said the Haqqani Network, a terror group, carried out the April 2 suicide blast in a protest rally in Khost province. In a media statement issued here, the NDS said that investigation showed the Haqqani Network has planned and carried out …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Export Promotion Agency of Afghanistan (EPAA) on Sunday signed an agreement with Afghanistan International Bank (AIB) and Afghan Rural Finance Company (ARFC) to boost up traders accessibility to financial services in the country. Director General of EPAA, Najla Habibyar, said that lack of access to soft loans …

The tale of death and destruction doesn’t pause even for a while, let alone for a day or a week. There is hardly an hour where there is no incident of violence across the country. The unabated acts of violence have sickened the nation, those armed and civilians alike. On …