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In the wake of Pakistan’s freeing Taliban’s co-founder, former President Hamid Karzai is pinning hope that Mullah Baradar’s release will usher in advancements in peace process in Afghanistan. The former president was also applause for Pakistani government’s decision to free the militant leader from prison, saying it was a positive …

AT-KABUL: More than 650,000 Afghan refugees have repatriated from Iran and Pakistan this year, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) said on Friday. From Pakistan 27,375 and from Iran 630,283 refugees have returned to Afghanistan since the beginning of 2018, the IOM said in a statement. It added, last week …

AT-KABUL: At least three terrorists were killed after a U.S.-led airstrike pummeled an area where a group of terrorists associated with ISIS-K were planting roadside mines in eastern Nangarhar province. The 201st Silab Military Corps in the East said a group of three ISIS-K militants who were planting an improvised …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday it has devised a policy aimed at preventing sexual harassment in the squads of the national army amid existence of violations of women’s rights. The ministry’s spokesman Ghafoor Ahmad Jawid said: “This policy is an efficient stride to protect immunity and …

KABUL: The High Peace council emphasizes on the cooperation of regional countries to reach a durable peace in Afghanistan, saying sustainable peace would be impossible without their help. Deputy Chief of the council, Hajji Din Mohammad said Wednesday that Afghanistan should be a cooperation point between the United States and …

KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says it was better that the parliamentary election would not have been held considering the current situation in Afghanistan and would have been better to hold it along with the next year’s presidential election or even after that. In an exclusive interview with the Voice …

KABUL: Hamid Karzai, the former president was saddened to learn of civilian casualties in the Rodat district of the eastern province of Nangarhar. In a statement released Wednesday, Karzai said: “With very regrets, I heard that once again a military operation caused civilian casualties in Rodat district of Nangarhar province …

Counter Narcotics Policehave arrested more than 57 suspects with 15 tons of drugs in possession as part of an operation against drug trafficking in ten provinces in past week, officials said. Ministry of Interior on Wednesday said that fifty seven people have been arrested in anti-drugs campaigns with a total …

In intensive offensives against militant hideouts across the country, the armed forces have killed as many as 22 militants and wounded 20 over past day, authorities have said. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police …

Afghan security forces have killed at least fourteen Islamic State terrorists in a series of pre-dawn raids in Nangarhar where the authorities strengthened measures to crack down on the terrorist network which is emerging as an impregnable threat. Security forces staged dawn operations against Daesh terrorists in Shahidan area of …