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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hundreds of civil society activists on Sunday took out to the streets and staged peaceful demonstration to give vent to their anger over brutal massacre of innocent people in Jalalabad City. Condemning the deadly suicide blast, they said that killing of the people could not be justified …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Norwegian and Indonesian officials have agreed to strengthen cooperation on Afghanistan. The triangular cooperation will help the Afghan government to overcome different challenges and speed up the development process. According to Jakarta Post, an Indonesian newspaper, the agreement was announced on the sidelines of the commemoration of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Since highways are getting insecure and passengers are being kidnapped, residents of Zabul province called on the government on Sunday to ramp up security measures along leading highways particularly Kabul-Kandahar road. Commuters face a great threat following a marked surge in militant attacks on passengers on highways, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 20 people were wounded in a clash between two parties over land dispute in Balkh province, official sources said. Chief of the provincial council Mohammad Ibrahim Khair said the clash took place on Sunday morning in Dash-e-Shadian area of the provincial capital, Mazar-e-Sharif. He …

MEHTARLAM: Security officials detained a group of militants in eastern Laghman province, thwarting a looming terror bid, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday. In a statement, the NDS said that Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP) and the spy service in a joint operation detained …

KABUL: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his country and neighboring Afghanistan have agreed on intelligence and security cooperation as part of efforts to combat illicit drugs trafficking and terrorism, Iranian Media reports Sunday. In a joint press conference with his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Tehran, Rouhani …

AT-KABUL: Hundreds of residents of Kabul and northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday staged a rally in support of the security forces wherein they demanded thorough investigation into the Jurm district attack that left tens of troops dead and injured. The rally was attended by members of civil society organizations and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hinting at mounting insecurity in northern Sar-i-Pul province, local security officials have said that lack of heavy weapons has marred their mission to bring law-and-order in the province. They said the Taliban militants were trying to insecure the province and target the security forces. Quoted by Radio …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani would leave for Iran today (Sunday) on two-day official visit and will discuss issues of mutual interest with Iranian authorities. Tasnim News Agency reported on Saturday that accepting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s invitation Ashraf Ghani is due in Tehran on Sunday. Ghani will head …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Lambasting members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) for their failure to address grievance of public and accelerate efforts to release the 31 passengers who were abducted in Zabul, a large number of civil society activists on Saturday protested near the parliament house and tried to prevent …