AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Afghan-India Friendship Dam [Salma Dam] today (Saturday) in western Herat province. President Ghani flew to Herat Friday to meet provincial officials to disuses preparation for the inauguration of the dam. During meeting with provincial officials, Ghani congratulated …
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KABUL: Taliban fighters had freed all the 17 passengers through tribal elder’s mediation in Sar-i-Pul province, an official said, the passengers apparently belong to the Hazara ethnic minority. Taliban kidnapped 25 passengers including men and women in Sancharak district while travelling from Balkhab district to Sar-i-Pul city, capital of the …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Chief Executive Office on Thursday said that five of main perpetrators who were involved in kidnapping and killing of passengers in Kunduz province were arrested while the search for others is continued. Armed Taliban stopped busses and kidnapped over 200 people on Kabul-Kunduz Highway on early Tuesday. …
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AT-KABUL: After killing and kidnapping of passengers on the Kabul-Kunduz highway, a number of civil society activists asked the government to improve security on the national highways and punish those who are involved in abduction and killing of innocent passengers. They accused the government of negligence, saying that the security …
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AT-KABUL: Taliban insurgents kidnapped 25 passengers, including men and women, in Suncharak district of Sar-i-Pul province. They were travelling from Balkh Ab district to Sar-i-Pul city, capital of the province, when stopped by the insurgents at gunpoint. Authorities have confirmed that all passengers were from the Hazara community. The Taliban …
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A large demonstration was organized in capital Kabul this morning to protest against the atrocities committed by the Taliban group. The demonstration has been organized by the Afghanistan Green Trend led by the former Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh. The rally participants gathered near Eid Gah mosque chanting anti-Taliban slogans …
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AT-KABUL: The Afghan National Police (ANP) on Wednesday killed a senior Taliban leader, along with his five associates in a special operation carried out in Wardak province, security official said. In a press statement, the Ministry of Interior said that Noorialai was a key Taliban commander and killed in an …
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AT-KABUL: Karzai Foundation for the first time started cultural programs and marked Professor Mir Hussain Shah’s 90th birth anniversary in Kabul on Wednesday. Ex-President Hamid Karzai said: “I hope running of such cultural programs continue in future and through Afghan Ulema, academic and cultural professors respected in the country by …
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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 …
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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 …
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