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KABUL: The government has issued overseas travel ban on the First Vice President General Dostum who was denied boarding an aircraft by the police on Friday. He was heading to Turkey for medical treatment. Sputnik quoted sources close to Gen. Dostum as saying that he was not allowed on Friday …

AT-KABUL: A report by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) shows that countrywide conflict displacements in Afghanistan is now touching over 289,867 in Afghanistan which the report says is quite concerning. The report titled OCHA’s Displacement Tracking System shows that a total of 289,867 people have …

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack as an “inhuman act”. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a crowd of the religious scholars celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) at the Uranus wedding hall. At least 55 people were killed and around 100 more wounded, …

KABUL: The parliament canceled its Wednesday session for the lack of agenda, with the lawmakers saying that the Tuesday suicide attack on religious scholars should have been discussed, but the administrative board did not make agenda. The parliament’s administrative board refused to comment on the lack of agenda for Wednesday’s …

KABUL: The US and NATO commander, General Scott Miller says he is optimistic to a political solution in the Afghan conflict. Miller said Wednesday during his visit to Ghazni province that despite preparations in fight against “militants”, Afghans and the international community expect the current efforts for peace talks give …

Kabul: Security forces have killed 59 insurgents and injured 24 others in military offensives across the country over past day, authorities said Wednesday. Four militants were arrested and handed over to judicial organs for further inquiry. Security Forces shelled and bombed enemy’s sanctuaries and stations with air strikes and artilleries. …

KABUL: Twenty four people have been given prison sentences by counternarcotics courts of the country for drug trafficking over past week, authorities said Wednesday. Criminal Justice Task Force said in a statement that its primary and appellate courts have sentenced 24 smugglers to 18 months -30 years prison time. Counter …

KABUL: Tribesmen in southeastern Logar have said that a number of civilianshad died in a pre-dawn raid by the army in a remote village on Tuesday night as government forces escalated their offensive to squash rebel strongholds there. Police Spokesman of Logar Shapoor Ahmadzai said that security forces last night …

KABUL: All Afghans including the government want peace, but the Taliban have not nodded to this hankering of the people, said Executive Abdullah Abdullah, stressing that efforts for peace have been sped up. Dr. Abdullah made these comments at a conference at the Sciences Po in France on Tuesday. He …

KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) says that the Taliban delegation and the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad had reached agreements over a number of issues. Khalilzad met for the second time with the members of Taliban political office in Qatar, after which he offered hopes of …