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AT-KABUL: Members of the high peace council and the Ulema Council in a gathering Kandahar called on the Taliban to accede to the government’s peace offer and join the peace talks. According to the HPC, efforts to promote peace are also now being done on a provincial level, hence the …

By Mansoor Faizy and Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A military air strike targeting a gathering of senior Taliban commanders at a religious school in northern Kunduz province is reported to have killed 18 Taliban chieftains. Air forces pounded the Taliban with machinegun helicopters, authorities said. Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Gen. Radmanish said …

AT-KABUL: More than 200 health centers are scheduled to be built in 13 provinces, ministry of public health announced Tuesday. “These centers will be built in Herat, Kandahar, Paktia, Paktika, Kandahar, Khost, Badakhshan, Takhar, Baghlan, Jawzjan, Bamyan, Ghazni and Kabul provinces,” public health minister, Ferozuddin Feroz said while signing contracts …

AT-KABUL: The Attorney General Office said Tuesday it has started prosecution of a case referred to the prominent politician and former jihadi figure, Sayed Ishaq Gilani. Gilani, the leader of the National Solidarity Movement, a political party has recently said that India was using Afghan soil against its archrival Pakistan. …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission on Tuesday warned of an increase in child labor in the country. AIHRC in a report said that 90 percent of children are working over 35 hours which is against Child Labor Law. The report which was covered 25 provinces with 657 questioners revealed …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “strongly” condemned the recent airstrike on the Dasht-e-Archi district in the northern Kunduz province in which civilians were killed. “The former president calls air raids that target houses, schools and hospitals under the pretext of fight against terrorism as anti Islamic act and against all …

AT-KABUL: At least 45 militants were killed and 13 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. 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 …

AT-KABUL: Some members of the parliament accused the High Peace Council of being at the government’s service, saying the council has turned to a place for government campaigns. They also said Monday that they doubted the council’s independence, adding it should be shut. The leadership of the peace council was …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: India’s seventh consignment of wheat to be sent to Afghanistan arrived at Iran’s Southeastern Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar on Monday, it has been reported. “India’s cargo vessel named Arezoo carrying 600 containers arrived in Chabahar port in Sistan-Baluchestan province,” Hossein Shahdadi, an official with the province’s …

AT-KABUL: The health ministry in joint venture with Bayat Foundation on Monday laid foundation stone of a maternity hospital within Indira Ghandi Children’s Hospital compound in Kabul. According to a press statement, the 100-bed maternity hospital will be built in four floors and will have many facilities including a blood bank, eye and ear …