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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Three children were killed when a mortar hit a house in northern Kunduz province during Eid days, official said on Tuesday. Khanabad district chief, Hayatullah Amiri, said, the incident took place in first night of the Eid, in which three children of a family were killed when …
Read More »Two Taliban centers seized in Faryab
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghans security forces during a military operation captured two important centers of the Taliban insurgents in Almar district in northern Faryab province, official said on Tuesday. “Two Taliban facilities were held in Turbat and Badghis areas in the district during the operation,” Mohammad Saleh Saleh, Almar district …
Read More »Taliban join peace process after losing authority: Mohaqiq
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The second deputy of Chief Executive Officer said the Taliban has joined the peace process after emergence of the Islamic State in the country as major opponent of the militant group. Though, Mohammad Mohaqiq welcomed the recent round of formal peace talks between the Afghan government and …
Read More »HPC member killed in Kabul
AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen killed a senior provincial member of the High Peace Council (HPC) in Paghman district of Kabul province. Spokesman to the Maidan Wardak governor, Attuallah Khogyani, on Tuesday identified the HPC member as Maulwi Saleh Muhammad Hottak. He told media that the HPC member was resident of Maidan …
Read More »Logar airstrike perpetrators be tried: MPs
KABUL: Some senators on Tuesday strongly condemned Monday’s airstrike by American forces on an Afghan National Army (ANA) outpost in central Logar province, calling it intentional and demanded the perpetrators’ prosecution. Local officials said eight ANA troops were killed and another half a dozen were wounded in the early morning …
Read More »Floods leave many homeless in Kunar, Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Torrential rains wreaked havoc in eastern parts of the country as flash floods destroy scores of homes and crops standing on hundreds of acres of agricultural land in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Provincial director of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) in Kunar told a local …
Read More »Afghan peace process: EU calls on regional countries for support
AT-KABUL: Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday urged Afghanistan’s neighbors and other regional countries to support the Afghan-led peace process. Welcoming the recent efforts of the Afghan leadership to bring back stability and peace to the country, the council in its meeting which held in Brussels, emphasized on …
Read More »Fight against ISIS should be led by Afghan forces: Lawmakers
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Wolesi Jirga members and experts said that fight against the ISIS, also known as Daesh, should be led by Afghan security forces. They said that if the United States and international forces want to conduct a joint war against ISIS in Afghanistan, then the …
Read More »NDS foils rocket attack in Kabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered and confiscated two BM1 missiles in PD8 in Kabul city over the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, a statement by the spy agency said on Monday. The statement said that this was a major achievement as the find has prevented a major attack …
Read More »Traffic accident in Salang Highway leaves one dead
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one person was killed and three others wounded following a traffic accident in Salang Highway (Salang Pass), said official on Monday. Head of Traffic Department in Parwan, Mehrabuddin Parwani, said the incident took place on Monday morning when an oil tanker collided with a truck …
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