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AT-KABUL: Chinese Ambassador to Kabul, Liu Jingson has pledged further increase in his country’s assistance to Afghanistan in areas of education, infrastructure, and preservation of historic cultural heritage in central Bamyan province. The ambassador made this remarked during his visit to the Bamyan city, where he emphasized on long-standing relationship …

AT-KABUL: A council defending the rights of Baloch minorities in Afghanistan strongly condemned on Sunday Pakistani government’s deliberate genocide of Baloch minorities and declared prolongation of resistance to achieve independence and autonomy for Baluchistan. Baloch minorities have given sacrifices and will continue to do so until independence for Baluchistan is …

AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday expressed optimism over Tashkent Conference—a two day international conference on Afghan peace—terming it a platform to help bolstering peace process in Afghanistan as well as regional cooperation. “Following the Kabul Process, the Tashkent Conference would be another milestone in Afghan-led peace …

AT-KABUL: The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) has expressed its deepest concern over non-announcement of confirmed schedule of polls and the existence of barriers on this process. TEFA said the Afghan masses and political parties have been in state of unrest over the deliberately delaying of elections, security of …

AT-KABUL: The former President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned a terrorist attack targeted a sit-in camp of the Supporters of Pashtun Protection Movement in Kabul, terming it an attempt to suffocate the voice of long suffering people. One martyred, and 14 others injured after a sticky bomb exploded in a …

Indeed, plenty of improvement has been seen at the school—the teaching methods have developed and equipped with more learning materials. Boy and girl have equal access to education as girl’s education has often been highlighted as a success story by the Afghan government and the donor countries. Millions more girls …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Officials of the United States Air Force stationed at Kandahar airfield training Afghan pilots said that the US will handover about 20 UH-60 Black Hawks helicopters in the next nine months to the Afghan Air Force (AAF). AP reported that US Air Force officials said since last …

AT-KABUL: At least 51 militants were killed and 19 others wounded in major military crackdown operations within the past two days across the country. 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 …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Taliban have cut off power lines streaming electricity to Kabul early Monday, where many are deprived of electricity. This is not the first time Taliban blow up electricity pylons; they do this often once they face military offensives. Taliban had however threatened last week to cut off …

AT-KABUL: Germany has warned against any whirlwind withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan as long as Afghan security forces cannot maintain security. The German defense minister said on Sunday that Afghanistan could once again fall in the hands of Taliban, ISIS and Al-Qaeda if coalition military mission is halted Deputy …