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AT-KABUL: As many as 115 militants have been killed in military offensives launched by Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan Air Force (AAF) over the past 48 hours. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a press statement issued here on Sunday said that the operations and airstrikes were conducted in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) denounced the recent terrorist attacks in the strongest possible terms and said that the attacks were in sharp contrast with the Islamic instructions. The remarks come at a time that three terrorist attacks in Kabul on Friday led to killing of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: India’s Union Water Resource Ministry said that Salma dam likely to be commissioned in the middle of 2016. Construction of the dam was started in January 2006 in western Herat province. Material was shipped to Iran from India and later to Afghanistan. According to a news report …

Media should help govt in overcoming existing challenges: Information Minister AT-KABUL: The first ever two-day media exhibition kicked off here on Sunday where scores of electronic, print and online media outlets participated. The expo was inaugurated by Minister of Information and Culture, Abdul Bari Jahani, at the Afghanistan Expo Center …

AT-KABUL: Employees of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) on Sunday donated blood to those who were injured in the Friday terror attacks in Kabul City, and security personnel wounded in military operations against insurgents. The first suicide attack was carried out in Shah Shaheed area, second in front …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of civil society activists in Bamyan province came hard of the peace negotiations with the Taliban, on Sunday, as they termed it a mirage. They said there is drastic need of peace talks overhaul. Talking to the newsmen, Ibrahim Tola, a civil society activist, said …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Thousands of acres of state-owned land have been grabbed by the powerful land mafia in Logar province, official said on Sunday. Logar governor, Mohammad Halim Fidaee briefing newsmen said that 1,660 individuals, including government officials, influential figures, and common people were involved in land gabbing.  “We have …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan and Iran are all set to establish a joint anti-drugs committee to counter the narcotics trafficking and improve intelligence sharing in this aspect. Commander of the anti-narcotics squad of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police, General Ali Moayyedi, said that establishment of the joint committee would improve coordination between the …

“Given that young people don’t have sufficient employment opportunities then frustration can lead to social, political, economic tensions, and instability in Afghanistan,”— Dr Annette Sachs Robertson By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaboration with Ministry of Information and Culture released a report about importance of …

“The deadliest blasts in Kabul is aimed at undermining peace talks between the government and the Afghan Taliban,” says the chief of Awami National Party (ANP) AT-KABUL: Chief of the Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan, has condemned the deadly suicide attacks in Kabul City and termed it a …