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PESHAWAR: The maltreatment of Afghan nationals by the police and personnel of other law-enforcement agencies in Pakistan is both inhuman and unjust and should be prevented at all costs. This was said by Awami National Party leader Sardar Hussain Babak and was mentioned in a press statement issued the other day. …

President vowed to carry out deceased’s wishes AT-KABUL: On the second death anniversary of Hashmat Khalil Karzai, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani promised to carry out deceased’s wishes. Reaching to Peace, making education available to all, and keeping unity were the main wishes of Hashmat Karzai, who had worked hard in …

AT-KABUL: At least five people killed and nine others injured in Shindand district of western Herat province on Thursday afternoon, said officials “Explosive devices plant at the roadside went off in Shindand district of Herat province today at around 12:20 pm, killing five people including two policemen and wounding nine …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A former lawmaker and prominent Pakistani politician Afrasiab Khattak said that Pakistani security establishment’s support for the Afghan Taliban is an open secret. He is not the only one, as several other politicians and critics slammed security establishments of their country for their ‘good and bad’ terrorist …

AT-KABUL: As the National Unity Government (NUG) stepped into the third year, leaders have failed to fulfill commitments. A tribal elder and former adviser to the president, Shahzada Masoud, called on the government to convene the Loya Jirga to cope with current crisis. Masoud said that based on a political …

AT-KABUL: A key commander of the Taliban insurgents was killed along with his two accompanies, while two other militants were injured as a result of a joint military operation launched by the national army and national police in southern Samangan province, ministry of interior said in a statement Wednesday. The …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces in a military operation have killed Taliban’s deputy shadow district governor for Imam Sahib Abdul Rahman along with 13 others militants in northern Kunduz province, provincial police said on Wednesday. The police said that 21 other insurgents were also received injuries during operation. According to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of Taliban insurgents launched vast attacks on the Janikhel district of eastern Paktia province, where heavy clashes underway between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents, provincial official said Wednesday. “The clashes are ongoing two kilometers from the center of Janikhel. If supporting troops are not …

917 drug traffickers arrested in the past four months: Deputy of Counter Narcotic of MoI By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A drug lord who had been financing insurgency and terrorism was arrested by the counter-narcotics police in eastern Nangarhar province, officials confirmed Wednesday. “Joma Khan was arrested through an operation in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of Taliban militants attacked several check post in Dahana-e-Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, provincial officials said Wednesday. “The Taliban attacked the district early today and fighting between militants and government forces are continuing,” the official told Xinhua news agency. According to the official who declined …