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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 …

AT-KABUL: Afghan National Army (ANA) rescued 59 people, mostly security personnel, in a raid on the Taliban-run prison in southern Helmand province, the ministry of defense said on Saturday. “They were released after an operation launched by the Special Forces last night in the Shoraki area of Nahr-e-Seraj district,” the …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: More than 40 percent of children suffer from malnutrition and around 95 percent of women faced with lack of vitamin D fortification in Afghanistan. Import of defective food items from Pakistan and other neighboring countries have created drastic public health problems in the country. During an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russian President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Director of the 2nd Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Minister Zamir Kabulov said on Tuesday that his country would deliver a batch of small arms for Afghan police in January. He believes that arms supplies from Russia was a significant …

AT-KABUL: Afghan National Police (ANP) had thwarted terror attacks in central Maidan Wardak, Parwan, and northwestern Badghis provinces, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) claimed on Wednesday in a media statement. Militants wanted to carry out terrorist attacks in these provinces. However, their subservice activities were foiled by security officials, the …

AT-KABUL: Three passengers were killed and 22 others injured in a traffic accident on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in southern Ghazni province on Wednesday, said official sources. The provincial traffic chief Mohammadullah Ahmadi told media that the incident took place in Aziz Kala area, where a truck collided with a passenger …