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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: On the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ashraf Ghani is likely to pay his first visit to India in April, said reports on Monday. India’s New Indian Express reported that Narendra Modi had invited Ghani to India on the sidelines of SAARC summit …

AT-KABUL: The chief executive officer (CEO) of the country Abdullah Abdullah welcomed Beijing’s efforts to help the Afghan government in the reconciliation process with the Taliban, but said the process had to be Afghan-led. Delivering a lecture at the O.P Jindal Global University’s Sonipat campus the other day, Abdullah said …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) intends to increase the amount of return grant for the returning Afghan families with cooperation of the international donors. The minister of refugees Sayed Husain Aelemi Balkhi told the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Monday that increasing the aid package for …

AT-KABUL: As many as 58 armed militants were killed and 23 others injured in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here the Ministry of Interior said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) has …

AT-KABUL: A suicide car bomb rocked southern Helmand province on Monday afternoon, killing five persons including the bomber on the spot and injuring four others including two policemen, a security official said. “A terrorist riding an explosive-borne car blew it up when stopped in a police checkpoint outside provincial capital …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani is likely to travel to New Delhi in early April on his first official trip to India, at a time when Afghan peace efforts are regaining momentum. Ghani, who met Prime Minister Modi at the SAARC summit in Kathmandu in November, would visit Delhi during the …

KABUL: More than 13,160 foreign troops from 40 countries are currently training Afghan security forces as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission, officials said on Monday. Additionally, another 3,161 American service-members are conducting counter-terrorism operations in different parts of Afghanistan, one US Army official told Pajhwok Afghan News. Under new …

AT-KABUL: A commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been killed along with nine other fighters of the terrorist organization in southern Helmand province, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday. General Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the MoD, tweeted that a commander of ISIS, Hafiz …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  General Syed Abdul Karim said that a well-equipped special unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) had been deployed to Kunduz province for nighttime raids in the northern zone. “Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan are those provinces where the newly deployed troops would conduct night raids,” Karim …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-According to Islam those are blessed and pious who support orphans. Such people are called friends of Allah. The religion of peace encourages people to build a society where orphans would not indulge in crimes for earning bread. Being depriving of parents’ hug is intolerable loss for …