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AT-KABUL: At least eight guards working for the US-led international coalition forces were killed and two others wounded when Taliban fighters attacked their vehicle near the US-administered Bagram airbase late Monday in northern Parwan province, officials said Tuesday. “Unknown armed men attacked the Afghan guards’ vehicle working in the Bagram …

Those who create crisis, we changed it to opportunity: President Ghani By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The first-ever Afghan-India air corridor flight began Monday from Kabul to Delhi, carrying 60 tons of herbals. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani speaking at inauguration of the first flight of Afghanistan-India Air corridor said: “Those who create …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Pakistan on Sunday confirmed that two of its Jalalabad-based Consulate General officials have gone missing. According to the statement issued by the Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, the diplomats were on their way to their homeland, Pakistan on Friday, June 16th by car when …

AT Monitoring desk-KABUL: At least six militants of the notorious Haqqani network including two key figures were killed during an airstrike carried out by Afghan Air Force in southern Paktika province on Sunday, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said. According to a statement issued by the interior ministry here in …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack on police headquarters in southern Paktia province. In a statement, the ex-president called the attack an act by the enemy of Afghans against Islam and humanitarian law. The former president expressed deepest condolences to the victim families, wishing quick recovery for …

AT-KABUL: An ex-commander of the Taliban militant group who has joined the peace process in eastern Nangarhar province, admitted that Taliban’s leadership is based in various parts of Pakistan. According to a statement issued by the provincial government of Nangarhar, the insurgent militants has embraced the peace and reconciliation process …

A group of the Taliban militants attacked the police headquarters in Paktia province in the early morning of Sunday. According to reports, the first insurgent detonated his vehicle filled with the explosives at the entrance of the police headquarters that is located in the Gardez city, the provincial capital. As …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 people were killed and 19 others wounded after a car bomber and multiple coordinated suicide attackers stormed Sunday the police headquarters in southern Paktia province, officials said. “First, one bomber detonated his explosives filled car in front of the police headquarters gate at around …

AT-KABUL: Unknown armed men kidnapped a foreign national Sunday in Kabul city, security officials confirmed. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for Kabul police named the abducted person as George, saying he was “from Africa”, but could not elaborate about his exact nationality of the kidnapped person. “The foreign person was abducted this …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 people including five policemen and six bombers were killed and around 15 people including five civilians were injured in an ongoing Taliban coordinated attack against Paktia police headquarters. In first a mini-truck bomber detonated his explosive laden vehicle in first entrance of the Spinghar …