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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 …

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 …