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AT-KABUL: The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, said that continued uncertainty about the electoral calendar would contribute to challenges to the legitimacy of both the National Unity Government (NUG) and the Parliament, which has long overstepped its term of office. While briefing the UN Security Council he …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Daesh, also known as the Islamic State in Europe, is no more a serious threat for Afghanistan. “Daesh fighters were suppressed seriously in different provinces. This terrorist group is not a big challenge now for Afghan security forces,” said the MoD’s …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces with support of the local militiamen, had killed at least 14 Taliban insurgents in Gurzaiwan district of Faryab province, local official said on Friday. “Around hundreds of Taliban insurgents in the past two conducted a complex attacks on Afghan security and public uprising force [pro-government militia] …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Head of the United Nations High commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said that the UN refugee agency would host 4-way meeting on the problems being faced by the Afghan refugees. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and the European Union (EU) would attend the talks, he told Iranian news …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday met with the families of victims of Torkham and Goshta district of Nangarhar province in presidential place, his office said. Ghani thanked the families who enrolled their sons in the security organs for defending of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty. He offered his …

AT-KABUL: Twenty-nine Taliban fighters were killed and 10 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National Directorate of Security (NDS), conducted joint operations against …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Hundreds of people came to the streets on Wednesday to protest against Pakistan’s aggression and cross-Durand Line attacks at the Torkham crossing. The protesters said that Afghans would never accept the Durand Line as permanent border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan’s intention to build a check post …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A solider gunned down four of his colleagues and wounded three others in the Jawand district of the western Badghis province, an official said on Wednesday, the latest of a series of insider attacks. “The insider attack took place in the Kotal Siah area on Tuesday,” Pajhwok …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is concerned about forcibly deportation of Afghan refugees and expresses strongly its worry about lack of extension of refugee card by government of Pakistan. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in a meeting with Mohammad …

Sartaj Aziz’s suggestion to Afghan government to offer Taliban something they can’t gain on battlefield indicates something which has not been spoken by Pakistani officials during last fifteen years. Analysis By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: The Pakistani Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz has recently said Afghan government should offer something to the …