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AT-KABUL:  Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) and other relevant organizations had collected 350 drug users last night in Pul-e Sukhta area of Kabul city. The addicts were transferred in ambulances to the newly established rehabilitation center. The addicts would get free …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 32 Daesh militants were killed and some others sustained injuries when Afghan Air Force (AAF) pounded their hideouts in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, said officials on Sunday. The Achin district chief, Haji Ghalib Mujahid, told Pajhwok Afghan News that AAF airstrikes struck Daesh …

AT-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday strongly condemned the recent suicide attacks in Kabul and Paktika provinces. “Killing of innocent people in public areas is against Islamic teachings,” a statement from the presidential palace quoted Ghani as saying. He furthered that killing innocent people is a big crime which …

Niazi believes Mullah Mansour is dead AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: On the first day of the New Year, the two factions within Taliban have agreed to a ceasefire and prisoners exchange, sources said. The leaders of the two rival groups met in Quetta city of Baluchistan. According to Aljazeera, the representatives …

MOSCOW: In an interview with Sputnik, political analyst Nikolai Shlyamin said that Washington had fallen into a trap in Afghanistan and that the most protracted war in the US armed forces’ history has yet to be finished despite the withdrawal of the US-led coalition forces from Afghanistan a year ago. He added that in the past decade, the problem reached …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least three Taliban insurgents were killed and two others wounded when a truck loaded with explosives detonated in Shindand district of western Herat province, said local officials on Saturday. The Herat governor’s spokesman Ehsanullah Hayat confirmed the blast and said that three Taliban fighters were killed …

AT-KABUL: About 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Saturday, creating panic among the masses. However, there was no immediate report of damage or casualty. According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.3 on the Richter scale. However, the State Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs said that …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Protection and Stability Council (APSC), a major opposition party in the country, called on the government to hold the Wolesi Jirga and district council elections in early 2016. In a media statement issued by APSC, the party said that elections should be held in early 2016 not …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah plans to visit Iran soon and would discuss issues of mutual interests as well as key regional and international developments with senior Iranian officials, sources said. According to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, a high-ranking Iranian delegation, including the ministries …

AT-KABUL: The Embassy of United States in Kabul opened an English and computer center for the female staff of the Ministry of Counter Narcotics on Saturday to enhance their capacity building. The training center was inaugurated by Salamat Azami, Minister of counter narcotics. She said that 30 female staff would …