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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As security forces are engaged in clearance operation in the capital of northern Kunduz province after recapturing it from Taliban, reports suggest that periodic clashes between security forces and Taliban are still continued in the city. The acting governor of Kunduz, Hamdullah Danishi, said on Tuesday that …

AT-KABUL: A coordinated Taliban attack on a guesthouse, belong to a former government official, in the seventh police district of Kabul city ended with the killing of four suicide bombers by security forces, in which seven policemen were also injured, an official said on Tuesday. Four Taliban fighters stormed a …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai in a letter to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expressed his deep grief over recent US airstrike on a hospital of the organization in northern Kunduz province. A US airstrike on MSF hospital in Kunduz on Saturday killed nine people, including three children. Hamid Karzai appreciated the …

500 schools closed across the country; teachers criticize govt By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Monday commemorated the World Teachers’ Day at the Rabia-e Balkhi Girls High School here on Monday and appreciated the teachers for their nation-building services. Empowering teachers, building sustainable societies was the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the parliament on Monday said that spy agencies of some countries were trying to create ethnic tensions in Afghanistan in order to achieve their “evil goals”. They said that the citizens do not have any problem and …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan security forces repelled a massive attack of the Taliban militants on Maimana, the capital city of northern Faryab Province, the other night. The acting Governor of Faryab Abdul Satar Barez told Afghanistan Times that the Taliban insurgents attacked the Maimana from different parts. “However, security forces …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, Nasrin Oryakhil, told lawmakers on Monday that the ministry has introduced 600 people to the Attorney General Office (AGO) for having fake ration cards. She said that after computerizing the payment system, the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled …

The United States is rushing additional military hardware to Afghanistan to support the embattled Afghan National Army. According to IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly, the U.S.-based defense contractor Textron Marine & Land Systems has been awarded a $56.2 million contract for the delivery of 55 additional Commando Select Armored Security Vehicles …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Doctors without Borders, the international medical charity, said on Sunday that it has withdrawn from Kunduz city after the fatal airstrikes on its hospital left 19 killed and several injured. The group’s communications manager Kate Stegeman said that some staff is still working in other health facilities …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that two would-be suicide bombers were killed in Kabul. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives killed two terrorists who planned to carry out suicide attacks in front of the police training center in the …