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KABUL: As part of the commitment to facilitate an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, a meeting was hosted by Pakistan between the Afghan government and Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan representatives, a statement from the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul said on Wednesday. It said that the meeting was held in Murree …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In a bid to recover the lost money of Kabul Bank, the Attorney General Office (AGO) issued travel ban against 155 defaulters of the bank and frozen their assets. Their names were put on exit control list (ECL) after the President Ashraf Ghani’s deadline for defaulters of …

AT-KABUL: At least 60 militants have been killed in separate drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, said an official source. A statement issued by Nangarhar police headquarters said that NATO troops conducted drone strikes against Taliban militants in Mamand Dara, Asad Khel and Mamand Lagad areas of Achin district. An …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban militants have captured tens of villages in Faryab province recently, TOLOnews reported. Sayed Abdul Baqi Hashemi, the chairman of Faryab provincial council, said that around 60 villages in the province have fallen to the Taliban’s hands over the past two days. He added that conflicts …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban had attacked the National Directorate of Security’s (NDS) regional sub-office in the 8th police jurisdiction of Kabul City on Tuesday. Three suicide bombers had stormed the NDS’s sub-office at around 1:00pm. The first attacker detonated his motorbike, full of explosives, near the entrance of the security facility. …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has signed contracts with three foreign publishing companies to print 16 million textbooks for school students within next four months. The contracts were awarded to two Indian companies and one Vietnamese publication center. The minister for education, Assadullah Hanif Balkhi, signed the contracts with …

Ministry of Higher Education got more budget than last year, says Ministry of Finance By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) has cancelled evening shifts in all public universities this year while presenting “inadequate budget” as an excuse. Spokesman for MoHE, Mohammad Azim Noorbakhsh, said that this …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US President Barack Obama in a rare visit to the Pentagon for delivering remarks on his strategy to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said that United States would partner with nations like Afghanistan to support security forces to defeat terrorist networks. Obama while briefing …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least three foreigners were wounded, after a suicide attacker targeted foreign troops’ convoy in Shah Shaheed area in Kabul on Tuesday morning. According to initial report a suicide attacker driving a Corolla model car has targeted the convoy of foreign forces in Shah Shaheed area of …

AT-KABUL: As many as 66 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 53 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security …