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AT-KABUL: At least 13 Taliban insurgents including four foreign militants were killed in anti-terrorism operation in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said on Wednesday. “These militants, including four Pakistani were killed and 14 others wounded in an air and ground operations conducted by Afghan security forces in Sangianai and Seraghonda …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday said that the US troops would continue support Afghan forces in anti-terrorism war and would finish the mission has been started. “We will continue to work hard together with Afghan forces to …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Radio Pakistan, a state-run media on Tuesday falsely misused the remarks of the US Department of State Spokesperson John Kirby about the Durand line. Kirby was wrongly quoted by Radio Pakistan that the US government recognized the Durand Line as permanent border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. …

AT-KABUL: Forty seven Taliban fighters were killed and 13 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. 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 Security (NDS) conducted operations …

AT-KABUL: The National Solidarity Program constructed 15 uplift projects in various districts of Nooristan province, it said Tuesday. “These projects include of construction of 7,372 meters pathway, 1.576 kilo-meter road, irrigation, and establishment of small electricity turbine,” the statement added. The statement said that these projects were implemented in Mandog, …

AT-KABUL: The interior ministry says a Taliban attack in western Farah province was pushed back by security forces, killing ten Taliban and wounding seven others. Taliban fighters attacked checkpoints in the center of Farah province late Monday, where shortly after the attack, the security forces triggered counter offensive, the ministry …

Zalmay Khalilzad, who played a key role in shaping American policy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq after 9/11, added that Pakistan’s use of “extremist proxies” is also used to threaten India Pakistan’s use of extremist and terrorist proxies, including to threaten India, is a significant contributor to the global menace …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that a terror plan thwarted in Kabul city. Intelligence operatives succeeded to arrest three terrorists through operation activities in Kabul city, said NDS. Captured insurgents named Husain Ahmad Shaheed Ahmad and Hekmatullah, who were plotter of different terrorist activity in …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani said that his government doesn’t want peace from Pakistan, but expects to suppress the safe terrorist networks inside its soil. Speaking in a press conference, Ghani said Monday that the international community had remarkable attention for support of Afghan government against terrorism threats. …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani assured that NATO-member countries vowed in Warsaw summit to provide financial and technical assistance for 352,000-strong security forces by the end of 2020. Ghani said Monday that Afghanistan was in the spotlight of international community and they promised to fund the current formations …