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AT-KABUL: Afghanistan briefed India on Friday on the security situation in the war-ravaged nation and efforts of the National Unity Government aimed at peace and reconciliation. Visiting Afghan National Security Adviser (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib held wide-ranging talks with India’s NSA Ajit Doval during which they exchanged views on the developments …

AT-KABUL: The government says it will not attend the upcoming Jeddah conference in Saudi Arabia, demanding a “strong guarantee”. The Jeddah conference follows the earlier one held in the United Arab Emirates’ city of Abu Dhabi in which Taliban delegation met with representatives from the United States, Saudi and Pakistan, …

KABUL: At least 29 extremist Taliban militants including two key commanders were killed in northern Faryab province over the past day, according to officials. Afghan forces raided and bombed militant hideouts along the highway of Shirin Tagab and Khwaja Sabz Posh area, killing at least 29 Taliban insurgents including two …

KABUL: At least 27 militants were killed and 10 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal …

KABUL: Exports of merchandise grew by 19 per cent over past nine months of 2018, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. Exports increased by 19 percent in 2018 compared to the preceding year, said the ministry in a statement on Wednesday. Increasing facilitation, capacity …

AT-KABUL: A large number of residents from eastern Paktia province on Wednesday staged protest after they lost their six kin in an Afghan night raid. They chanted anti-night raids slogan and demanded an immediate halt to the military operations causing civilian casualties.   Time and again, the Afghan and foreign …

AT-JALALABAD:  Community leaders must coordinate their efforts to protect and provide support to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict, said participants during a UN-backed symposium on human rights in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday. Organized by UNAMA’s regional office in Jalalabad, the event drew government officials, civil society …

AT-KABUL: Two Afghan border security forces on Wednesday opened fire on NATO Resolute Support Mission Advisors at the military based in western Herat province, officials said. No RS members injured in the incident, ‘what it calls as insider attack’, while one Afghan border force killed and another detained alive, said …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) on Tuesday warned that all bathhouses, restaurants, bakeries and buildings which cause air pollution will be fine or shut down, if they not set filter system within a week. Deputy of NEPA Eng Ezatullah Seddiqi warned that his office will fine or …

KABUL: Twenty nine people have been sentenced by Afghanistan’s counternarcotics courts to prison after being convicted of drug trafficking charges over the past week, officials said. The CJTF – Criminal Justice Task Force – said on Tuesday that 29 convicted drug felons will spend at least 1½ years to 17 …