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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Deputy Head of Ulema Council for central Logar province have been shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Monday, an official said. Salim Saleh, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Maulvi Abdul Ghafoor was killed by unknown armed men in the Kolengar area of Pul-i-Alam, the …

AT-KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president, expressed his condolence over the death of a tribal elder, Hajji Nazir, who passed away following an illness in eastern Nangarhar province. “Late Hajji Nazir was a peace-loving and patriotic person who spent his life in serving people. His death is a tragedy,” Karzai …

AT-KABUL: At least nine armed Taliban including Taliban shadow district governor for Qala-e-Zal of northern Kunduz province were killed during an army airstrike Sunday night, officials said Monday. Four other armed Taliban wounded in a targeted airstrike in the district, said a statement issued by Ministry of Interior. Statement said …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai blamed the United States and its Western allies for holding wrong policies, saying that such policies created terrorism. In reaction to the US President Donald Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia, Karzai said that terrorists are not staying in the Muslims’ worship places, but they are …

AT-KABUL: At least 136 militants were killed and 119 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) personnel has …

By Farhad Naibkhel-Kabul: Unknown gunmen attacked Saturday night a guesthouse in Kabul city and killed a German citizen residing in and her Afghan guard, police confirmed. They took another female foreigner from the guesthouse. “The incident took place in the Police District 7 along the Darulaman road,” Najeeb Danish, a …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 20 police officers were killed and 10 others wounded in a Taliban attack on their outposts in the southern Zabul province Saturday night, provincial officials said Sunday. “Taliban terrorists attacked different checkpoints in the Shahjoi, Daichopan and Arghandab districts, in which 20 police were killed …

AT-Kabul: The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) on Thursday said that nearly six months has passed since Independent Election Commission (IEC) officially kicked of their work, and yet meaningful, silence and confusions are dominating in electoral processes. In a statement, TEFA said that it’s quite obvious that elections is …

By Sadiq Yousfi-KABUL: The Afghan masses and Baluch people living on both sides of the Durand Line have warmly welcomed the opinion piece by the Ryszard Czarnecki, Vice President of European Parliament (EP) that was published in EP titled, “Time to Revisit the Durand Line.” The Czarnecki has emphasized on …

AT-KABUL:  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping Afghanistan’s most vulnerable populations to receive much needed relief concerning food security, the agency said in a media statement on Wednesday. “On May 10, USAID announced a cash contribution of $20 million to the United Nation World Food Programme’s …