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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Deputy Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament), Zahir Qadir on Saturday, warned that the loyalists to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group will establish the Khurasan Caliphate if they manage to seize Tora Bora, known locally as Spīn Ghar, a cave complex, part …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Saturday said that it has thrown 50,000 Common Carp, Grass Carp fish in Salma dam in a bid to generate fishing in the western Heart province. Purchase and transferring of mentioned fishes to Salma dam cost Afs 1.5 million, funded …

AT-KABUL: Khalil Andarabi, former Wardak Police chief, has been arrested on charges of collaborating with the Taliban while on his way to Turkey from Mazar-i-Sharif airport, local officials said Saturday. Balkh security officials said that Andarabi wanted to escape but was stopped by airport officials last Sunday. “Andarabi was officially …

AT-KABUL: At least 84 insurgents including 27 Daesh terrorists were killed and 36 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Saturday. The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has praised Omar Zakhilwal, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, for his efforts to release Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee woman arrested a few days ago by Pakistani police on the charge of having fake documents. Karzai termed Sharbat Gula as a symbol of beauty, struggle …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A top government official called on the leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG) to choose the right way, otherwise, the people would seek an alternative to the NUG. Ahmad Zia Massoud, the president’s special representative on reforms and good governance during his visit to Estalif district …

AT-KABUL: Some 4,000 Afghan students have benefitted from the India Technical Economic Cooperation program since New Delhi started to offer the scholarship to Afghans in 2005, said Indian ambassador to Kabul. “The then premier of India Dr. Manmohan Singh during his visit to Afghanistan announced the award of 500 scholarships …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The representative from Ghor province in the Mishrano Jirga (Upper House) and political experts came hard on the government for neglecting security, threatening they would cut ties with central government if the massacre of 33 civilians is not prosecuted seriously in the province. Senators condemned the killing …

AT-KABUL: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MOLSAMD) on Wednesday celebrated the launch of a new mobile application that is designed to help Afghan women and girls cope with street harassment. In a statement, the USAID …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) Wednesday foiled a suicide attack on the Consulate General of India in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. In a statement, the national directorate of security said that the agency had detained two would-be suicide bombers before they could attack the Indian …