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KABUL – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns Tuesday’s suicide attack in Kabul which killed at least 20 civilians and injured more than 40 others. Many of those killed and wounded were women, most of them female Supreme Court employees. The blast took place when a suicide attacker …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Tuesday expressed its deeps concern over challenges in private sectors and cold shoulder toward domestic products. The ACCI asked government to adopt incentive policy in order to boost up domestic products and pave ground for the growth of …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: At least 20 people were killed and 41 wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the Supreme Court’s car park on Tuesday, officials said. The target was employees of the Supreme Court, and the number of casualties is feared to rise. “20 people including three …

AT-KABUL: At least 19 people have been killed and 41 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself near the Supreme Court building in Kabul city Tuesday afternoon, officials told Afghanistan Times. A suicide bomber on foot, wearing an explosive laden vest, targeted those employees of the Supreme Court, who …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday released its annual report regarding civilian causalities, showing highest record incurred during the year 2016. The UN mission said it documented 11, 418 conflict-related civilian casualties, including 3,498 killed and 7,920 injured, that recorded highest civilian casualties …

AT-KABUL:  A Taliban commander along with his nine associates was killed in a joint operation carried out by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Sangin district of southern Helmand province. In a statement issued on Monday, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that three militants were also …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The government machinery on Monday has succeeded to reopen Salang Pass for public transport buses after removing snows, official said. The Salang Pass has been reopened for public transport which was closed due to heavy snowfalls since Thursday. The Salang highway passes through mountains in Parwan and …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed regrets over the death of people caused by the heavy snowfalls followed by the avalanches recently in different provinces. “With regrets, I learned that a number of our country-fellows lost their lives or suffered losses sue to the snowfalls and avalanches,” Karzai was quoted …

AT-KABUL: Afghan and Chinese officials discussed the membership of Afghanistan in the Infrastructure Bank, finance ministry said Monday in a statement. Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi in a meeting with Deng Xijun, special representative of the People’s Republic of China for Afghanistan also talked on railway projects, road and hydroelectric dam …

AT-KABUL: Scores of people have been killed and received injures due to heavy snow and avalanches that hit almost all parts of the country, officials said on Monday. ‏State Minister for Disaster Management, Wais Barmak said that 119 people killed and 89 others were wounded due to heavy snowfalls and …