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AT-KABUL: A reconstruction of the airport in northern Kunduz provinces has come to its end and civil flights are set to be started within one week. In charge of the Kunduz airport Abdul Najat Saberi said on Sunday that a major reconstruction of the airport has been implemented and flights …

AT-KABUL: At least 50 militants have been killed and 27 more wounded in different crackdown operations that have been carried out by Afghan defense forces within the past day. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National …

AT-KABUL: The landmark cross-Afghanistan pipeline project will pave the grounds for boundless opportunities in Western Afghanistan and help tackle the ongoing economic tantrum. Residents of Western Farah province in a ceremony declared their full support for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline project. In attendance were provincial officials, tribal elders, youth civil society …

AT-KABUL: The government has said that the process of repatriating Afghan migrants from Pakistan has begun. Ministry of refugees and repatriation said on Saturday that the process began on March 1st and since then a few families have returned to Afghanistan. Pakistan government asked Afghan migrants in December to leave …

AT-KABUL: The infrastructure of the Kabul-Paktia energy project is nearing its completion. The imported energy will add 220 KW of electricity to the national power grid. Kabul deputy provincial governor in a meeting with the project engineers on Saturday said his office had ordered district chiefs of Paghman, Char Asiab …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s defense ministry says it plans to recruit 36,000 to form regional defense forces. Proposed by the defense ministry, the plan was approved by President Ashraf Ghani. The government calls the establishment of the new force as “based on necessity”. “We started working on the plan after the president …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s traders’ body says it does not trust Pakistan to cooperate in resolving transit and trade challenges confronting Afghan businessmen. After tensions raised between Kabul and Islamabad over the latter making troubles for the transit of the Afghan merchandise via Karachi sea port, Pakistan is said to facilitate export-import …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chinese Ambassador to Kabul on Friday met representatives of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and pledged Beijing’s continued contributions to the reconstruction and economic development of Afghanistan and assistance to IDPs, Chinese media reported Saturday. During the meeting the Chinese Ambassador, Liu Jingsong and the representatives of IDPS …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Rebelling against the incumbent Taliban’s supreme leader, Mullah Mansour group has emerged in the eastern Nangarhar province, resulting in a division in the militant group. The new Taliban splinter group has been distributed letters in Khogyani, Pachirawgam Chaparhar and other districts of the province in which the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday offered to the Taliban ‘a comprehensive plan for peace’ which could lead to a reconciliation aimed at ending 16 years of war. The president unveiled a clear proposition for unconditional talks with the Taliban as a political group, at the start of …