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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Sunday renewed the agreement with Uzbekistan for operation, maintenance and management of the 75km railway line from Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif for three more years with additional privileges. Acting Minister of Public Works, Noorgul Mangal, said the new agreement would cost $19 million per …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) kicked off the first round of anti-polio campaign. The drive will continue for three days in 28 provinces of the country. Minister of Public Health, Ferozuddin Feroz, inaugurated the vaccination drive on Sunday by administering oral polio vaccine to children at …
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AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Lawyers Association warns of yet another electoral crisis in case the government fails in bringing reforms in the electoral bodies. Abdul Ghafoor Ghayur, the association’s head, briefing newsmen here on Sunday, said that the government of national unity had not taken substantial measures to reform the poll …
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Twin blasts targeted the Roman Catholic Church and Christ Church during Sunday mass in Youhanabad area of the provincial capital, killing 14 people including two policemen and injuring at least 70 others. According to initial reports, two suicide bombers attacked the churches located in the Christian locality. Eye witnesses told …
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AT-KABUL: A drone strike killed seven Taliban militants in eastern Nangarhar province the other night, said an official source. A spokesman for Nangarhar’s police chief, Husain Mashriqiwal said that a US drone strike targeted a group of militants in Mach Megi area of Lalpoora district of the province killing seven …
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