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By Basir Qazizada -KABUL: The High Peace Council called Taliban’s refusal over holding another round of talks with the US officials ‘not important’, saying Washington should seek solutions if it seriously wants to help peace in Afghanistan. Western media had earlier quoted some anonymous Taliban officials as saying that the …

A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace Council meets Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal to learn about the Nepali model of peace process, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, September 13, 2018. Photo: Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s secretariat AT Monitoring Desk A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace …

AT-KABUL: The state-run High Peace Council calls on the government’s opposition political parties to share their offers over the peace talks with the Taliban militants. It says that many efforts were made regarding the peace process at national and international levels, adding that political parties should share their schemes with …

AT-KABUL: Taliban unleashed devastating attacks in a district of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday night, local officials confirmed, killing more than 10 policemen and overrunning the entire district. Maidan Wardak Governor’s Spokesperson Rahim Mangal said the Taliban waged an overnight intense assault on Daymirdad district, an attack that faced …

AT-KABUL: At least 20 people mostly civilians were killed and more than 70 wounded when two consecutive explosions rocked the west part of Kabul city on Wednesday evening, targeting a wrestling club. Interior Ministry Spokesman, Nusrat Rahimi, said that a suicide bomber blew himself up in a wrestling club in …

AT-KABUL: At least 123 militants were killed and 36 others wounded after several crackdowns on insurgent strongholds within the past days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of the death of the notorious militant Haqqani Network leader, the intelligence operatives have arrested 11 loyalists of the group in Kabul. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives succeeded to arrest a group of 11 fighters of Haqqani Terrorist Network during an operation in Kabul …

The US Agency for International Development and Afghan Agriculture Ministry have launched two projects to boost agriculture in Afghanistan. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Herbie Smith and the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Minister Naseer Durrani launched two new value chain projects to improve Afghanistan’s …

AT-KABUL: Taliban confirmed on Tuesday that Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder and leader of one of the deadliest and most feared terrorist groups, Haqqani militant network, has died after a long illness. Taliban in a statement said Jalaluddin Haqqani who has been suffering from an illness died at the age of 79; …

AT-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan, an electoral watchdog says it was worried of what it called “current differences” senior officials in the Independent Election Commission. Yousuf Rarshid, head of the watchdog said Tuesday that the continued differences among the officials of the commission meant that the …