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AT-KABUL: At least 38 militants were killed and 19 others were wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) and …

US bombing is not acceptable: Ex-lawmakers AT-KABUL: Ex-lawmakers condemned the US airstrike in Achin district, urging the United States of America (USA) should equip Afghan forces with modern and heavy weapon in order to eliminate terrorist groups across the country. The US forces Afghanistan conducted an airstrike against ISIS-K complex …

AT-KABUL: A large number of Kandahar youth in a gathering have harshly reacted to the US biggest bomb, dropped against Islamic State (IS) terrorists, which is also known as Daesh militants, in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, calling on government to protect national sovereignty and lives and properties of …

AT-KABUL: Abdul Karim Khoram, former President Hamid Karzai’s Chief of Staff has termed the drop of ‘mother of all bombs’ MOAB against Islamic State fighters, which is also known as Daesh terrorist, in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, as a barbaric act conducted by US, persuading various goals. Talking …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Local officials of eastern Kunar on Wednesday have said that poppy eradication drive has been launched to root out the illegal plants, covering 400 hectors of land in the province. Kunar Counternarcotics Department Official, Mohammad Arif Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News the campaign has been launched with …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Experts participating in the Rana Think Tank monthly session on Monday expressed concerns over current crisis, calling social integration the only remedy to lead the country toward stability and development. Political and social experts who participated in the Think Tank monthly session, said that discord, nepotism and …

  AT-KABUL: Political expert and Ex-president Karzai’s advisor Shahzada Masoud on Tuesday condemned the use of mother of bombs by US forces on Daesh tunnels in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. He said that there was other proper ways to target Daesh fighters. The US forces Afghanistan conducted an …

“Regional countries should join hands to save Afghanistan from current situation” AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai lambasted Washington for dropping a BGU-43/B ‘mother of all bombs” the largest non-nuclear weapon in its arsenal – on Nangarhar province as an action that could never be forgiven, and said the US should …

AT-KABUL: Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi in an email calculating statistics and figures of Taliban’s fight over the past ten years has said, since 2006 till 2017, the Taliban insurgent groups have carried out 103,927 operational activities against Afghan government personnel and foreign troops. This includes 1,075 suicide attacks. These …

KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the U.S. is using Afghanistan as a weapons testing ground, calling the recent use of the largest-ever non-nuclear bomb “an immense atrocity against the Afghan people.” Last week, U.S. forces dropped the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb in eastern …