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KABUL- Taliban fighters have attacked and killed a man and several members of his family after accusing him of working with the Americans in southwestern Afghanistan. Taliban fighters attacked the house of Najeebullah and killed the man along with his several family members on Saturday in Lashkargah, capital city of …

AT-KABUL: President Ghani has rejected resignations of three of its high-ranking security officials, asking them to stay at their posts and work to bolster security. Minister of Defense Tariq Shah Bahrami, Minister of Interior Wais Ahmad Barmak and Chief of National Directorate of Security Mohammad Masoum Stanikzai tendered their resignations …

AT-KABUL: The peace movement says it was more optimistic to a durable peace in the country than the past, arguing that the joining of more people from different areas has encouraged them for peace. The movement members who had started a long trip on foot from the southern province of …

AT-KABUL: Senior politician Hamid Karzai expressed on Sunday his condolences over the death of prominent U.S. senator John McCain. “I extend my condolences on the sad demise of Senator John McCain. In the many years of meetings and engagements with Senator McCain I found him honourable and friendly. I also …

AT-KABUL: National Directorate of Security on Sunday said that the Daesh leader for Afghanistan, Saad Irhabi, was killed in an airstrike Saturday night in eastern Nangarhar province, dealing a devastating blow to the notorious terrorist group. The overnight airstrike in Jangal Keli village of Khogianai district in Nangarhar resulted in …

AT-KABUL: The defense ministry says terrorist groups threaten security in Afghanistan from either inside or outside the country, a statement likely in reaction to allegations over the Daesh terrorist group’s activities in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw province of Pakistan. Afghanistan claims that terrorists come from Pakistan, asking Islamabad to prevent …

AT-KABUL: The Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan, an alliance of several political parties, has warned it would not obey the government anymore. In a statement, the coalition said Sunday that if the government did not meet its demands its followers would close the doors of electoral commissions. It accused the …

The government has announced it will not send representatives to Russia to join a conference planned to be held in early September with the aim of seeking ways for peace in the war-hit country. Foreign ministry spokesman has told the media that Kabul would not attend the conference because the …

AT-KABUL: Political parties have once again raised prospects of massive-scale fraud in the forthcoming parliamentary elections if the government continued to brush off their request for a change in election system. Political parties in a declaration turned the heat up on the government and the election panels for showing no …

AT-KABUL: Kabul terrorist attack which started with firing of around 20 mortars by terrorists on Kabul city was ended after the two suspected Daesh attackers were killed by the security forces. Two terrorists, taking refuge in a market yard in south of Kabul city, today morning at 9:00am fired 20 …