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AT-JALALABAD: Women’s social and political empowerment is a crucial component for strengthening Afghanistan’s democracy, said participants in two UN-backed events in Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar. The events drew elders, scholars and other community leaders from across the four eastern provinces of Laghman, Kunar, Nuristan and …

AT-KABUL: A Taliban commander along with two of his family members was killed on Sunday and eleven others of his kin were wounded after their own explosives detonated in southern Helmand province. The explosion happened on Sunday afternoon inside the house of a Taliban commander touted as‘Baran’in Shamal area in …

AT-KABUL: Pakistan’s intention to purportedly fence the porous Durand Line with the multi-hundred million dollar financial help of the United States has brought out infuriation and denunciation of ex-President Hamid Karzai who says it is a ploy to split Afghans on both sides of the de facto borderline. The ex-president …

AT-KABUL: Afghan forces have pushed back a Taliban’s attack in northern Farah province, military authorities have said. Taliban fighters massively stormed security posts in Jamjama Qala and Bazaar Qala area of Dawlat Abad district in Farah on Sunday night, but faced strict resistance of Afghan forces, said a statement issued …

AT-KABUL: Kabul police has arrested over 29 people on suspicion of dealing drugs in Kabul in the past week. Kabul police in coordination with Counter Narcotics Police have conducted 23 joint and exclusive crackdowns against drug dealers in the past one week, as result of which 29 suspects have been …

AT-KABUL: A United Nations envoy says the international panel seeks transparent elections in Afghanistan and hopes the upcoming ballots will not be plagued with fraud. Miroslav Jinka, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs met on Monday with Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah in his office and discussed political development, the UN role in …

AT-KABUL: A suicide bomber rammed into a patrolconvoy of foreign troops in northern Parwan province on Sunday morning, killing three Resolute Support service members, said officials. “A suicide bomber on foot blew up his explosivesnear a patrolling convoy of foreign forcesin Khalazai area in Charikar, center of Parwan province on …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday signed Memorandum of Understanding with Norway Committee to construct a regional medical institute in southern Paktia province. Minister of Public Health Ferozudin Feroz said that over $1.3 million was donated by Norway to build a regional medical institute in Gardez city capital of …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah admitted Sunday the views and suggestion offered by political parties over the October legislative election as “reasonable”. Speaking at the 89th anniversary of a former foreign minister, Mohammad Wali Darwazi, Abdullah said that political parties were playing weak role as they did in the past …

AT-KABUL: The government says that foreigners are not authorized to make decision over the peace program in Afghanistan, a statement in reaction to a US official’s remark over talks between Taliban representatives and US officials. President Ashraf Ghani’s Spokesman, Shah Hossein Mortazavi, said Sunday that the US and other foreign …