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AT-KABUL: The legislators praised Monday President Ashraf Ghani for implementation of execution penalty against Taliban militants. Six militants were hanged on Sunday as the court had already sentenced them to death. But human rights bodies expressed regrets for the executions, who believe it would not ensure the national safety. Legislators …

KABUL – In line with the continued call of the United Nations for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, UNAMA regrets the execution of six alleged perpetrators of serious crimes and crimes against civilians. The United Nations notes that there is no conclusive evidence of the deterrent …

By Abdul Saboor Sarir-KABUL: Hundreds of Afghans visit India every year for different reasons. However, one thing is crystal-clear that they feel at home when they are in India. No fear of arrest or discrimination multiplies their joy. Their worries vanish there. For Afghans, India is second home of Afghans. …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday foiled a major terror attack by arresting a teenage trained would-be suicide bomber in north-eastern province of Kapisa, the NDS said. It said in a statement that its operatives detained a teenage boy assigned to attack the administrative headquarters of Tagab district. According to the …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the Embassy of Republic of China launched a joint seminar about initiatives and roadmaps for building the Silk Road here in Kabul on Sunday. Deputy Foreign Minister, Hekmat Khalil Karzai said that if One Belt One Road [Silk Road] project …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said Sunday that 10,000 children with heart disease enlisted in ARCS for treatment. “10,000 with the disease of holes in their hearts were registered,” head of the ARCS Fatemeh Gilani said, asking the people and nongovernmental organs to help ARCS financially to …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours killed at least seventy eight Taliban militants during several military operations across the country, the Ministry of Defense said Sunday in a statement. The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces in the past 24 hours, launched several operations against Taliban insurgents …

AT-KABUL: Fifty-two passengers died Sunday and 73 others wounded in a traffic accident on the Kandahar-Kabul highway in Ghazni province, police and health officials said. Two busses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision in Bozak area of the Muqur district, provincial spokesman Jawid Salangi told …

KABUL: Six Taliban prisoners, who were already sentenced to death penalty by Afghan courts, were executed on Sunday in capital Kabul, officials said. The Taliban members were involved in terrorist attacks and killing of incident people and were executed today after their death sentences were signed by President, Ashraf Ghani, …

MoE will fill 13,000 vacant posts: Press Dept. AT-KABUL: Deputy Minister for Youth at Ministry of Information and Culture, Kamal Sadat, urged the government to fill the vacant positions through vacancy advertisements in order to provide jobs to the unemployed youth. “According to reports there are over 25,000 vacant positions …