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AT-KABUL: Sixty nine Taliban fighters were killed and 28 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, security officials said Thursday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Traders participated in the Afghan products’ exhibition on Thursday criticized Afghan government for hollow pledges regarding domestic products support. They said the domestic products need government’s support to not only eliminate poverty, but also to improve security. “Lack of government support is the main challenge for Afghan …

Unenforced Law Puts Thousands at Risk of Injury, Death (New York) – The Afghan government is failing to protect tens of thousands of children, some as young as 5, from hazardous conditions in the workplace, in violation of Afghanistan’s labor laws. The 31-page report, “‘They Bear All the Pain’: Hazardous …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan and India signed Wednesday 10 memorandums of understanding costing 25 million dollars. Indian ambassador to Kabul Manpreet Vohra signed the agreements with the Afghan ministers at the presence of the chief executive in Kabul, chief executive’s office said. Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said that the projects were shared …

Former President Hamid Karzai visited Wednesday the family of late General Sayed Hussain Anwari to pay tribute and condolences to his relatives. Karzai said late Anwari was a “prominent and influential jihadi and political figure” and his death was like a tragedy for his followers. Separately, Karzai met with a …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of parliament on Wednesday interpellated Delbar Nazari, Minister of Women Affairs on her week management, misusing authorities and nepotism in the ministry. A number of lawmakers claimed that she had weak management and engaged her family members in the important …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel on Wednesday busted Taliban-linked terrorist network in eastern Nangarhar province, NDS said in a media statement. The NDS operatives captured a group of four Taliban militants and busted their terrorist network in an operation carried in Ghani Khil district of the province, …

AT-KABUL: Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Wednesday said that nine drug runners were arrested in different provinces of the country. Counter Narcotics Police apprehended these traffickers in an operation carried in Kabul, Herat and Baghlan provinces in the past one week, CJTF said in a statement. After investigation the …

AT-KABUL: The ‘Voice of Caliphate’ radio station of the Islamic State (IS) which is also known as Daesh, was destroyed in a drone strike Wednesday in the eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. This is the second Daesh channel destroyed in a drone strike in the Mohmand Dara area of Achin …

AT-KABUL: At least twenty one Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded in different crackdowns of the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said on Wednesday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …