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AT-KABUL: The Academy of Golden Reed Prize marked Saturday the International Book Day, donating cash prizes to a numbers of poets and writers for their scientific works. Najib Manalai, an organizer of the ceremony told reporters that there were a lot of challenges ahead of writers, hampering scientific works. He …

AT-KABUL:  More than 100 schoolgirls fell ill after inhaling the suspected poisoning gas, medical officials said Saturday. Officials in the ministry of public health said that 125 schoolgirls were poisoned inside their classrooms in Chaharbagh locality of the provincial capital of Farah province. “The poisoned girls were shifted to the …

AT-KABUL: At least 31Taliban militants were killed and 23 others wounded in military operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours in different parts of the country, a security official said Saturday. “Afghan National Army with the cooperation of the National Police and National Directorate of Security …

By Farhad Naibkhel-ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday termed Daesh a foreign project, asking Central Asia countries to jointly work to foil the terrorist group’s threats in the region. “Daesh is entirely foreign and it created to cause challenges in Afghanistan and in the region and surly if …

By Farhad Naibkhel-ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Former President Hamid Karzai calls “bad policies and wrong definition of the national interest” as the main factors behind terrorism and extremism. “I don’t believe that extremism, radicalism and terrorism are only because of social condition or religion,” Karzai stated in a speech at the Eurasian …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours killed at least 48 militants during several military operations across the country, the Ministry of Defense on Friday said in a media statement. The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces in past 24 hours launched several crackdowns against insurgents in Nangarhar, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Acting defense minister Masoom Stanikzai in a visit to Kunduz province on Friday, said that Afghanistan is facing an imposed war. He added that the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces would not remain silent against the conspiracies of enemies of the country. Stanikza was accompanied by …

KABUL: After deadly Kabul suicide attack, Afghan government ordered the Afghan National Security Forces for the ‘no mercy policy’ against militants to eliminate “the enemy everywhere they are spotted”, officials said in a press conference on Thursday. “President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the Afghan National Security Forces to repress the …

AT-KABUL: The Civil society bodies condemned the recent suicide attack in Kabul in a strongest and possible terms, asking the National Unity Government to introduce new nominees for the Ministry of Defense and also for the National Directorate of Security to the parliament for vote of confidence as soon as …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The night before Kabul’s suicide attack, President Ashraf Ghani met some members of the parliament to discuss security situation, the lawmakers said Wednesday. “President Ghani marked the next six months bloody for Afghanistan as militants intensified attacks,” the lawmakers who met Ghani, told parliament session. A …