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KABUL: At least six people – including two children – were killed following an explosion at a local market in Paktika which was mistakenly triggered, according to officials. The blast happened when an unexplodedordnance went off among a crowd of civilians at a local market in Janikhel district of Paktika …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Tehran, Nasir Ahmad Nour said that Iran’s Southeastern port of Chabahar is of vital importance to Afghanistan, saying the Afghan government and private sector are eager to see the port in full swing. Nasir Ahmad Nour, in an interview with an Iranian news outlet, …

KABUL: Authorities in Kabul are castigating U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the country’s war as they on Thursday demanded Washington to provide explanation. President Donald Trump at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday said that Russia and Pakistan should be fighting the war in …

KABUL: Three people were convicted Thursday of the murder of BBC journalist Ahmad Shah, with one of them sentenced to death. Afghanistan’s primary anti-terrorism court has convicted three men in the murder case of a BBC reporter, spokesman of the Attorney General Office (AGO) said on Thursday. Ahmad Shah was …

Bakhtan, a resident of Nangarhar province who has lived in an area controlled by Daesh terrorist group for two years, says that aerial attacks against the group have killed a large number of its fighters and they have lost a lot of ground. A former fighter of Daesh group, Bakhtan …

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 …