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AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep grief and sorrow over death of former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam. APJ Abdul Kalam has died at the age of 83, after he collapsed during a lecture at the IIM in Shillong on Monday evening. Hamid Karzai extended his heartfelt condolences to …

AT-KABUL: Signing of NDS-ISI deal will allow Pakistan to turn Afghanistan into a hub of terrorism to extend insecurity to the Central Asian region, borders of Russia and China, said ex-President Hamid Karzai’s chief of staff, Abdul Karim Khurram. He said that intelligence sharing deal will gradually transfer the bad …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Heavy flashfloods have reportedly damaged parts of central Maidan Wardak province, including Chak, Sayid Abad, Narkh and Jaghato districts, said local official on Tuesday. A team has been assigned by the provincial governor to prepare a complete report of damages and present it to the governor. Initial …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two commanders of Daesh rebels have been killed in security forces operations in eastern Nangarhar province, said security official on Tuesday. Nangarhar Police Chief, Fazl Ahmad Shirzad, told newsmen that the military operation was launched in Chaparhar district Monday night and was ended up on Tuesday morning. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Local officials in eastern Kunar province on Tuesday said heavy clashes are ongoing between security forces and the Taliban fighters following the rebels’ major attacks in Marwa district. Kunar Police Chief, Abdul Habib Sayid Kheli, told newsmen that the Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on security …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The national cricket team on Tuesday received red-carpet welcome by hundreds of cricket lovers at Hamid Karzai International Airport after they were qualified for T-20 World Cup 2016 which will be held in India. The national squad grabbed fifth place in the qualifying rounds. In the qualifying …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The former spymaster, Amrullah Saleh and the founder of Rawand-e-Sabz-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Green Trend) has warned the public that there are certain countries trying to divide Afghanistan into factions and that they are the nation’s true enemies. Saleh held a press conference the other day to announce the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday apprehended a group of three abductors and rescued a 13 years old boy in Paktia province. In a press release issued here, the NDS said that its operatives succeeded in arresting a gang of three kidnappers in Gardiz city. The detained …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Russia’s Ambassador to NATO on Tuesday reiterated his country’s stance on countering Afghan drug smuggling while saying that Moscow would continue the anti-narcotics fight without NATO. In an interview with the Lifenews TV channel, Alexander Grushko said that Moscow would seek support of other partners in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Spokesman to the Chief Executive Officer on Tuesday said that the Afghan government was expecting decline in violence after the first round of direct talks in Murree, Pakistan; however, there is no decrease in insurgent attacks. Javed Faisal said that Afghan insurgents were still backed by Pakistan. …