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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Etisalat telecommunication company launched a blood donation campaign in which its employees donated blood to the injured people of the security forces. Head of Human Resources Department of the company Ubaid Azalbi said the third phase of the campaign was launched to meet the injured …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents on Tuesday night release eight more kidnapped passengers, while the group still has 10 others in captivity, a provincial official said. “The overnight release has made possible due to tribal elders’ mediation,” acting provincial police chief, Col. Masumi Hashimi told Pajhwok Afghan News. He pledge to …

At least nine people were killed and more than a dozen others, including a judge, wounded in a group attack on the appellant court building in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday, officials said. Governor Mohammad Aman Amin told a news conference here: “Nine people including four civilians, …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on Pakistan government to stop violence and be honest in relations with Afghanistan, his office said Tuesday. “Karzai said that Afghanistan is an independent country which has quite freedom in relationships with the world countries,” it said in a statement. Karzai said these words …

AT-KABUL: Amnesty International said Tuesday in a report that the number of Afghans displaced by violence and poverty has dramatically doubled over the past three years. A staggering 1.2 million people were internally displaced in Afghanistan, a dramatic increase from some 500,000 in 2013. Amnesty International’s new report, ‘My Children …

Experts believe that by establishing of Chabahar port, Afghan govt will rescue from Pakistan pressure    By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Mahmmoud Tarzi Think-tank asked the government to keep an eye open in the management of the Chabahar port, calling it a “good alternative” to Pakistan’s Karachi port. Chabahar port is …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A suicide bomber boy, aged 14-year-old was arrested by the Afghan Border Police before he could carry out suicide attack on senior officials in southern Kandahar province, provincial official said on Tuesday. The boy was told to target the district police chief of Maiwand or the district …

AT-KABUL: In a separate airstrikes carried out in two districts of Paktia province, at least 14 insurgents have been killed, the security officials said on Tuesday. First airstrike killed eight militants and wounded four others in Gian district of the province, the Ministry of Defence said in a media statement. …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The first-ever female education complex named ‘Moraa University and High School’ started in Kabul with the aim of providing primary and higher education for the girls who are forbidden from attendance in the mixed learning institutes due to social taboos. The complex was invested by around eight …

“Provincial officials do not report about ground realities. Central government is blind and kept in dark. Lashkargah is on the verge of collapse,” PC member laments. AT News Report KABUL: In the past three days, conflicting reports have emerged from Helmand about security situation as the Taliban tighten grip over …