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AT-KABUL: An agreement has been signed between the northern governor of Badakhshan province and China’s Xinjiang province in a bid to facilitate an expansion of bilateral economic and trade relations, local officials said. In a statement on Tuesday, the provincial governor’s office said that Badakhshan governor Ahmad Faisal Begzad and …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani accepted credentials of the new Indian ambassador to Kabul, Vinay Kumar, president’s office said Monday. The president also discussed Kabul-Delhi relations and cooperation in different sectors. Ghani called India a good friend and strategic partner to Afghanistan, wishing success for Kumar in his mission. Indian ambassador …

AT-KABUL: Some members of senate report of corruption in the population registration department, alleging that some people take several ID cards by different names from different branches. Senator, Golalai Akbari, said Monday that her bodyguard had taken three ID cards from different population registration branches. “There is no biometric in …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has delivered a scathing critique over a failure of the U.S. government to tame an ever-galloping scourge of militancy to which Afghanistan has been hemorrhaging. He faulted the U.S. for not burying the hatchet and yet allowing an ensuing infestation of ISIS militants into Afghanistan. …

AT-KABUL: The Justice Ministry says it has intensified efforts to return government lands grabbed by powerful people in the recent years. The ministry spokesman said Monday that 26,000 acres of the lands had been so far returned from the usurpers. “Besides returning the lands, we also returned 36 shops, seven …

AT-KABUL: The extremely dry winter has affected 22 provinces across Afghanistan and now threatens to negatively impact the lives of one million people, with an additional two million who could feel its effects over the coming months, UNICEF said in a statement on Monday. Food insecurity and reduced access to …

AT-KABUL: Fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist have beheaded three brothers, all of them doctors, in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani said the brothers were guillotine in Chaparhar district of the province. “It was around 02:00am local …

AT-KABUL: At least nine Afghan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom in an attack against their check post in western Badghis province on Sunday night, security official said on Monday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the temporary check post established in Baghbanan area of center of Badghis to ensure …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan Special Operations Forces have seized Taliban drugs worth around 12.6 million US dollars as joint Afghan-US operations is underway to eliminate the key financial resource of the group coming from drugs trade. According to a report by the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, Afghanistan’s 777th Special Mission Wing …

AT-KABUL: The fatality of Sunday deadly suicide bombing has jumped to 69 martyred, including two policemen, and to120 injuries, including five policemen, a police official said on Monday. A suicide bomber loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist, blew himself up near to a people waiting …