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AT-KABUL: Sixty-five Taliban fighters were killed and 22 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. The defense ministry said in a statement that the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with the Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) launched operations …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former Pakistani interior minister and leader of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has said that the closure of the Torkham had caused the loss of millions of rupees and business in the two states. The disputed border in the Torkham area was closed by …

AT-KABUL: The borders of Afghanistan are vulnerable and are facing the intelligence and military threats, an official claimed on Sunday. “Unfortunately, our borders face intelligence and military threats and the issues create challenges for the people who live across the border,” said Abdul Ghafur Liwal, deputy minister for borders and …

People not only have access to information, but are even deprived of reaching to administrations: Bashardost By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A one-day conference assessed Sunday the culture of access to information. “Efforts were made in the past 10 months to foster the culture of access to information among different organs,” said …

AT-KABUL: The 100th birth anniversary of renewed Pashtun poet and scholar, Dost Mohammad Kamil Mohmand, was commemorated here in Kabul on Saturday. The seminary was organized by Khushal Cultural Center (KCC), where tens of scholars, poets, writers, and lecturers from different academic centers held an academic and literary seminar about …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MoTIT) on Saturday, said that efforts on card to address the issue of unregistered SIM cards and its use in the country. Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister, Abdul Raziq Wahidi, said the Ministry had presented a draft to the economic committee of …

AT-KABUL: At least 13 Taliban fighters have been killed and 12 others injured during a clash between two rival groups in the Shindand district of western Herat province, an official said Saturday. Provincial police spokesman Jilani Farhad said the clash took place between fighters of commander Mullah Samad, loyal to Mullah Akhtar Mansour and …

AT-KABUL: Four people were killed and 10 others received injuries in a car suicide bombing at the entry gate of Afghan Local Police (ALP) academy in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, an official said. “Three Afghan Local Police (ALP) and a civilian were killed and ten other received injures …

AT-KABUL: Thirty Taliban militants were killed and 30 others received injuries in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, said Ministry of Defense. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense, said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS), …

AT-KABUL: Afghan and Pakistani officials agreed to reopen the Torkham border gat as it was remained closed for the fourth days that resulted into stranding of hundreds of people. The two sides agreed to resume routine border traffic at the Torkham border, a spokesman for the Pakistani Inter-Services Public Relations, …