AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The number of Afghan security forces decreased by nearly 11 percent in the past year, the US government’s top watchdog on Afghanistan said on Tuesday, an indication of the difficulty Kabul will have in dealing with its precarious security situation. Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 25 people including nine journalists were killed and 49 others wounded following two suicide bombings in the diplomatic area of Kabul city on Monday morning, according to officials. “A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden bike in Shashdarak vicinity early in the morning, leaving eight people …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 children were martyred and 26 others including five Romanian soldiers were wounded after a car bomber targeted a military convoy in southern Kandahar province on Monday morning, provincial officials said. Kandahar Police Spokesperson Ahmad Zia Duranai said a car bomb blew off near a …
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AT-KABUL: In the wake of deadly twin suicide bombings in Kabul, the Afghan Parliament in an open letter has called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt immediate measures to stop the killing of Afghan people. At least 25 people including nine journalists were killed and four policemen and …
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The US envoy has confided that the claim that the United States is behind the creation of Islamic State group is bogus; and that Ghani’s peace quest may counter-intuitively unexpectedly culminate in ultimate peace; By Sayed Seddiq Hussainy-KABUL: A senior US envoy to Afghanistan has reassured the White House’s continuous …
Read More »AT-GARDEZ: Participants at UN-backed events in the southeastern provinces of Paktya and Paktika called on community members to work together to support women’s participation in the upcoming elections, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement on Sunday. In two separate public events held in the …
Read More »AT-KABUL: Taliban fighters were pushed back during operations launched jointly by the Afghan and US troops in 20 villages of the Chahar Bolak district in the northern province of Balkh, the army’s 209 Shaheen corps said Sunday. The military corps said in a statement that during the Operation Walid 5 …
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AT-KABUL: Afghan government believes that China and India’s big economic projects are not only in the benefit of Kabul, but also the region would enjoy them. India and China reportedly reached agreement over implementing big economic projects in Afghanistan in Indian prime minister’s recent visit to Beijing. They are said …
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AT-KABUL: The counter-narcotics have been included the Nosrat operational plan carried out by police, army and intelligence agency, the interior ministry said Sunday. The Nosrat operation began in mid March and is going on in 34 provinces against the Taliban militants. The ministry said that the counter-narcotics plan was also …
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AT-KABUL: At least 83militants were killed and81others wounded in joint military crackdowns within past days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted joint operations against …
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