By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 80 people, mostly civilians, have been killed and over 350 others received injures in a horrible massive car bombing blast in Kabul, the capital city on Wednesday morning, officials said. The explosion occurred during rush hour at around 8:25 in a diplomatic area—near to Germany, …
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AT-KABUL: Death toll in massive explosion in heart of Kabul city jumped to 80 “martyred” and 350 injured, nearly all of them civilians, official sources confirmed to the daily Afghanistan Times. The suicide attacker- using a sewage tanker packed with explosive- in Zambaq Square, Police District 10th today morning at …
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AT-KABUL: Noorulhaq, a former Taliban fighter who has joined the government’s peace process confirms that he received money and arms from Pakistan to run subversive activities in eastern Nangarhar province. “Following National Security Directorate, a Taliban fighter Noorulhaq joined peace process in eastern Nangarhar province,” he told provincial officials in …
Read More »AT-KABUL: Fifty-two welfare projects run by the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development are underway in different provinces. These projects will be implemented through “regional management program” with the cooperation of the development councils, the ministry said Tuesday. Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister, Nasir Ahamd Durrani, said that the projects …
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AT-KABUL: Over 10 villages in the northern province of Kunduz have been cleared from Taliban militants during a series of operations conducted by police, officials said Tuesday. Since few days operation going on against Taliban insurgents in Talawka area center of Kunduz province, where till date ten villages cleared from …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Representatives from 20 countries would likely to participate in an international conference on peace, security and reconciliation to be hosted by Kabul next week. “The conference has been initiated as per instructions of President Ashraf Ghani,” Zardasht Shams, Afghanistan’s Deputy Head of Mission in Islamabad, was quoted …
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By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: Haji Farid a leader of Hizbe Islami Afghanistan and close relative of Engineer Gulbadin Hekmatyar was shot dead by unknown persons in Taaj Abad near to Peshawar University in early hours of Tuesday. Police officials informed that Haji Farid after offering Fajar (morning prays) in Najib Colony …
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AT-KABUL: At least 55 militants were killed and 12 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has …
Read More »AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A violent clash between police forces and the Taliban militants in Sherin Tagab district of northwestern Faryab province have resulted into killing of two policemen and five insurgents, officials said on Tuesday. Police Spokesperson, Abdul Karim Yourish, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the police personnel were targeted …
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AT-KABUL: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent with the cooperation with the UAE embassy to Kabul distributed food items to the victims of Nooristan disasters residing in the neighboring provinces of Laghman and Nangarhar. In a statement, the UAE embassy said that following orders of the UAE President, Sheikh …
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