AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US and NATO forces ex-commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell has asked for further role of the US in Afghanistan over what he called slow and inefficient decision-making process. Campbell added that he had pressured “civilian leaders” in the months before he left Kabul earlier …
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AT-KABUL: In order to help Afghan citizens to fight corruption and garner support for stronger government action against corruption, the European Union delegation in Afghanistan on Saturday launched its 2016 anti-corruption campaign. The campaign will continue for seven weeks and culminates with high-level conference in early May. The EU in …
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As usual, it is not easy to choose news about events in Pakistan over the last one or two weeks for making comments. The deadly terrorist attack on a court premise in Shabqadar (Charsada), after a similarly bloody attack on Bacha Khan University in the same district some time back, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States of America added two members of the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), Abdullah Nowbahar and Abdul Saboor in the list of global terrorists. “The State Department has designated Abdullah Nowbahar and Abdul Saboor as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under second 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives rescued a teenage boy kidnapped in Khost province and arrested four suspects, an NDS official said. “The 15-year-old boy was kidnapped 27 days ago from the Lakano area on the outskirts of Khost city,” said the NDS provincial director Col. Barakatullah. “The …
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The former Afghan interior minister and ex-Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Omar Daudzai have questioned Pakistan’s sincerity in Afghan peace process, saying Islamabad is approaching its own interests in the process. Daudzai was speaking during an event marking the 5th anniversary of the assassination of Mawlana Syed Kheli, the former police …
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AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday strongly condemned Pakistani army airstrikes against Afghan soil in eastern Afghanistan and warned that such violations could damage relations between the two countries. “Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemns Pakistani army’s airstrikes on Dangam district of Kunar province,” Karzai’s media office …
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After our National Cricket Team defeated Scotland in the Twenty-20 World Cup match in India, many cricket fans in Nangarhar and Khost resorted to aerial firing. The victory was supposed to bring happiness but the wild fans changed the whole concept that day as two children were killed. The families …
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AT-KABUL: The number of casualties from the infighting between the two rival factions of Taliban in western Herat province jumped to 200 on Thursday. The clash is still continued, official sources said. “On the fourth day, since the fighting erupted on Monday, the number of killed and injured Taliban fighters …
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Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) on Thursday claimed to have arrested 14 members of the Afghan Taliban during a raid at Quetta’s Pashtoonabad area. The militants were picked up from a compound located by security forces, a senior official who declined to be named as he was not authorised to speak …
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