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AT-KABUL: At least eight Taliban insurgents were killed by their own explosives while preparing a vest for a suicide attack in eastern Nangarhar province, security officials said Monday. In a statement, ministry of defense said the incident took place in Ghani Khel district “earlier this morning”. “The explosives went off …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 12 police were killed when the Taliban insurgents attacked their checkpoints in western Farah province, an official said on Monday. However, another provincial official said that three police officers and 10 insurgents were killed in the attack. Mohammad Nasar Mohammadi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taliban fighters are sending their families under the names of refugees returning home, the interior ministry said Sunday. “We are worried about such conspiracies, plans and we try to prevent Taliban families from entering the country under the names to refugees,” said the ministry spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Masherano Jirga or the Upper House of the Parliament approved the draft of the next Afghan year’s budget in the general session on Sunday. They senators approved the budget with some recommendations aimed at balancing development projects across the country. According to the finance ministry, 287 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The government on Sunday stepped up to provide food and shelter suppliers to the Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) after five people including two babies died in the Darzab district of the northern Jawzjan province. Provincial deputy governor, Abdul Rahman Mahmoodi, said many of the families fled to …

AT-KABUL: At least 30 Taliban insurgents including a commander were killed and 17 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Sunday. The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate …

AT-KABUL: Representatives of Pashtuns submitted a petition “Pashtunistan” at the United Nations office in Geneva, seeking international support for liberation and self-determination. Pashtuns, most of them escaped into exile after fearing persecution, submitted the petition on Friday at the UN in Geneva calling for support of the democratic and civilized …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif met Saturday on the sidelines of an international conference in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan, a media report said. The leaders of the two neighboring states discussed the already tense bilateral relations and also the regionals issues. …

Officials termed smuggling of fuel and fixing of prices by private sector as the main factor behind high prices and low quality of fuel and gas in the market By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Saturday summoned commerce minister, National Standard Authority and Fuel and …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep grief over the demise of Fidel Castro, former leader and president of Cuba, who passed away at the age of 90 due to an illness he was suffering from. “Fidel Castro was one of the pioneers of the non-aligned movement and was …