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AT-KABUL: Addressing cabinet meeting on Sunday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah said that the government was close to concluding a peace deal with the Hezb-i-Islma Afghanistan (HIA), led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. “No privileges against the constitution and national interests would be offered to the HIA for their return,” Abdullah …

AT-KABUL: Sixty-three Taliban fighters were killed and 41 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan NationalArmy (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel conducted …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Security forces on Saturday night raided a Taliban-run prison in the Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, freeing all 23 people held by the group in a cell, an official said. “After securing the prison, the Afghan security forces freed twenty-three civilians and military officials from …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two border police officers were killed when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in the Jawin district of western Farah province, an official said on Sunday. “The incident took place in Tapa-i-Khwaharan locality near the border with Iran at around 05:00pm on Saturday,” district chief Samad Yar …

Afghanistan’s spy agency says Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US bombing raid, the first confirmation from regional officials of his death, which marks a potential blow to the resurgent militant movement. The Taliban have not commented officially on the very rare American drone attack deep inside …

The US has carried out an airstrike against Mullah Mansur, who became the Taliban leader after the death of Mullah Omar, in the remote Af-Pak areas, the Pentagon said Saturday, adding that it is still accessing the results. “Today, the Department of Defense conducted an airstrike that targeted Taliban leader …

AT-KABUL: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Syed Abrar Hussain, reiterated his country’s resolve to continue efforts for the promotion of education in Afghanistan. He stated this while addressing the send-off ceremony, organized for Afghan students, held in the embassy o Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, the ambassador said that Pakistan had …

AT-KABUL:  Unidentified gunmen shot dead a retired judge in the capital city of Kabul, police said Saturday. Feraidon Ubaidi, head of Kabul police’s criminal investigation told the media that the gunmen attacked “a retired judge in the PD 8 and shot him to death.” Ubaidi did not identify the victim, …

AT-KABUL: Six police officers were killed after three of their comrades attacked them in the southern province of Uruzgan, local officials said Saturday. “Six Afghan policemen were killed by three fellow policemen while they were in check post in Shahid Hsas district,” provincial governor spokesman Dost Mohammad Naiab told Afghanistan …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani said that the government would remain committed to boost up women’s role in all government affairs across the country. “We have a long way to foster women’s empowerment, but there is hope for women progress in the country,” said the president, speaking at a …