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AT-KABUL: As many as 32 militants were killed in operations launched by security forces in various provinces over the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a media statement issued on Saturday said that security forces conducted military offensives in Laghman, Kunduz, Faryab, Uruzgan, Paktika and Helmand provinces. …

AT-KABUL: Security situation has improved in Paktika province, said a security official in the province. He added that enhanced coordination among security forces has led to improvement of security. Azizullah Karwan, the special force commander for Paktika, told Azadi Radio that there is no major security threat in the province …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) on Saturday announced that the national team B would play against Pakistan football team in a friendly match which is due to be organized in upcoming couple of days. The squad announced by the AFF is comprised of players from players from …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Saturday released a report saying that deteriorating law and order condition and poor infrastructure are the key challenges that hampered economic growth and pushed local industries toward whirlwind problems in the country. Chief Executive Officer of ACCI, Attiqullah Nusrat, said …

The first round of university entry test in Kabul has been conducted. What troubles many people—candidates and parents, is the alleged gross irregularities and nepotism in the entry test. As many as 12,000 candidates including 400 girls took the test. This is only in Kabul. If the figures from provinces …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The White House on Friday said that the US does not consider Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit, but said the tactics adopted by them are similar to terrorism. “They (the Taliban) do carry out tactics that are akin to terrorism. They do pursue terror attacks in …

AT-KABUL: After receiving best wishes from President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, the national cricket team on Friday left for Australia to attend the Cricket World Cup 2015. The national squad met with President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah before their trip to Australia. The Afghan team has …

Unlike Canada and Kenya – Associate supernovas of the 2000s – Afghanistan’s star continues to burn brightly since their meteoric rise through the World Cricket League starting in 2008 and shows no signs of being reduced to a flicker anytime soon. After finishing one spot out of the qualifying positions …

KABUL: Ministry of Higher Education conducted the first round of university entrance examination in Kabul province. As many as 12,000 candidates including 400 girls appeared in the test. Deputy Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), Mohammad Usman Baburi, said the other day that estimated around 80,000 candidates would take the entrance …

KABUL: NATO troops leaving Afghanistan have left behind them a legacy of unexploded ordinance that is killing civilians at the rate of more than one a day, the majority of whom are children. Since first invading Afghanistan in 2001, NATO air forces have dropped 20,000 tons of bombs on the …