KABUL: Former national security advisor Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta said Sunday that terrorism is a state instrument which Pakistan uses against Afghanistan and India and that the unscrupulous neighbour had asked Kabul years before to cut ties with New Delhi as precondition for political engagement. Spanta made his remarks during …
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KABUL: Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock on Sunday said that eight water irrigation canals have been inaugurated in northern Balkh province. The construction work of eight irrigation canals for agriculture lands completed and inaugurated in Balkh province. The canal construction work cost a sum of afn 106.5 million, said …
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AT-KABUL: Gen. Austin Scott Miller, the commander of Resolute Support Mission and U.S. forces in Afghanistan has arrived on western Farah province late on Saturday, retreating support to the Afghan security forces and praised their bravery in fighting terrorism. He assured NATO’s full support to the Afghan security forces against …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The head of Kabul Ulema Council, Mawlawi Abdul Basir Haqqani has been assassinated in a terror act of violence in Chehel Sutun area in Kabul’s PD7 at around 2pm local time, Kabul police confirmed on Saturday. Haqqani was found dead on a road in Chehel Sutun area …
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Peace building, conflict resolution, conflict prevention, whichever term you use, sits uneasily within one particular field, discipline, or government department for that matter. Is it development, foreign policy, diplomacy, defense and security, justice and human rights, any or all of the above? Perhaps it is amazingly surprising to want peace …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The members of parliament blame operations launched jointly by Afghan and foreign troops for targeting civilians, saying only ordinary people are killed in these operations. The legislators said Saturday that these troops have been launching operations arbitrarily in the civilian areas, killing defenseless people including women and …
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AT News Report-KABUL: There are ineffective people in the Peace Consultation Board who would lead the peace process to failure, political experts say. The 11 members of the board chaired by President Ghani’s chief of staff who were identified by the media outlets, are not effective people and these people …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai visited Iran, the neighboring state to attend the 32nd International Islamic Unity Conference, where he met Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. The two sides discussed Afghan peace process. Iranian foreign minister offered Tehran’s support of the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, assuring …
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AT News Report-Kabul: More than 44 militants were killed and five others injured in raids across the country in the past day. Security Forces used air strikes and artilleries to shell and bomb enemy’s sanctuaries and strongholds. A statement released by Ministry of Defense said that Afghan National Army and …
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AT News Report-KABUL: A U.S. service member was killed in action in Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement said in a statement. A Resolute Support spokesperson SFC Debra Richardson in a statement said that one U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday. …
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