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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. …

“Russia must take lesson from past defeat and do not interfere anymore in Afghanistan’s Affairs,” MP By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the parliament expressed “deepest concerns” over Russia relation with the Taliban and Moscow’s interference in internal affairs of Afghanistan. The lawmakers asked the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday its operatives arrested a group of five armed robbers in capital Kabul. In a statement, the NDS said the terrorists were identified as Farhad son of Abdul Ahad, Zabiullah son of Rahimullah, Farshid son of Payanda Mohammad, Mohammad Nazir son of …

AT-KABUL:  The chief executive Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said the special military operations would be lunched to suppress the Daesh terrorist group and Taliban insurgents in the southern Zabul and southeastern Ghazni provinces. He clued-up regarding government’s intention during a meeting with the elders of the two provinces in Kabul. …

AT-KABUL: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives against a convoy of security forces in southwestern Helmand province province in which one police “martyred” and three other injured, officials said. The attack took place Monday before noon in Lashkargah, capital city of Helmand province. The target of the attacker was armored …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) on Sunday released a guideline titled “Supporting women active participation in peace process”, urging the government to boost up women’s role in real in peace process. The guideline included women activists’ views from capital and provinces, which termed women’s …