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AT-KABUL: At least 94 Taliban fighters were killed and 24 others wounded in different offensives in the past 24 hours, the security organs said Saturday. “Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security conducted joint operations against insurgents in different areas of Nangarhar, Laghman, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmad Shekib Mustaghani, on Saturday said that Afghanistan is expecting positive outcome from the quadrilateral meeting held between representatives of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China. Hinting to the commitment promised by the four countries in the quadrilateral meeting, …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the Friday’s attack on the residence of an Afghan consulate official in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The consulate official, Humayun Yousafzai, escaped unhurt in the predawn gun assault on his house in Peshawar’s posh neighborhood of University Town. The perpetrators …

Thousands of Afghans left their country for the developed countries in search of better and secure future. The trend for asylum-seeking was introduced after the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Millions of Afghans left for Pakistan and Iran as first and easy destination and those who were well-off …

VALDOSTA: One of two Afghan student airmen who went missing from Moody Air Force Base last month has been located, officials tell our Atlanta station, WXIA. Sources with Homeland Security confirm to WXIA’s Jon Shirek that the search is ongoing for the other missing man. No details were immediately available …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The acting governor of northern Balkh province said that the neighboring countries would enjoy peace if Afghanistan was stable, and those political players who are deceiving Afghans would fall in their own trap. Ata Mohammad Noor in an interview with Rohit E David said that Afghans are …

AT-KABUL: In the early hours of Friday, unknown armed-men attacked the house of Afghan diplomat in the University Town area of Peshawar city, said police officials in Peshawar. According to Peshawar’s Superintendent of Police, Kashif Khan, two armed men opened fire on the house of Consulate official Humayun Yousafzai around …

AT-KABUL:   Kandahar police prevented a major terrorist attack in the province, said Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday. Police in a special operation killed four and injured six of a terrorist group before they reached their intended, it said in a statement. The statement added the terrorists were using a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan envoy in Islamabad Janan Mosazai claimed Wednesday that majority of insurgents escaping military operations in Pakistan’s Orakzai and Mohmand agencies joined Islamic State (IS) also known domestically as Daesh Afghanistan. “About 60 to 70 per cent militants fleeing Pakistan during operations in Mohmand and Orakzai went …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the Parliament approved Wednesday the tax law on telecommunication services. Based on the law, telephone users have to pay 10 per cent tax to government. Earlier, President Ashraf Ghani had instructed for imposing the communication tax through a decree, which …