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Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In the wake of deterioration of security and outrage of the insurgent Taliban in western Farah province, high-ranking security brass along with General John W. Nicholson Commander of the Resolute Support Mission travelled to Farah on Saturday, meeting with residents and pledging to address security grievances and batter the militants. …

AT-KABUL: At least nine people died and hundreds of house destroyed after flash floods hit different districts in the northern province of Balkh, officials said Saturday. “The floods struck districts of Kholm, Sholgar, Chemtal, Charkent and Shakandi after spring rainfalls,” said Rahmatullah Zahed, head of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management …

AT-KABUL: Ajristan district of Ghazni province is, according to a local authority, highly likely to fall to the Taliban insurgents. Ajristan district chief warned on Saturday that the district could fallto the insurgent Taliban if reinforcements are not dispatched to buffer the Taliban push. District chief Hamdullah warned that all …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani at the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul on Friday said that specter of violence still overshadowed the world, calling for genuine inter-national dialogue and state-to-state cooperation to overcome insecurities facing humanity. At OIC’s Extraordinary Islamic Summit Conference on Palestine, Ghani condemned the …

AT-KABUL:  The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Saturday strongly condemned the back-to-back attacks in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province, which killed at least eight civilians and injured at least 55, the agency said in a statement. “Facts in the incident have now become clear. Four …

AT-KABUL: The government is planning to erect a solar energy plan with a capacity of more than five megawatts of electricity in Daikundi province, according to a government official. The Minister of Energy and Water said on Thursday that a Chinese company will take on the entire phases of the …

AT-KABUL: The government has ordered that schools in Farah be closed to avoid civilian casualties amid ongoing clashes between Taliban insurgents and government forces in the western province. In the face of tense security situation in Farah, the Ministry of Education on Thursday declared that all schools and other educational …

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces backed by air strikes have recaptured Tala wa Barfak district in the northern Baghlan province after days of fighting with Taliban insurgentssince the district fell to the Taliban, officials said on Friday. One week ago, the rebel group attacked government and security buildings in Tala Wa …

AT-KABUL: The voter registration process has been marred by several problems, and now the Independent Election Commission invalidated attaching stickers on copy of ID cards, asking for continuation of voter registration process based on voter’s original ID cards. In a statement, the IEC said discussions on the use of original …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan government and the United States are not adequately investigating possible unlawful airstrikes in Afghanistan, which may contribute to rising civilian casualties, Human Rights Watch said. Recent accounts from airstrike victims and witnesses in Nangarhar and other Afghan provinces uncovered major failings in US and Afghan …