AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs on Saturday said that one Afghan was killed and 29 injured in Mecca after a crane collapsed in the holy city. The deputy minister for religious affair Diaul Haq Abid said the injured Afghans were shifted to a hospital soon …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ)—Lower House of the parliament— on Saturday urged the government to direct the relevant officials to kick off the distribution of electronic national identification (ID) cards “as soon as possible”. The lawmakers alleged Pakistan of hampering the ID cards issuance process. They said the …
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AT-KABUL: At least 196 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 179 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 48 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and the National Directorate of Security …
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AT-KABUL: Kabul Police on Saturday said that 569 suspects who were involved in different crimes were arrested last month in the capital city. Kabul Police Chief, Abdul Rahim Rahman, in a press conference said that police within the last one month busted several gangs who were involved in various crimes …
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Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, has questioned the existence of al-Qaida, and denied that the 9/11 terror attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people were planned in Afghanistan. On the eve of the anniversary of the 2001 attacks, Karzai, who left office last year after 12 years, used an …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kabul-Gardez Highway remained closed for third consecutive day, as tens of residents of Paktia province staged protest against the recent decision of Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) to close its branch in Gardez. The protestors demanded the agency to apologize and reopen the branch, or they will …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that it was all set to hold parliamentary elections, but only if the government tends to hold the polls. Azadi Radio while quoting the deputy Chief of the IEC, Abdul Rahman Hotaki, said the poll body was ready for parliamentary and …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 600 Afghans were killed by Daesh insurgents in the past four months in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, said officials on Friday. District governor, Haji Ghalib said that the newly-emerged militant group has also been operating private prisons in the district where Hafiz …
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KABUL: The United Nations and its partner agencies said that a large number of Afghan people have resorted to selling their properties or turned to relatives and friends for help as food insecurity doubled in the last year. The Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC), a non-profit organization in Afghanistan, …
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AT-KABUL: Driver of a bus was killed and 25 passengers injured in a road accident between a truck and a bus on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway in Ghazni province. The deputy provincial governor of Ghazni, Ali Ahmadi, told media that the head-on collision took place in Aab Band district of the …
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