AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday said that Afghan National Border Police (ANBP) strongly retaliated and repulsed Talban’s coordinate attack in south-eastern Paktika province on Sunday night. “A group of armed Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated attack on ANBP checkpoints in Wali Was region, Giyan district of Paktika province,” …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said suppression of militants through military means was a good strategy for the government to push them to the negotiation table. Addressing a cabinet meeting on Monday, he said: “Mounting military pressure on all militant groups helps us …
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AT-KABUL: After a series of attacks on its staff, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has taken the decision to reduce its presence and activities in Afghanistan. “Since December 2016, the ICRC has been directly targeted in northern Afghanistan three times, including in what we considered one of our …
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AT-KABUL: The leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG) should not call the current challenges as a legacy owned by previous government. Ahmad Wali Masood, Head of National Hero Ahmad Shah Masood Foundation and a prominent Afghan politician, called on the leaders of NUG to accept their failures and don’t …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An Indian engineer has been rescued on Saturday who was kidnapped in Wardak province two months ago, provincial police official said. Wardak police confirmed the report, saying the rescue operation had been completed successfully. According to police, they have carried out three operations to rescue the Indian …
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“The entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism” AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Defense on Sunday strongly rejected Pakistan foreign minister’s remarks regarding the Afghan security forces capability, saying ‘the entire world has recognized Pakistan a state sponsoring terrorism.” Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif during his ongoing …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The commander of US forces and the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson has said the Taliban and their supporters would never win in battlefield. Addressing the participants of a ceremony held on the occasion of handing over the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) on Sunday said that it has implemented over 40,000 schemes in different villages across the country in the past three years. “MoRRD has implemented 40967 projects at a total cost of $916 million in the past three years,” said Spokesman of MoRRD …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five border police officers were killed in a clash with insurgents in the Marawari district of eastern Kunar province, an official said on Sunday. Jummah Gul Hemat, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the fierce clash took place in the Ghash Pas area on Saturday. …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Amnesty International (AI) said the increasing force return of Afghan asylum-seekers by European Union to Afghanistan which it described it as a dangerous country due to worsening security situation, is unlawful and a brazen violation of international law, and must stop immediately as it puts the returnees …
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