AT-KABUL: At least 29 insurgents were killed by the airstrikes targeted their sanctuaries in the northern province of Baghlan and southern Kandahar, security official said on Monday. Ministry of Defence said in a statement that 18 militants were killed in Baghan-e-Markzai district of the Baghlan province. In addition to that, …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The work for the war-ruined Darul Aman Palace reconstruction officially began. “The Darul Aman ruined palace is a historical Afghan palace, which will be rebuilt by the government budget,” President Ashraf Ghani said at a ceremony held Monday for the palace reconstruction. Ghani said that the reconstruction …
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AT-KABUL: A notorious commander of the Islamic State known as Daesh, along with his three associates were killed in an airstrike in central Wardak province, security official said on Monday. Briefing newsmen, Ministry of Defence spokesman, Dawlat Waziri said that the airstrike targeted Daesh commander and his bodyguard on Syedabad …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Businessmen and entrepreneurs face serious threat of abduction and murder, the Afghanistan National Entrepreneurs Board, adding that 24 businessmen had been kidnapped who had killed eight in the past two months. Head of the board Rahimuddin Hajji Agha said Monday that businessmen and entrepreneurs were unable …
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AT-KABUL: Two senior Taliban leaders including nine insurgents were killed in a conflict in the southern Uruzgan province, security official said on Sunday. The senior Taliban leaders are included the group’s designated provincial governor, Maulavi Jan Aghan and military commission chief Asadullah, a statement from the 205th Atal Corps of …
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AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday celebrated 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Diplomacy. Sixty years back (in 1334 solar year) when Sardar Mohmmad Naim Khan was the foreign minister, the Institute of Diplomacy was inaugurated in foreign ministry and has so far graduated …
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AT-KABUL: Six militants, loyal to the Islamic State, known as Daesh, were killed in a US drone strike in the Haska Mina district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. “A commander of the Daesh was killed along with his five fighters in a drone strike,” provincial spokesman …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Culture on Sunday inaugurated a short- term training workshop for capacity building of governmental employees. The program is supported technically and financially by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and tens of the administration would learn professional training in field of proposal writing, management, leadership, languages and …
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AT-KABUL: 41 Taliban fighters were killed and 18 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. Ministry of interior said in a statement that the national police in collaboration with national army and National Directorate of Security conducted operations against insurgents in different areas of Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, …
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A senior politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has called for Islamabad to include the Afghanistan-Pakistan Highway in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Addressing a public rally in Charsadda district on Saturday, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairperson Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao argued such a move would boost the economies of …
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