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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  As part of the Indian and US governments’ commitments and promises for a secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan, the US Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Laurel Miller, held high level talks on Afghanistan with Indian officials, civil society members and political party leaders here. Miller …

LASHKARGAH: In order to avoid civilian causalities, military anti-militants operation in southern Helmand province is progressing well but slowly, a senior security official said on Thursday. Police Chief Nabi Jan Mulakhel told reporters that heavy casualties had been inflicted on militants and several localities were purged of anti-state elements. He …

KABUL: An investigative report released by PAYK Investigative Journalism Center says that anti-narcotics program has been faced with failure as in Helmand Province, not even 1 percent of poppy cultivation has been eradicated. The report adds that same was the situation of poppy eradication campaigns in other parts of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Roughly 29 militants were killed in military operation carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that most of the areas of Sangin district were cleared of insurgents in the operation. The source said that …

AT-KABUL: Afghan war has taken a brutal turn in the previous year as armed conflict between the warring parties has resulted in twenty-two percent increase in civilian causalities. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its annual report, released on Wednesday, documented 10,548 civilian casualties caused by armed …

AT-KABUL: Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and Director General of ISI Rizwan Akhtar in a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to support Afghanistan’s peace process. They said that Pakistan has taken a new direction to facilitate the reconciliation efforts. This is the fourth visit of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chairman of Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awami Party (PkMAP), Mahmood Khan Achakzai, said that mistreatment with Pashtuns and Afghans in Pakistan was not tolerable anymore. Talking to a press conference the Pashtun nationalist leader said, “We don’t know the concept of refugee. Afghans are our brothers and it …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Mullah Agha Jan Mutasim, a former key Taliban leader (now considered to be a moderate Taliban leader) has urged the international community to adopt substantial measures to resolve the Afghanistan’s imbroglio. The ex-Taliban Finance Minster in his message on 15 February—a day that marks pullout of former …

AT-KABUL: Seventy-nine Afghan children were sent to Germany for medical treatment in Peace Village Hospital, the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said here on Tuesday. Director of International Relations and Dissemination at the ARCS, Samia Afzali, said that Afghan children suffering from bone diseases and burn injuries were sent to …

AT-KABUL: In a well-coordinated attack, several suicide bombers on Tuesday afternoon stormed the Logar police headquarter killing at least 20 policemen and leaving eight others seriously injured. A group of four bombers, wearing police uniform, attacked the police headquarter in Pul-e-Alam, capital city of Logar province, when policemen were gathered …