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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: More than 100,000 Afghans have been forced to leave their homes because of war in 2017, the United Nations (UN) reported on May 29. Data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed that 103,229 people have been displaced since January 2017. The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban’s shadow governors for three districts of Herat province were killed in the operations launched by the security forces, interior ministry said Monday. They were the shadow governors for the districts of Kashk-e-Kohna, Adraskan and Parsi. Moreover, Taliban’s chief for Kashk-e-Kohna district, Kakar and his partners …

AT-KABUL: At least 44militants were killed and eight 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 conducted …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on Sunday said that over 140,000 Afghan refugees returned home mostly from Pakistan and Iran in the past two months. “Some 89,299 refugees from Iran and 55,694 refugees from Pakistan returned home since be gaining of solar year,” said Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, refugees …

AT-KABUL: A local policeman said to have been linked to the Taliban militants killed his six of his colleagues in southern Zabul province, said officials Sunday. “The policeman shot dead his six colleagues in an outpost Saturday in Shinkai district,” said Provincial Council Member Assadullah Kakar. The killer fled to …

AT-KABUL: At least 50 militants were killed and 21 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 …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani dismissed Herat Mayor—Farhad Niyayesh as a result of complaints lodged against him by the local residents, Munira Yousufzada, spokesperson for the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG), said on Sunday. Yousufzada in a statement said that the suspended mayor would resume his office once the investigation …

AT-KABUL: At least 13 passengers died and two others received injures in a traffic accident in central Parwan province, provincial official said. Confirming the incident, the Provincial Governor, Mohammad Asem Asem said that women and children are among the victims. He added the passenger vehicle while passing the Salang district …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Central Military Court convicted 10 officials of the Ministry of Defense (MoD),including Generals to prison over their duty negligence that led into attack in Sardar Dawod Khan—a military Hospital in Kabul, officials said. A large number of terrorist, dressed as doctors stormed country’s largest military hospital on …

AT-KABUL:  A large number of Logar residents on Wednesday took out to the streets to give vent to their anger against the evil practice of land grabbing, and blocked the Kabul-Gardez highway in central Logar province for traffic. Hundreds of local tribal elders and residents of Mohammad Agha district took …