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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 …

Kabul: Taliban militants killed at least 21 security forces in separate attacks on security checkpoints in northern Sar-e-Pul province on Monday, officials said on Tuesday, as clashes reportedly continued in suburban areas. Sar-e-Pul Governor Spokesman Zabihullah Amani said that Taliban massively attacked check points in Sayad district, Qashqari and number …

AT-KABUL: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed all eight direct qualifiers for the Super 12s stage of the ICC ‘World T20 2020’ scheduled to be held in Australia. After beating Bangladesh 3-0 in June 2018, Afghanistan climbed to the 8th position in the ICC rankings and was able …

KABUL: State Ministry for Disaster Management has distributed food items and cash to more than 1,250 needy families in Faryab and Ghor provinces. Ghor Provincial Disaster Management in cooperation with World Food Program (WFP) has distributed money to 1,200 needy families affected from unnatural disasters in Ghor province, the authority …

KABUL: A spymaster of the Islamic State-Khurasan terrorist group was killed along with 27 other extremist fighters after Afghan security forces raided their safe havens in eastern Nangarhar province, according to authorities. Special Forceslaunched anti-Daesh ground and aerial operations in Shakhli village of Achin district of Nangarhar Sunday night, killing …

KABUL: In the latest drug bust in northern Baghlan province, police have captured three suspects with 11kg drugs, officials said on Monday Three suspects, who had 11 kilograms of heroin in their possession, were arrested by Baghlan Police, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The seized drugs were recovered …