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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six militants were killed and two others wounded following a clearance operation in northeastern Kunduz province, said officials on Wednesday. Col. Mohammad Nadir, an army officer, was quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News, as saying that the operation was launched in a Gor Tepa area near …

AT-KABUL: Amidst concerns and media buzz about Afghan government’s clandestine deal with a neighboring country for peace talks, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday that national objectives would not be compromised. President Ghani attended graduation ceremony of army cadets in Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim Defense University. He said there were …

AT-KABUL: At least seven people were killed and 46 others, mostly civilians, were wounded in a suicide truck-bombing in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Wednesday. The attack took place at around 11:00am when an explosives-laden Mazda truck was rammed into the governor house in Lashkargah city, acting …

By Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta: These days, just turn over pages of newspapers or give your ears and eyes to analysts on TVs and radios, you will come across a frequently-used word. This frequently used word is, “proxy war”. Many take advantages of the use of this word, both overt and …

AT-KABUL: The 21st steering committee meeting of Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project is going to be held on 19th March, 2015 in Kabul, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Shekib Mustaghni, spokesman for the MoFA, told media-men on Tuesday that concerned ministers of the four countries and other stakeholders …

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 …