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There has been an ample denunciation ever since a radical Islamic State suicide bomber detonated himself near a large tented compound hosting a few thousands clerics who gathered to declare insurgents as forbidden. AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned Monday’s terrorist attack that killed and injured some clerics and …

AT-KABUL: The civil society activists in the northern province of Kunduz say that there is a “widespread” fraud in the voter registration process as well as national ID distribution, calling it a matter of concern. Zaher Mosleh, a civil society activist and representative of the Free and Fair Election Forum …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani ordered Tuesday to fulfill a recent religious edict verdict of the religious scholars based on which the current war and suicide attacks are declared forbidden in Islam. Thousands of clerics gathered Monday in Kabul city to denounce the attacks carried out by the armed groups. The …

AT-KABUL: The attack against a group of religious leaders peacefully gathered in Kabul to issue a joint declaration that would contribute to a safer and more secure Afghanistan is totally unacceptable, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement on Tuesday. Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Tadamichi …

AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, Haneef Atmar met Chinese special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Deng Xijun in Kabul, discussing the regional cooperation and the upcoming Shanghai conference. The two sides also discussed joint struggle against terrorism, Afghan peace process and the cooperation situation among the regional countries. Atmar and Deng …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and 28 political parties in a meeting have reached unanimity to hold a national gathering over the forthcoming parliamentary and district council elections. Representatives from political parties met Karzai at his office and conferred on the 20thOctober election. Karzai supported their views over multi-dimensional representation …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents ambushed convey of Batur Dostum, the senior son of First Vice President, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, while he was in Mazar-e-Sharif. Samad Rahmani, the deputy to Sheberghan garrison confirmed that Batur Dostum’s convoy faced Taliban ambush Sunday night.  Batur Dostum could escape the ambush and is …

AT-KABUL: Afghan defense ministry on Monday rejected allegations by Pakistani military that terrorists enter their soil from Afghanistan to carry out attacks. Mohammad Radmanesh, spokesman of the ministry said that the attacks were carried out in Pakistan by terrorists born and raised inside the country. Pakistani military had claimed in …

AT-KABUL: A comprehensive military operation has been launched to secure insecure areas of Dasht-e-Qala district of Takhar province, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Monday. In a statement issued by MoD, said that security forces carried out operation codenamed “Storm 11” that is being supported by Afghan Air Forces. So far …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Education expressed concerns over what it called Daesh threats against schools in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Schools in some districts are reportedly closed at the fear of Daesh attack, which the ministry says that attack on schools could not be religiously justified. The terrorist group has …