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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 …

AT-KABUL:  40 schools that were damaged in recent clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgent have been reconstructed in northern Kunduz province, official said on Monday In a press briefing, Muhammad Rostam Ahmadi, acting education director told newsmen that all the damaged portions of schools have been reconstructed. …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Heavy snowfall has killed at least 100 people and blocked some major highways in different parts of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. According to several officials, women and children were among those killed in snowfalls. More than 50 others received injuries in the snowstorms. In eastern Nursitan province, …

Officials in northwestern Afghanistan say a suspected Taliban insurgent has killed at least eight police personnel just days after surrendering and joining the force. The overnight massacre took place at a security outpost in the Almar district in the province of Faryab. Insurgent took weapons; Area police spokesman Karim Yorosh …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Post-election crisis has been surfaced as the Office of the Chief Executive on Thursday invalided voting cards issued in the last presidential election. Briefing newsmen here in Kabul, Mujib Rahimi, the spokesman from Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said that voting cards distributed and used in presidential election …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A police officer and a school student were killed and eight people wounded in two bomb blasts in southeastern province of Khost, local official said Wednesday. “The first bomb targeted a police vehicle and when the people arrived to help the victims, the second one went off,” …