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AT-KABUL: At least 67 Taliban insurgents were killed and 49 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours across the county, security officials said on Tuesday. “The national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security operatives, …

AT-KABUL: Twelve Afghan soldiers were killed last night by two rogue colleagues, who were defected to the Taliban, in northeastern Kunduz province, said officials. “Two soldiers, who were secretly helping the Taliban, have shot dead their 12 comrades in a check-post in Zakhil area of Kunduz city last night at …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a visit to a police district, suspended a police officer for being careless while on duty, presidential office said Monday. “President Ghani made a supervised visit to the Kabul’s Police District 9 Sunday night,” president’s office said in a statement. It added that the head …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan ambassador to Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal has said that the killing of top Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader in Afghanistan had proved that Afghanistan was not in business of harboring terrorists as ‘assets’. “Killing of top TTP commander Azam Tariq in an operation by Afghan security forces in …

AT-KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents were killed in their own mine explosion in the southern Zabul province, a security official said Monday. Ghulam Jailani Farahi, head of the provincial directorate of security, said that the insurgents were killed while planting mines in Qalat city, the provincial capital. Taliban mostly use improvised …

AT-KABUL: The Alokozay Group of Companies has vowed to invest $ 300 million on the construction of Sarubi-2 water dam to help the irrigation and electricity generation, an official said Monday. Water and energy minister Ali Ahmad Osmani said in a meeting of economic council led by president Ghani that …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Monday that 15 Taliban terrorists with links with the Quetta Shura (council) were arrested in the southern province of Kandahar. In a press statement, the intelligence agency said that the arrested people were involved in different activities including sabotage, terrorizing of religious …

AT-KABUL: Four Romanian soldiers of the “Rechinii Albi” Force Protection Battalion were wounded on Sunday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in southern Kandahar province of the country. The attack took place in Dand district of the province while the soldiers were on routine patrol. “After securing the area, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Special Forces raided several Taliban jails in southwestern Helmand province and released at least 101 hostages including civilians from Taliban captivity, Ministry of Defense said Monday. Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Dawlat Waziri, said the Afghan commandos conducted the operations last night in Marjah, Nahri-Saraj and Nawzad …

AT-KABUL: In a meeting here on Sunday, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) requested representatives of the Hazara community to postpone the demonstrations. In a media statement issued here, the UN mission in the country said that as part of its good offices mandate, it has invited participants for …