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AT-KABUL: Hundreds of enraged people blocked the Kabul-Kandahar highway for a third day on Monday to protest civilian deaths blamed on gunmen in uniform in southern Ghazni province. The protest was started after two people including a child were killed by a number of armed men, who attacked a house …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The long dragged and debated dispute between the ousted governor of northern Balkh province and the central government over the transfer of authority to a new governor has been resolved through negotiations. Commenting on the new, but productive development, Afzal Hadid, head of Provincial Council in Balkh …

AT-KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Afghanistan’s Hezb-e-Islami has confirmed that President Ghani has supported his suggestion about giving autonomy for the Taliban and cede certain regions to the insurgent group in a bid to help reach to a peace agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban group. In an …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has informed on Sunday that the partner countries in CASA-1000 project have formally agreed to the establishment of a joint monitoring company to supervise the work on the mega regional project. DABS officials said the establishment of the joint monitoring company would …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council says that Taliban’s agreement to join the peace talks would pave the ground for the withdrawal of the foreign forces, advising the insurgent group to use “the last chance” and come to negotiation table. The council’s secretary, Aminoddin Mozaffari said that everything could be discussed …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan has lost 50 percent of its shares in Afghanistan’s market, an offshoot of that country’s diversion of funds to sponsoring terrorism. Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and industry chairman Zubair Motiwala has disclosed that Islamabad has lost its 50 percent market share in Afghanistan as the …

AT-KABUL: Some 100,000 saplings will be planted in four farms in southern Nangarhar province under the auspices of the Canal Project, said officials on Sunday. Four farms with 100,000 plants including 10,000 citrus seedlings will be built in the province. In a statement, head of the Nangarhar Canal Project Ghulam …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In response to accusations of Russia, Iran and Pakistan during the Kabul Process conference regarding Afghanistan’s failure in countering terrorism especially Daesh, the National Security Adviser Haneef Atmar has offered a joint intelligence interrogation from the militants of Islamic State, also known as Daesh terrorist group, imprisoned …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s interior ministry says the reforms that have been carried out within the police system have yielded positive results since it began in Kabul. Shah Wali Safi, deputy interior minister said the new reform was better compared to the previous programs, adding that the program was a step for …

AT-KABUL: The Integrity Watch Afghanistan said it had no doubt on the corruption in the custom departments, asking the government to cut off the corrupt hands from custom offices especially in the Hairatan port in the north. Hairatan is still controlled by the former Balkh governor Atta Noor, who defies …