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AT-KABUL: Seventy-one Taliban fighters were killed and 32 others were wounded in different operations carried out by the security forces, according to security officials. Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and National Directorate of Security, conducted joint operations against insurgents …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 40 Taliban militants including their commanders were killed in an airstrike in the Imam Saheb district of northern Kunduz province, a spokesman for 20th Pamir Army Division, Ghulaam Hazrat Karimi said. “Mustafa, the deputy designated governor and Asadullah Maszloomyar, district shadow governor of Taliban for …

AT-KABUL: As many as 35 militants and their families on Sunday renounced violence and reintegrated into civil society by joining the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process in northern Jawzjan province, provincial official said. They surrender militants asked the government to provide them basic facilities. Mullah Tahir and Malem …

  AT-KABUL: At least 21 fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group were killed and 13 others wounded during air and ground raids in the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to security officials. “The Daesh fighters were killed in airstrike and ground assaults carried out by Afghan forces in Achin …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan on Friday requested the Afghan government to locate and recover the crew of a Pakistani chopper, taken hostage by the Taliban. A Pakistani helicopter was on its way to Uzbekistan for maintenance when made crash landing on Thursday in the highly insecure …

Muhammad Nadeem-PESHAWAR: Afghan refugees living in various parts of Pakistan are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea because Islamabad has given them six months to wind up everything and go back to their home country. It is difficult for the refugees to wind up their business, sell …

AT-KABUL: Kandahar police chief Abdul Razeq has banned dealing of Pakistani currency in the province, asking people to use Afghan currency (Afghani) instead. Razeq urged the importance of Afghani, saying if people disobey his order, they will be dealt legally. It is reported that after caution by police chief, the …

AT-KABUL: Taliban militants attacked a tourists’ convoy in Chesht district of western Herat province, wounding seven tourists on Thursday before noon, said officials. Provincial Governor’s spokesman Jailani Farhad said that the tourists’ convoy was on the way from Chesht district to Herat City when came under attack. He said that …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said that electoral reforms to be finalized and implemented soon. Afghanistan electoral reforms process, that was supposed to be a precondition for the next election, has been delayed for long time. The deferral of electoral reforms delayed both the Wolesi Jirga and district councils’ elections …

AT-KABUL: A Pakistani chopper on Thursday made crash landing in southern Logar province due to unknown reason. However, there are conflicting reports about who were on board. According to some sources those aboard were taken hostage by militants while the provincial government said that the survivors were taken by local …