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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan Special Forces have killed at least six militants and detained nine others in an operation carried out in Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police Spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the overnight raid was conducted in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two abducted employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been freed, a statement from the ICRC said on Tuesday. The two staff members were abducted by an armed group on 8 February 2017 when they were on their way to Jawzjan province in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kandahar Provincial Police Chief, General Abdul Raziq has pledged to kick off a major operation against the insurgents in the province, aimed at clearing militants from the areas. Gen. Raziq said this during his visit to the volatile Maiwand district of Kandahar. Maiwand district borders the restive …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Efforts for reconciliation with the Taliban insurgents have been faltered in southern Helmand province as a result of cold shouldered response of the government and High Peace Council (HPC), a former peace negotiator said on Monday. While addressing the participants of a gathering, former head of the …

AT-KABUL: At least 16 militants were killed and 14 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. 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 of Security (NDS) personal has conducted …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has said that six billion dollars would be spent for strengthening the country’s Air Force during the upcoming four years. While heading a high level delegation, President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday, made a visit to eastern Laghman province, where he met with officials and …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least five people were killed and nine others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday morning in front of a Kabul Bank branch in Kabul city, police and health officials said. “A suicide attacker detonated his explosives in front of Kabul Bank branch in …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) on Tuesday signed an agreement with Chinese Red Cross based on which the latter will treat Afghan children with heart diseases in China. “This is the first agreement with China Red Cross, which through for the first time 21 children with heart disease …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 13 civilians and 16 insurgents have been killed in an airstrike carried out in western Herat province on Monday night, said officials. “An airstrike targeted a Taliban center in Bakhtabad area of Herat province have killed at least 16 armed Taliban insurgents, and wounded four …

AT-KABUL: Former official, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, accused President Ghani’s government of trying to “keep and continue power through demagogical acts”. Spanta who was national security adviser in Hamid Karzai’s administration, told Ariana News in an interview that the extrajudicial acts and power monopoly have caused that public services be not …