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“Government of India is committed to support the Afghan civil employees through its technical facilities as this country tried its best in the last one decade for training of Afghans,” says Deputy Chief of Mission   By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Embassy of India in Kabul celebrated the Indian Technical and …

About 60 to 70 percent of the Taliban would end up reconciling with the Afghan government, General John Campbell told lawmakers here on Thursday. The US and NATO top commander in Afghanistan said he did not expect the Haqqani network, members of Al Qaeda and a section of the Taliban …

KABUL: Pakistan has once again offered facilitating another round of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Pakistan reiterated the offer on Thursday amid the recent events in Afghanistan, where the Taliban captured and controlled for several days the northern city of Kunduz. Pakistan had earlier arranged the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) foiled a major terror attack on the Ministry of Defense (MoD). According to a media statement issued by the NDS on Thursday, the spy agency foiled the coordinated terror attack by arresting five suicide bombers linked with Haqqani Network. The would-be bombers were …

By Farhard Naibkhel-KABUL: Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières MSF) sought independent investigation in the US airstrikes on its hospital in Kunduz on October 3, which claimed lives of 22 people, including 12 MSF staff members and 10 patients. General Director MSF, Christopher Stokes, said that they could not rely …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) organized the fifth international conference on improvement of mother and child health here on Thursday. Around 62 medical experts from different countries shared their researches and experiences. Chief of Medical Department of the FMIC, Abdullah Fahim, told reporters that …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior on Thursday claimed 14 percent increase in insurgent casualties. Addressing a press conference, the spokesman of the ministry Seddiq Seddiqi said that police activities increased 70 percent as compared to the last year. Around 2,500 operations have been conducted in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or the Lower House of Parliament on Wednesday supported public uprisings against Taliban insurgents in different provinces. The lawmakers agreed to support anti-Taliban uprisings by the Afghan masses but they said that the uprisings should be peacefully in order to avoid disorder in …

AT-KABUL: UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Wednesday appealed to the international community to refocus its attention on Afghanistan, warning that it would be dangerous to ignore the country. According to a media statement, he told UNHCR’s high-level Executive Committee meeting on the Afghan refugee situation: “We believe …

“If manpower is needed, we are all ready to take up arms and fight against the Taliban insurgents in framework of Afghan security forces,” Amrullah Saleh By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The ex-Chief of National Directorate of Security (NDS), and leader of the Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT), Amrullah Saleh has called …