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AT-KABUL: The provincial governor and mayor of southern Zabul province have survived an ambush by unidentified gunmen, a local official said Monday. “A group of insurgent attack official’s convoy on Zabul-Kandahar highway earlier today as the officials was on their way to Shahr-e-Safa district.” Provincial governor spokesman Gul Islam Siyal …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai attended Sunday a book fair in Turkey by the request of ex-president of the country Abdullah Gul. Turkish President Rajab Tayeb Erdogan and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim were also present in the ceremony which was held in Kayseri city. Meanwhile, the former prime minister …

AT-KABUL: At least three civilians were killed in a roadside mine in southern Paktika province, an official said Monday. Sediq Sediqqi, spokesman for the ministry of interior confirmed the incident, saying “the blast took place in Jumuma village of the Khoshamand district while the victims were walking in the area.” …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Public Work (MoPW) on Monday said 1425km railway to be constructed in the country by the year 2020. “Following Brussels conference, efforts on card to construct 1,425km in the country up to the year of 2020”, said Head of Afghanistan Railway Authority Abdul Bari Sediqi. …

AT-KABUL: At least 51 insurgents including two commanders and two Daesh terrorists were killed and 42 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Monday. The national army with the cooperation of the national police and …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Sunday said that still 80 percent of Afghan women experience or has experienced at least a type of violence in Afghanistan during their lives. After a research by global rights in 2008 showed 87 percent of Afghan women that had faced at …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the government to improve in-detention education and post rehabilitation care for young Afghans. Extensive research carried out by the UNAMA into juvenile rehabilitation centers (JRCs) indicates the need for the Afghan government to focus, in particular, on helping young Afghans …

AT-KABUL: The ministry of interior (MoI) Sunday condemned publicly hanging of a university student in strong terms and ordered the Wardak police to arrest perpetrators. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A prominent commander of the Daesh terrorist group also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was killed during a clash with the security forces in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province, an official said Sunday. Rahmatullah Hashar, the district administrative confirmed the death …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents publicly hanged a university student in the central-east of Wardak province, local officials confirmed Saturday. The victim was identified as Faizul Rahman, who was reportedly on his way to meet his family when he was captured by Taliban. He was hanged to death in accusation of …