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AT-KABUL: At least 43 Taliban fighters including three commanders were killed and 14 others wounded during air and ground operation in southern Helmand province. These Taliban were killed and injured by Afghan forces through air and ground raid carried out last night in Nad Ali, Marja and Grishk districts of …

AT-KABUL: A terrorist network was busted in the eastern Laghman province, said the National Directorate of Security (NDS). Intelligence operatives arrested a group of six insurgents and bust a terrorist network in Mehtaralam city, provincial capital, it said Tuesday in a statement. The arrested terrorists were identified as Rahmatullah, Habibullah, …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban’s shadow governor for Helmand province was killed along with the group’s military commander for the province during an airstrike carried out by the US military in the Nad Ali district of the province, officials said Tuesday. “Mullah Abdurahim and the military commander were killed in Zarghon village,” …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have publicly executed a 19-year-old woman in Sar-e-Pul province, local officials said, adding that she had run away from her in-laws house due to family problems. Provincial spokesman Zabihullah Amani said that the incident took place Monday in the Kohistant district. “She was also …

AT-KABUL: Pakistan has constructed the much opposed gate at the Torkham crossing point. The gate has been constructed illegally as Afghan authorities pointed out. The gate named ‘Bab-e-Pakistan’ will officially be inaugurated on August 8. The gate has two doors which would be used for exit and entry. Pakistani security …

AT-KABUL: Five terrorists linked to the Haqqani network were arrested during an operation carried out by the security forces in the central province of Wardak, officials said Tuesday. “The Special Forces arrested five militants linked with Haqqani terrorist network though the crackdown in the Nerkh district,” Ministry of Defense said …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said the relations with USA and NATO should not be resulted in continuation of war in Afghanistan. He said if the Taliban want the US to leave Afghanistan, it would be possible only through negotiations. “I am not the opposition of the government, not at …

AT-KABUL: Sixty-one Taliban fighters were killed and 46 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, security officials said. Ministry of Defense said Tuesday in a statement that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and National Directorate of Security conducted operations against the Taliban …

AT-KABUL: The National Solidarity Program has completed 248 projects for the public utilities in various districts of Badakhshan province, it said Tuesday. The program in statement sent to the media said the projects include the construction of community centers, culverts, aqueducts, pathways, bridges, micro-hydro-power stations, a gabion wall, protection walls, …

AT-KABUL:  Twenty four insurgents including nine commanders of Taliban were killed and 35 others injured as the result of air strikes launched by the security forces in different districts of Ghazni province, security officials said. Ministry of Interior said Tuesday in a statement that the national security forces launched various …