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AT-KABUL: A senior U.S. commander says Afghan security forces are improving in the battlefield but require time and support to face the Taliban and Islamic State combatants. General Joseph L Votel, Commander of U.S. Central Command in a press briefing on Thursday said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces …

KUNDUZ CITY: Twelve Afghan Local Policemen (ALP) personnel have been killed in the Taliban attack in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz province, a well-placed source said on Friday. Wishing anonymity, the source added the Taliban stormed ALP personnel’s check-post in the Imamuddin Square on Thursday night. Meanwhile, Police …

AT-KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned on Friday a bombardment of a village in Chahardara district of northern Kunduz province that left 14 civilians including women and children dead. He referred to this attack reportedly by U.S. forces that left civilians killed and injured as a war crime and …

KABUL-AT: At least 14 civilians including women and children were killed and one was injured Thursday morning after a house was hit by an alleged Afghan airstrike in Chahardarah district of northern Kunduz province. Niamatullah Timori, a spokesman for Kunduz governor office confirmed the air strike targeted a house and …

AT-KABUL: National Security Advisor Haneef Atmar on Wednesday during Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) session said that peace and counter terrorism efforts will be followed side by side across the country. “As we are following the peace strategy with Afghan networks, we will pursue counter terrorism strategy with foreign networks,” …

AT-KABUL: A number of members of the Parliament argue that the government had failed in the peace process, saying that the people can no longer bear these deceitful homilies. Parliamentarians believe that the government has no control over the peace dialogue, because of which people’s trust on government’s ability is …

AT-KABUL: Over 93 Taliban combatants were killed in countrywide military offensives that left 21more militants injured by Afghan national security and defense forces. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan NationalArmy (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …

AT-KABUL: Members of the Parliament say that Islamic State in some regions of Afghanistan is becoming increasingly powerful and threatening to replace the Taliban. Parliamentarians claim that a fighting had erupted between the Taliban and Daesh combatants in Zibak and Ashkashom districts of Badakhshan province, and that Daesh is becoming …

AT-Kabul: The Australian government has contributed five million Australian dollars to provide food assistance to people affected by drought in Afghanistan. According to a statement,this brings Australia’s total contribution to WFP’s operations in Afghanistan to AUD15 million in 2018. And the WFP will use the contribution for a joint response …

AT-KABUL: Since the start of 2018, roughly eleven journalists across Afghanistan have died in direct terrorist attacks while on duty, making it the deadliest ever half-year for journalists and other media personnel working in Afghanistan, an Afghan media watchdog said Wednesday. The data from this period indicates a 22 percent …