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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Nine Taliban militants including seven Pakistani insurgents have been detained in an operation carried out by the security forces in the Ghanikhel district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Abdul Wahab, the district administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the operation was conducted …

KABUL: At least seven people were killed and three others wounded after a suicide bomber targeted a tribal elder’s house Tuesday in the southern Helmand province, local officials said. Provincial police chief, Noor Aqa Kintoz, said that a suicide attacker entered the tribal elder’s house, blowing his explosive vest up …

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Twitter that “having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing” KUWAIT CITY: Improved relations between Russia and the United States will be good for peace and stability in Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said. He added that …

The wars upon wars have dispersed Afghans and destroyed infrastructure that was guaranteeing prosperity and development of the country. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans left their homeland to take shelter in a relatively peaceful country. Most of them went to Pakistan and Iran. Those who could afford the expenses of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The NATO’s Resolute Support Mission on Monday announced to deploy about 200 troops in western Farah province in order to support the Afghan security forces. “At the request of the Farah governor, Gen. John Nicholson has authorized approximately 200 coalition members to support Afghan National Defense and …

“Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan,” says President Barack Obama AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: President Barack Obama in an interview on Sunday said that it was the hardest decision during his two terms of office to nod for a massive troop …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his grieves over the demise of former Iranian president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who passed away at the age of 82 on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Karzai extended his heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the family as well as the government …

Baffled by growing security pressure, military strategists in the United States have decided to deploy 300 Marines to the volatile southern Helmand province. Increase in anti-state activities and expansion of Daesh, also known as the Islamic State, is knocking over Afghan and American policymakers. There is no end in sight …

AT-KABUL:  Two senior leaders of the deadly Haqqani network were killed and two other members arrested in a security forces’ operation in eastern Nangarhar province, ministry of interior said Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said the operations were lunched in Nasafi village of the Lalpur district late Saturday. “The …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) on Sunday said that 210,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) and returnees are the most vulnerable and need urgent assistance during winter across the country. “As many as 210,000 internal displaced and returnee families are the most vulnerable people, who need to …