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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan’s interior ministry on Sunday said that most of the festive gunfire on Friday night to celebrate the winning of Afghan athletes in MMA games came from the quarters and domiciles of high-ranking officials and prominent elders. Meanwhile, spokesperson of Kabul Police Basir Mujahid said that 10 …

Afghanistan is negotiating with Qatar officials to broker an agreement to shut the Taliban’s Doha office – which has been futile and pointless since its inception. This is an initiative orchestrated by Afghanistan’s top security official Haneef Atmar – who met officials in Saudi Arabia last week. Atmar could even …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s business relations with the rest of the world have become a matter of concern for Pakistani traders who are progressively losing their major market in their neighboring country. President Ashraf Ghani is trying to stop trade dependence to Pakistan as the only way to the sea ports with …

AT-KABUL: More than 1,500 cases of corruption including bribery, embezzlement, theft and misuse of authority have been probed during the ongoing year, the attorney general office said on Sunday. A large number of civil and military officials are among those having cases, adding that some of them were dismissed from …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah left Kabul on Sunday for Switzerland to attend the United Nations’ human rights council session as well as the conference on banning anti-personnel mines that are to be held in Geneva. Javid Faisal, deputy spokesman for the chief executive said that Abdullah would meet …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives on Sunday, detained a 12-member gang of target killers in southern Kandahar province, the agency said. NDS in a statement, said the suspected gang of target killers has been held after investigating them properly and collection of accurate information. The criminal gang …

AT News Report-KABUL: Some lawmakers are concerned of the security of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline, asking the government to pay serious attention to the landmark project that links four regional countries through transiting Turkmenistan’s gas to Pakistan and India via Afghanistan. The long awaited project has caused large …

AT News Report-KABUL: The government-led High Peace Council (HPC) says it is ready to hold talks with the Taliban and other armed opposition groups without pre-conditions. “Our message to the Taliban insurgents, and other outfits is very clear that Afghanistan is ready for unconditional talks,” the council spokesman, Sayed Ehsanollah …

AT News Report-KABUL: Parents of the Afghan-Turk school students took out to the streets on Saturday to protest the government’s decision over banning the schools’ activity. Foreign ministry officially asked the economy ministry to ban activities of the schools. Earlier, security forces in a raid to one of the schools …

AT News Report-KABUL: General Curtis Scaparrotti, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, as well as ambassadors from Resolute Support framework nations, visited RS service members and met with senior leaders February 23-24 to discuss the mission and reiterate NATO’s commitment to lasting security in Afghanistan, the RS said in a statement on …