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AT-KABUL: Afghan Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum, has survived an ambush by suspected Taliban fighters in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan on Friday. A group of insurgents attacked Dostum’s convoy on a remote highway in Ghormach district of Faryab province on Friday morning. Vice president’s security guards and security forces …

Despite security, financial and professional staff shortage problems, the Ministry of Public Health has affirmed its commitment to offering the people better services and bringing a positive change to their lives. During a recent visit to the restive southern province of Kandahar, Minister of Public Health Dr. Firozuddin Firoz held …

Two civilians, as many policemen and three militants have been killed during separate security incidents in northeastern Kunduz province, officials said on Thursday. Amanuddin Quraishi, the Imam Sahib district chief, said two policemen were killed in a roadside bombing while they were patrolling in Pul Arbab Khalil area of the …

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday attended 96th Independence Day celebrations by laying a floral wreath at the Freedom Monument in Kabul. The ceremony was held with national zeal and fervor as national anthem was played and security forces presented a guard of honour to pay tribute to the …

The 96th Afghanistan’s Independence Day was celebrated with national zeal throughout the country in which thousands of countrymen participated amid colorful events. Salim Khan Kunduzi, the governor of eastern Nangarhar province, laid a floral wreath on the tomb of founder of Afghanistan Ghazi Amanullah Khan and later participated in huge …

ASADABAD: At least 13 persons have suffered casualties as Pakistani forces attacked Nari district of eastern Kunar province, officials said Tuesday. Kunar police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Habib Sayed Khail said the attack from Pakistani border targeted Dokalam area of the district on border zero point around 3: 00 pm …

The United States on Monday expressed concern over increase in violence in Afghanistan and supported President Ashraf Ghani’s recent effort to address this security challenge in the country. “We are obviously concerned about the violence in Afghanistan and in and around Kabul, lately. That’s of deep concern to us,” the …

Pakistan’s years of harboring and encouraging terrorism toward Afghanistan must come to an end. Alama Iqbal, a philosopher and renown poet, termed Afghanistan “the Balkans of Asia” and believed that a brawny, secured, and peaceful Afghanistan could be a source of strength for all of Asia in general and South …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested a commander along with two Pakistani members of the Islamic State (IS), when trying to enter Afghanistan through Torkham gate. The NDS in a press statement issued on Monday said that their operatives arrested an IS commander named Hayatullah, known as Mansoor, …

AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a female aid worker at gunpoint on Monday morning in Kabul. Fraidun Obaidi, head of Kabul police criminal investigation department, said that the incident took place around 9:15 am in Qala-i-Fathullah area of Kabul city. He said that they have launched an investigation into the incident …