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AT-KABUL: More than half a million people have been internally displaced by conflict so far in2016, the highest number on record, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan reported on Wednesday. More than 515,815 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been recorded as newly displaced in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujunon on Wednesday dismissed a report that Chinese military vehicles were patrolling inside Afghanistan. “Reports in foreign media of Chinese military vehicles patrolling inside Afghanistan do not accord with the facts,” he told a regular news briefing. This comes after an …

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman, Nafees Zakaria said that peace in Afghanistan is vital for regional rationality. Speaking at a TV program he said, “Pakistan is going to participate in the Heart of Asia Conference being held in India because it is related to Afghanistan.” Moreover, he said …

The insurgent group which is targeting civilian and military installations without any pause has claimed to provide security to the important national projects on which the Afghan government and people pinning high hopes. On Tuesday, the Taliban in a statement said that the leadership has directed the foot-soldiers and commanders …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents on Tuesday offered security to mega developmental projects in the country. In a media statement the militant group said that it backs all uplift projects in Afghanistan and would provide security to them. “The Islamic Emirate [Taliban] not only backs all national projects which are in …

Ghani Khan immortal in hearts of the people; the nationalist poet wanted his people educated; the philosophic poet was truly a compassionate person; By M. Nadeem Alizai-KABUL:  Twentieth death anniversary of the modern Afghan-Pashtun poet and artist of the 20th century, Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, was commemorated here on Tuesday. …

The dawn of Monday brought good news—railroad connecting Afghanistan to Turkmenistan— for the Afghan nation which is the victim of terrorism and extremism.  The news has strengthened the hopes that the country would not slide back into the era of violence and chaos. Afghans remember the period of destruction when …

AT-KABUL: A senior intelligence official for the Taliban was arrested during an operation lunched by security forces in southern Helmand province, security officials said Tuesday. In a statement ministry of interior said the operation was conducted in Lashkar Gah city, the provincial capital late Monday. “The terrorist was identified as …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that three abductors were arrested, planning to kidnap a police officer’s son in Kabul city. Intelligence operatives arrested the kidnappers who were residents of Tarakhel village, Deh Sabz district through an operation in the police district 15 of Kabul city, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR) on Tuesday complained of scarcity of specific budget for reintegration of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), while 90,000 families displaced due to conflicts across the country this year. “90,000 families were displaced in 13 provinces due to conflicts in the past nine …