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AT-KABUL: At least ten people were killed and over 42 others injured on Sunday after a suicide car bombing and the ensuing gunfight in customs’ finance department in Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province, said officials. Hazrat Husain Mashriqiwal Nangarhar police spokesman said that two suicide attackers carried out a …

AT-KABUL: An Afghan military helicopter has been destroyed in an airstrike after making an emergency landing in southern Helmand Province, officials said, so that the Taliban will not get their hands on it. The helicopter from the Afghan security forces made the emergency landing in Yakhchal area of Nahr-e-Saraj district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Cornelius Zimmermann said Afghanistan’s National Security Forces with the support of the foreign troops will provide security for a free and transparent election. “I am more confident that the Afghan security forces assisted by Resolute Support, by NATO, will bring about …

AT-JALALABAD: While media should continue to play a crucial role in democracy and freedom of expression, Afghan journalists must be protected, participants said in televised discussions following earlier observances of World Press Freedom Day in Nangarhar and Kunar. During the debates, facilitated by UNAMA’s Jalalabad regional office and hosted by …

AT-KABUL: At least eight soldiers have martyred in a clash erupted between them and the Taliban insurgents in northern Kunduz province, the 303 Pamir Police Zone said in a statement on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday night, in which dozens of Taliban insurgents attacked the district. According to statement, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour has welcomed the Afghan government’s steps to improve the human rights situation in the country, the world body said on Sunday. During his four-day visit, Gilmour voiced concern at the lack of implementation in some key areas; appalling …

AT-KABUL Special Units of the National Directorate of Security have carried out special raids against Taliban cells in at least 5 provinces of the country where at least 65 militants including members of Haqqani network and Pakistanis were killed and 33 others were injured, the agency said in a statement. …

AT-KABUL Special Units of the National Directorate of Security have carried out special raids against Taliban cells in at least 5 provinces of the country where at least 65 militants including members of Haqqani network and Pakistanis were killed and 33 others were injured, the agency said in a statement. …

AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, Hanif Atmar in meeting with the commander of the US central command, General Joseph Votel in Kabul, discussed the needs of the Afghan security forces. ‌The National Security Council said Saturday that the two sides also talked on how to neutralize terrorist plans in the war …

AT-KABUL: A number of legislators at the Wolesi Jirga of the parliament have said that the US is helping and supporting those possible candidates for the parliamentarian election to shore up the bilateral security agreement (BSA), between Kabul and Washington, which has been signed in the beginning days of the …