AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces killed and wounded around 100 Taliban insurgents including their leaders after they (Taliban) conducted a complex attack in Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. Taliban leader Naeem Khalid was killed during fierce clashes in the district, the official said. “The Afghan …
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AT-KABUL: More than 50 Taliban fighters were killed and 35 others were wounded in different operations launched by the security forces within the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the National …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Delivering a speech at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi-based think tank, the former President Hamid Karzai said that war on terror has failed to discourage Pakistan from using terrorism and religious radicalism as tools against its immediate neighbors. Karzai said that the Islamic …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A woman was found burnt to death inside her home in the Ekmalatil locality of Beshod district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani identified the deceased as Shiba, saying that motivation behind her killing was yet to clear. However, …
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AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock on Saturday said that the eggs and chicken products had increased significantly in eastern Nangarhar province. The ministry added that eggs products increased from 123,000 to 433,000 in the second quarter in Nangarhar. Chicken products increased from 163,000 pieces to 557 pieces, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The security forces have repulsed Taliban’s complex attack on the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, inflicting Taliban heavy casualties, local officials said on Saturday. However the Taliban claimed that they captured the district. Nangarhar police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News a large number …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Taliban fighters took the control of the strategic district of Khanabad in the northern Kunduz province Saturday after a several-hour clash, said officials. “Taliban launched attacks and captured police headquarters, center of the district and a number of checkpoints in the district today morning,” said Hayatullah Amiri, …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai during his visit to India, lauded the recent statement of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding human rights situation in Balochistan. He appreciated Moid’s statement on the human rights situation in Balochistan, saying that India had every right to respond to Pakistan’s …
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AT-KABUL: At least 75 Taliban insurgents were killed and 26 others injured in different operations launched by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said on Saturday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that the Afghan National Army with the cooperation …
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AT Special Report-KABUL: Afghans will celebrate 97th Independence Day on Thursday with great zeal. However, it also poses some basic questions such as: Are we independent? Where do we stand since independence in 1919? We all know the answers but prefer to dodge ourselves because we are good at running …
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