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AT-KABUL: Afghanistan plans to open air corridors to send products to five countries, the ministry of commerce and industries said Wednesday, a move after the opening air corridors with India and Kazakhstan last year. “We are planning to open air corridors to Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia …

AT-KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai said that Afghanistan has been the victim of extremism and terrorism, which is being used as means to reach the great goals of a number of countries. He said this on Wednesday, while delivering speech in Seventh Moscow Conference on International Security. He also …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban recruitment officer, Mullah Akhtar was detained in operation carried out by the provincial police in Ghurian district of western Herat province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Wednesday. The detained Taliban insurgent (Akhtar) was responsible for recruiting fighters to the Taliban ranks in the district that …

AT-KABUL: There has been huge hullaballoo over civilian casualties in a gathering targeted by a military airstrike in northern Kunduz province–which officials reported to have killed 18 Taliban chieftains, while an ensuring sporadic gunfire by panicked militants kills dozens of civilians. Meanwhile, police chief of Dasht-e-Archi, where the strike turned …

By Mina Habib-Mohammad Naeem, 26, is in a Kabul jail awaiting trial on charges of stealing a mobile phone. Arrested on March 2, 2018 in the Karta-e-Chahr area of Kabul city, he says he will be pleading guilty to the crime. Naeem told IWPR that he had felt under huge …

AT Monitoring Dikes-KABUL: Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States (US) says investment in the agriculture sector will boost the economy and generate jobs for the people. Hamdullah Mohib expressed the view after the World Bank released its report on agriculture development in Afghanistan. Mohib said investment in the agriculture sector …

AT-KABUL: Highwaymen temporarily blocked highway and looted cash and other valuables from passengers in the Kotal Kharqool area on Kabul-Ghor highway on Tuesday night, officials said on Wednesday. A group of four highwaymen stopped 10 vehicles, have beaten up 200 passengers, and snatched cash and valuables from them in western …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council has welcomed Uzbekistan’s offer for political office to Taliban, saying it would support “any country’s efforts” for durable peace in Afghanistan. Uzbekistan’s envoy for Afghanistan, Ismatullah Irgashev said Monday that Tashkent would grant a political office to Taliban with the agreement of the government of …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations has said they will investigate the disturbing report of serious harm to the civilians during military airstrikes conducted by the Afghan forces in northern Kunduz province. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, reminded all parties of their obligations to protect civilians from impact of …

AT-KABUL: The government denied a report read that Taliban militants possess and use the Afghan army and police’s arms and weapons, saying similar weapons were provided to them from other sources in abroad. The New York Times quoted US officials as saying that some sophisticated arms of the Afghan army …