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KABUL: Afghanistan was the world’s most dangerous country for journalists in 2018 due to the high risk of violence and censorship of information, according to a poll of an Afghan watchdog. Journalists Safety Committee on Thursday said that 120 cases of violence against journalists had been recorded in Afghanistan in …

KABUL: The recent heavy snowfalls in different provinces have sparked hopes among the people of the end or at least decrease of drought dominating the country for several consecutive years. Kabul city and its surrounding areas were twice covered by the white blanket of snow since the beginning of winter, …

KABUL: Some one million educated people mostly the youth are unemployed and seek jobs, the government says. “More than 2.5 million people are jobless from whom 45 per cent are high school graduates or hold university diplomas. The rest are skillful who have access to some vocations,” Sohrab Bahman, spokesman …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s national security advisor Hamdullah Mohib met Thursday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and launched into the nitty-gritty of advancing Afghanistan-Taliban peace efforts. Mohib and Wang Yi discussed peace process under leadership of Afghanistan, regional security and bilateral relations, the National Security Council said on Friday …

KABUL: Foreign forces in Afghanistan killed an Islamic State commander in an air strike in eastern Nangarhar province, security officials said. “The notorious Daesh commander Khateb Ameer has been killed in an air strike which foreign forces launched in Nangarhar,” a spokesman for the Defense Ministry said on Friday. Javid …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy Umer Daudzai met with head of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party Siraj-ul-Haq in Islamabad on Thursday during his four-day visit to discuss Kabul-Taliban peace process. The Afghan envoy and the Pakistani religious scholar discussed all possible and practical ways to help in achieving peace in Afghanistan, …

NEW DELHI: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reiterated that the involvement of Taliban leadership is important for the success and sustainability of Afghan peace process. Speaking at the fourth edition of the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi on Thursday, Mr. Karzai said: “Taliban belongs to our country” and that their …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, met with Indian Minister of External Affairs Ms. Sushma Swaraj, discussing the regional countries’ cooperation with the Afghan government’s peace process, Karzai’s office said. In his Wednesday’s visit to New Delhi, the ex-president also thanked Indian government and people for help in providing educational scholarships …

KABUL: Aprominent leader of the Talibanhas surrendered to security forces in Afghanistan’s northern province of Jawzjan, the military said. The military’s 209th Shaheen Corps on Wednesday confirmed prominent leader of Taliban faction,Qudratullah,has turned himself in to Afghan forces in Qush Tepa district. According to a statement released by 209th Shaheen …

KABUL: Umer Daudzai, head of the High Peace Council’s secretariat is in Islamabad for a four-day visit during which he is planned to discuss the government’s peace process and a religious scholar meeting with Pakistani officials. Pakistan’s actual cooperation with the Afghan peace process and holding a meeting between the …