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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 …

AT-KABUL:At least 17 fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS) or the Daesh terrorists have been killed during operation conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial official said on Monday. “Thesemilitants were killed in Gorgari area of Haska Mina district,” Nangarhar …

AT-KABUL: Today Tuesday 24 April, the European Union (EU) anti-corruption campaign 2018 would be lunched at Presidential Palace with the main focus on the endemic corruption with its risk in development, also private sector and election, the EU said in a statement. This would be 4th anti-corruption conference to be …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a voter registration center on Sunday in Kabul that left 48 dead and 112 wounded. He extended his heartfelt condolences to families of the victims. “These cowardly attacks are solely intended to undermine our civil liberties and wreak havoc …

AT-KABUL: At least six civilians were killed and three others wounded on Sunday morning after a roadside mine blew up a vehicle in northern Baghlan province. No terrorist group has taken responsibility for the blast. “A passenger car heading towards a funeral ritual exploded after hitting a roadside bomb in …

AT-KABUL: The body of a 13-year-old boy discovered in Tataman Dara area of central Parwan province on Sunday morning has been identified as a missing teen who had recently been kidnapped, an official said. The teenage boy named Mohammad Ilham had been murdered with a hunting weapon,said provincial crime branch …

AT-KABUL: The government’s electricity firm signed three contracts worth more than $70 million to implement power projects in central Bamyan province. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat signed the contracts with Chineseand Indian firms during a ceremony in the presence of president Ghani. According to a deputy presidential spokesperson,DuraniWaziri,the first contract was …

AT-KABUL- (Updated with latest toll)A suicide bomber Sunday morning hit a crowd of people outside a voter registration center in western Kabul in which 57 people including women and children were killed and 119 others were injured, officials said. The suicide bomber on foot approached a voter registration center in …