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AT-KABUL: Ministry Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock on Monday signed an agreement with villages’ development councils to establish hundreds of greenhouses in Badghis and Nangarhar provinces. The agreement of greenhouses was signed by the minister of agriculture irrigation and livestock with villages’ development councils, which total will cost 192 million afghanis. …

AT-KABUL: Military officials have said they are stepping up efforts in a bid to tighten security in tumultuous Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province. Pro-government forces have teamed up with security forces in eastern parts of the district to reinforce security in the area, with an ongoing campaigning period and …

AT-KABUL: As part of their routine crackdowns, Afghan security forces pounded multiple locations in many provinces where militants were hiding, killing at least 45 Taliban fighters and wounding six others. The defense ministry issued a statement, asserting that Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate …

AT Monitoring Desk-Sources in the government said on Sunday that Atif Mashal will replace Omar Zakhilwal as Afghanistan ambassador to Pakistan. Zakhilwal had stepped back as ambassador two months ago, though his resignation was not accepted by the president. The Afghan government has not confirmed appointment of Mashal, who had …

AT Monitoring Desk-The Interior Minister has ordered a series of security enhancement measures as the time window for the parliamentary elections is winding down, Zamannews reported. Wais Ahmad Barmak during video conference on Sunday ordered zonal commanders of security forces and police chiefs of 34 provinces to adopt all-out measures …

AT-KABUL: Members of senate oppose the handing over of the Afghan war to a US private security company, saying that the war privatization would not be a resolve for Afghan problems, but would create more problems and new crisis. The US war in Afghanistan is intensifying day after day, and …

AT-Kabul: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) arrested on Sunday two drug peddlers with more than 1,000 psychedelic mushrooms in possession during a raidin Kabul City. CNP busted a drug network in Kabul city and confiscated 1,000 K Tablets along with two prime suspects, an interior ministry statement said. Statement said that …

AT-KABUL: The intelligence agency says it has thwarted a major terrorist attack in Kabul city, amid a heated election campaigning and as polls are nearing. Intelligence operatives managed to arrest two masterminded of suicide attack during a clampdown in 3rd PD in Kabul city, said a press statement issued by …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior on Sunday said it has sent 20 police officersto Russia to undergo professional training, as part of an ongoing capacity-building programme for police. As many as 20 policemen from different segments have gone to Russia for professional trainings in the wake of a professionalism process in …

AT-KABUL: At least 27 Islamic State fighters were killed in a pre-dawn airstrike on Saturday in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. The air force targeted Daesh fighters’ hideouts in Khogyani district of Nangarhar last night, which as result 27 Daesh affiliates were killed, said a statement issued by Ministry of …