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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, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Russian envoy to Pakistan has acknowledged contacts between his country and the Afghan Taliban, but, aimed at promoting reconciliation drive to the war-hit, Afghanistan. “Yes, there have been limited contacts with the Afghan Taliban,” Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Y. Dedov told a seminar in Peshawar …

AT-KABUL:  The Afghan National Security Forces killed 110 insurgents and injured 66 others as the result of joint clearing operations in various parts of the country, security officials said. Ministry of Defense in a statement to the media said that the operations were launched in the last 24 hours in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Police rescued a teenage boy kidnapped in southeastern Khost province arresting a suspect, an official said on Friday. Brig. Gen. Faizullah Ghairat, the provincial police chief, told newsmen in Khost City that a 14 years old boy identified as Attiqullah had been kidnapped in Ismailkhel district three …

AT-KABUL:  The Counter Narcotics Police reported of the arrest of a drug lord in Kabul. The smuggler was detained in the Pule-Charkhi neighborhood as the result of pre-planned operation by the Counter Narcotics Police, it said, without providing details about the drug lord’s identity. According to a statement sent to …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai who received Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s invitation letter, accepted to visit Islamabad at a friendly time, his office said Wednesday. Pakistan ambassador to Kabul Sayyed Abrar Hussain in a meeting submitted prime minister Sharif’s invitation letter to the ex-president. “I hope my visit would …