KABUL: Deputy Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Mohaqiq on Friday confirmed contact between government officials and representatives of the Taliban and another group for the release of kidnapped passengers. Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 31 people, who were on their way from Herat province to the capital Kabul, in the Shah Joi district …
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KABUL: The dead body of Shehla Atta, a former parliamentarian and presidential runner, has been found in Kabul, a security official said on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Farid Afzali, the crime branch chief, confirmed that the body of Atta had been found in the limits of 10th police district. He said …
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Kabul: A notorious Taliban commander has been killed during a clearing operation in the Baghlan-e-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Thursday. A three-day operation involving all security organs was conducted in Baghlan-i-Markazi, district chief Gauhar Khan Baburi said. Baburi claimed Himmat Khail, Shafi Khail, Hussein Khail, Zaman …
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AT-KABUL: The ex-President Hamid Karzai urged Russia to support the peace process of Afghanistan. Russia’s envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Zamir Kabulov in a meeting with Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said that his country was committed to lend its continued support to Afghanistan. Russian ambassador to Afghanistan, Alexander Mantytskiy, were …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as six rebels were killed when an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which is commonly known as drone targeted their vehicle in eastern Nangarhar province. Spokesman for Nangarhar police headquarters, Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, said that the attack took place the late Tuesday afternoon. Khama Press quoted the spokesman …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Pakistani media outlets on Wednesday reported that the Afghan government and the Taliban militants would soon hold direct talks after back channel efforts. Pakistan’s Express Tribune quoted a number of unnamed officials as saying that this would be the first time that the two …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that maternal health is top priority based on the ministry’s strategic program. Addressing a seminar in connection with the International Women’s Day, the minister for public health Ferozuddin Feroz said that despite progress made in the past decade, women are still …
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By Akhtar M. Nikad-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the state-owned electricity supplying company, said that 90MW electricity was restored and work is underway at Salang to repair the remaining transmission lines within next three days. General Director of DABS, Abdul Razaq Samadi, in a press conference on Wednesday said …
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AT-KABUL: At least 25 armed insurgents were killed and 21 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here the Ministry of Interior said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in joint anti-state operations with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security …
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KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief on Wednesday hinted at possible a delay in the parliamentary polls, scheduled for late April. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, IEC Chairman Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani blamed the delay on the government’s weak will to arrange the required funds. On the …
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