AT-KABUL: The Work on the destroyed electricity cables began in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said Saturday, adding that people would be able to enjoy electricity soon. “The power problem in Nangarhar will be solved by technical team in hard cooperation of locality officials and tribal elders,” said a …
Read More »Security forces kill 12 Taliban fighters
AT-KABUL: At least 12 Taliban insurgents were killed and five 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 of security operatives, …
Read More »‘Peace deal with HIA to be finalized soon’
AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council assures that the peace agreement with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) party would be finalized by the end of the current week. The draft of the deal will be signed with HIA in two to three days, deputy of the peace council Abdul Khabir Ochqoon …
Read More »US backs India’s Afghan support
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States praised India for its role in supporting Afghanistan to become stronger and independent. “Obviously support India’s generosity and focus on Afghanistan and willingness to help Afghanistan become a stronger, independent country that has the stronger economic growth, certainly, but also has the capacity to …
Read More »UAE Red Crescent provides vulnerable families with meat
AT-KABUL: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent office in Kabul with the cooperation of the UAE embassy, distributed the meats of sacrificed animals to the needy families in Kabul on the Eid days. The meat was distributed to families, following direction of UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zaid Anahian, …
Read More »Afghanistan-Iran railway construction begins
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Iran’s Roads Minister Akhundi joined Baligh, Afghanistan’s Public Works Minister and Hakimi, Afghanistan’s Minister of Finance at the ceremony to start construction of the 3rd segment of rail track connecting the two neighboring countries. According to MEHR News Agency, the third segment of the rail corridor of …
Read More »70,000 registered refugees return home from KP
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Since Afghan refugees in Pakistan were harassed and also illegal put behind bars, some 70,000 registered Afghan refugees were voluntary repatriated to Afghanistan from northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province during current year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. According to the Voluntary Repatriation Centers of United Nation …
Read More »Kabul shaken by series of attacks ahead of Eid al-Adha
35 people killed, more than 100 wounded, mostly civilians in a series of suicide attacks in Kabul; three terrorists killed in Shahr-e-Naw after 11 hours-long battle; security forces successfully rescued 42 people, including ten foreigners. Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 35 people, including security forces, were killed and more than 100 …
Read More »Janikhel district retaken from Taliban
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have recaptured Janikhel, a strategic district in southeastern Paktia province following an operation that killed at least 12 Taliban insurgents, a provincial officials said on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Asadullah Sherzad, commander of the 203rd Spin Ghar Police Zone, told Pajhwok Afghan News the …
Read More »61 insurgents killed in different raids
AT-KABUL: At least sixty-one Taliban insurgents were killed and twenty-nine others wounded in different operations lunched by the Afghan security forces across the county within past 24 hours, security officials said on Tuesday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that the Afghan National Army …
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