AT-KABUL: At least five worshipers have been killed and four others were injured after a rocket fired by Daesh insurgents hit a mosque in Achin district of Nangarhar province, official said on Saturday. The governor of Achin district, Haji Ghalib said the assault took place in Pandola area on Friday …
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AT-KABUL: At least 54 Taliban militants have been killed and 35 others wounded in nationwide military offensives conducted by Afghan security forces over the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a press release issued on Saturday said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National …
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By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: For the first time an adult cardiac surgery center was inaugurated at French Medicine Institute for Children (FMIC) in Kabul on Saturday. Speaking at the ceremony, French ambassador to Afghanistan, Jean Michel Marlaud, termed that investment in such centers as need of the hour. He said that …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 30 Taliban militants have been killed during a military operation of Afghan security forces in Khwaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province. This comes at a time that the Taliban militants captured Darqad district of the province recently. Darqad was the first district of the …
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KABUL: Earthquake survivors in Afghanistan emerged from a third night without shelter on Thursday, as village leaders warned they had nothing to protect children from the freezing conditions while rescuers struggle to reach isolated communities. Desperate victims appealed for blankets, warm clothes and food after Monday’s 7.5 magnitude quake ripped …
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Casualties were feared on Friday when a car bomb went off in front of a security post in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said. The blast took place shortly after 3pm in Sah Anzeer area which serves as the frontline in an ongoing conflict between security …
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“As media is part of the society and the nation, that’s why it must take national interests into account while reporting particularly when it comes to reporting conflict,” say participants of media conference AT-KABUL: Mediothek Afghanistan on Thursday urged media outlets should introduce a culture of introspection and take national …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Education is mulling to make literacy an obligation for drivers for getting license. The idea of making literacy a must was discussed with traffic officials in one day workshop titled “Gradual Obligatory Literacy”, held on Wednesday in Kabul. Participants from different departments including Deputy …
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AT-Kabul: The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan inaugurated a cold room for vaccine protection and storage at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said. Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz, the Public Health Minister said that the cold room has the capacity to store 12 million doses of …
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AT-KABUL: The new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, Mahmoud Saikal, has presented his credentials to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. According to a statement issued by the UN press office, the new Afghan envoy to the UN is a senior diplomat and international development specialist with over …
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