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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Following scores of deadly incidents that took lives of 14 journalists in the country, Nai-Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, a watchdog, said that 2016 was a bloodiest year for journalists in Afghanistan “Nai has recorded 415 cases of violence against journalists. Fourteen journalists were killed and 23 …

AT-KABUL: At least 13 civilians were wounded after a Taliban fired a mortar shell hit a residential house in the eastern Nangarhar province, a security official said Friday. Provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani said the incident took place in the Torghar locality of Batikot district early morning. “Seven children and …

Trilateral meeting at the absence of Afghan officials sparked concerns By Abdul Basir-KABUL: Russia, China and Pakistan have discussed regional issues including Afghanistan security situation and also the increasing activities of extremist groups like Islamic State also known as Daesh at a high-level meeting held in Moscow on Tuesday. However, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament strongly condemned the trilateral meeting over Afghanistan situation with the presence of representatives from Pakistan, Russia and China in Moscow while nobody was invited from Afghanistan. Lawmakers asked the government to take action against Moscow and address the …

AT-KABUL: The spokesman for ministry of interior Sediq Sediqi said Wednesday that over 400 leaders of the Taliban insurgents were killed during different operations lunched by security forces in the past nine months. He said that 420 Taliban battlefield commanders were killed in the past nine months in special operations. …

AT-KABUL: Prominent photojournalist Mohammad Yousuf Younusi passed away on Wednesday at the age of 55. Younusi has been in the Rehman Medical Institute Peshawar for the past three days after heart attack. Born in Kabul, Younusi’s father was also a photographer. He started working with the state-run media in the …

AT-KABUL: Fakoury Beheshti, a parliamentarian from Bamyan province, was injured along with three others when a bomb blast targeted his vehicle in western part of Kabul city on Wednesday morning, officials said. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was placed under a road bridge in Police District 6 in western part …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan women welcomed the establishment of the law against sexual harassment of women at workplace, urging the government to strictly implement the law to overcome sexual harassment across the country. Afghan Women News Agency (AWNA) has interviewed a number of women in different organs, who asked the …

AT-KABUL: At least 60 Taliban insurgents were killed in different joint clearance operations lunched by security forces in the past 24 hours across the country, ministry of interior said Tuesday. In a media statement, the ministry said the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A multi-sided agent, Chaman Gul, planned to assassinate the US ambassador and Hamid Karzai when he was President of Afghanistan, revealed a new WikiLeaks cable release. The cable was sent by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay to the US Department of Defense on August 17, 2005. …