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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Up to 12 Daesh (ISIS) militants were killed in a clash with security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. The district chief of Achin, Haji Ghalib, said that the insurgents attacked security check post in Abdul Khel area. In retaliation, security forces killed a dozen Daesh …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, said that Kabul had provided the weapons “wish list” to New Delhi. He said that Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, has given the ‘wish list’ regarding the provision of military hardware to his counterpart in his recent …

By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-When Afghan traders sit and count challenges, Pakistan will top the list, followed by the Afghan government. Islamabad does not allow Afghan trucks to cross Wagah border and bring Indian goods to Afghanistan. Sometimes Afghan trucks are barred from entering into Pakhtunkhwa under the pretext road pass. …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Next year the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) will start a fish breeding program at Band-e Qargha to promote pisciculture in the country. After several decades of war, this is the first time that MAIL initiates fish breeding program in the country. The fish …

KABUL:  Nine months of torture at the hands of Islamic State fighters, in which he buried the decapitated head of a fellow detainee, are written on the gaunt face of Afghan student Mohammed Yousuf. Just 10 days after he was freed not by Afghan or NATO soldiers, but by the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a special operation has detained a five member terrorist group in northern Baghlan province, the agency said on Thursday. The group was involved in destructive activities under the command of Ziaulhaq in Chardara district of northern Kunduz province. In a media statement, …

By Farhad Naibekhel-KABUL: Following the national employment program recently announced by President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani to create jobs, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) has launched the first phase of maintenance program to provide 210,000 people with employment in 12 provinces. Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Nasir Ahmad …

AT-KABUL: A coordinated attack on the Arghandab district headquarters in southern Kandahar province ended after nearly one hour of fighting, in which five suicide bombers and a soldier were killed and six more were injured, provincial officials said. The attack was launched at 7:00am when a suicide bomber blew his …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have a major training center in Kohestanat district of Sar-e-Pul province, said a number of lawmakers from the province. Aziza Jalees, an MP from Sar-e-Pul, told the plenary session of Wolesi Jirga that the militants have a training center in the district, where foreign …

AT-KABUL: The Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai and India’s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar on Tuesday explored ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Jaishankar and Karzai led the Indian and Afghan delegations in the foreign office consultations in New Delhi. The two sides commended friendly relations between the two countries and …