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AT-KABUL: Eighteen Taliban fighters were killed and 22 others wounded in different operations in the past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. In a press release, the defense ministry said that the Afghan National Army with the collaboration of the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security conducted operations …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL:  The Lower House of parliament on Monday strongly criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks, asking Washington to refrain political interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. In his Saturday’s visit to Kabul, Kerry highlighted that the agreement which the National Unity Government signed by Ashraf Ghani …

AT-KABUL: The Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Monday said that nine drug runners including a woman were arrested in different operations last week in the country. “Nine smugglers were apprehended by the counter-narcotics police through different crackdowns in Kabul, Farah and Nangarhar provinces,” the CJTF said in a statement. …

AT-KABUL: Two personnel of the Ministry of Education were killed and seven others wounded while their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in a district of Kabul province Monday morning, security officials said. A bus carrying staff of the Ministry of Education struck by a roadside bomb in Kamari area of …

AT-KABUL: At least 26 houses were completely damaged when a Sunday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit parts of the country. “Twenty-one houses in Takhar, three in Badakhshan and two houses in Panjshir provinces were completely damaged in the earthquake,” Omar Mohammadi, spokesperson for the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian …

AT-KABUL: At least eight people were killed and over 40 others including women and children injured in a deadly traffic accident on the Kabul-Nimroz highway in southern Helmand province on Monday, a provincial official said. “A bus carrying passengers overturned on Kabul-Nimroz highway this morning in the Washer district,” provincial …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Focus Development Organization, a watchdog, released a report on Monday saying that 52.34 percent voters had negative perception regarding elections. Over fifty percent of respondents said that they would not cast their ballots in the coming parliamentary election. The survey has been conducted in the past six …

AT-Kabul: At least 12 people, mostly new recruits of Afghan army, were killed and 38 others injured on Monday afternoon when a suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying the personnel to capital Kabul. Spokesman for Nangarhar Governor, Attaullah Khogyani, told Afghanistan Times that the attack was carried …

“In the current year, WFP plans to donate Afs-300 million for vocational training skills to 22,000Afghan trainees,” WFP. By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Word Food Program (WFP) donated $1.5 million to Afghan government to launch professional skill training in Kabul and Herat provinces. The Agreement was signed by Minister of …

Haji Watan, an international drug lord, among arrested smugglers By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Counter Narcotics Department of Ministry of Interior on Sunday said that 2,906 drug runners were arrested in the past one year, showing 30 percent increase throughout the country. “Counter Narcotics Police have conducted 2,919 operations, arresting 2,906 …