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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have agreed to speed up fight against terrorist outfits and to bolster bilateral cooperation, TOLO news reported. Ghani and Sharif held a meeting on the sideline of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit this weekend in Astana of Kazakhstan, …

AT-KABUL: Education and providing educational facilities are the best and only remedies toward pushing a nation toward peace, stability, and prosperity, a Chinese official said on Saturday. Director of Division of Asian and African Affairs for the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Mr. …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL:  At least six officers for the border police were killed and 14 more wounded when a US warplane opened fire on their checkpoint and patrol vehicles in southern Helmand province, local officials said Saturday. “The border police check post and patrol came under US-air strike, in which, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Saturday expressed deepest concerns over sit-in tents by demonstrators caused lots of traffic problems in Kabul city. They asked government to put an end before tents culture in Kabul as soon as possible. “Demonstrators’ tents have created …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A military spokesperson in Kunduz province said that 80 Taliban insurgents were killed in a military operation during the past three days which resulted in successful clearance of imam sahib district of Kunduz. While talking to media outlets, Jawed Salim, spokesperson for the Special Forces has said …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Seven Taliban insurgents were killed and five others sustained injuries as a result of a landmine blast and clash in the Sherzad and Khogyani districts of eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said Saturday. In a statement the 201th Selab Military Corps, said three insurgents were killed in …

‘Rally is the right of every citizen, but any kind of gathering which deranging public order is against democracy’  AT-KABUL: The Paiwand-e-Milli (National Union), a political party on Thursday condemned the recent attacks in Kabul and Heart, calling on Afghans to keep unity. “Paiwand-e-Milli Party and the council of Afghanistan’s …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Party, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Thursday announced his strong support from the current state system, calling on the nation to protect their unity. Speaking at a press conference, Hekmatyar called the peaceful protest as the “certain right of every citizen”, but said that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A jihadi commander in the west of the country criticized the central government for not being serious in tackling the crisis, saying that Loya Jirga was the only way to save the current crisis threatening the country. Ismail Khan, who had served as water and power minister …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned Wednesday’s twin terrorist attacks against the Iranian parliament building and the shrine of the founder of the Islamic Republic, late Imam Khomeini in the capital Tehran. “These attacks indicate that our region has been targeted by vast terrorism that only aims to weaken …