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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday released a report documenting 559 women civilian casualties—revealing 23 percent increase in the first six months of 2015 across the country. Director of Human Rights Unit of UNAMA, Danielle Bell, said that the UNAMA protection of civilian …

At least 56 Taliban and Islamic State (IS) fighters have been killed in a barrage of drone strikes in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the governor’s spokesman, said the unmanned aircraft fired a volley of missiles on hideouts in the Gogori area of Haska …

AT-KABUL: As differences among the Taliban militants group are growing wider in the aftermath of revelation of their leader Mullah Omar’s death, Sayed Tayeb Agha resigned as head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Sayed Tayyeb Agha in a statement said he has decided …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Amar Sinha Ambassador of India in Kabul called on National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Tuesday where they discussed different mutual issues, including bilateral ties between the two countries. According to a press release by Atmar’s office, the two sides talked about strengthening relations between the …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that a terror bid was foiled in Logar province. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives discovered unexploded suicide vests and assault rifles that were planned to be used in terror attacks on government installations. …

AT-KABUL: Warning the Taliban supporters of strict action, Kabul police chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi, on Tuesday said that police would not allow anyone to hold condolence ceremony for Mullah Omer, the Taliban figurehead who died mysteriously in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference he said that Mullah Muhammad Omer was not …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Tuesday released the seventh “Business Tendency Survey” underling the business environment as “extremely unfavorable” in the past three months. The ACCI in the survey covered businessmen in Kabul, Balkh, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Herat provinces. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) …

On August 1, 2015, a pair of conjoined twins were successfully separated by a team of local Afghan doctors at French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul, Afghanistan. The team was led by Dr Jalil Wardak, Head of Paediatric Surgery at the hospital. The two little girls, named Ayesha and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday thwarted a would-be attack on the Presidential Palace after they arrested four suicide bombers in Kabul city. A statement by the NDS said a group of four individuals with links to Peshawar-based Taliban’s Shura (Council) were arrested in PD8 …

AT-KABUL:  Citizens in western Herat and Farah provinces on Monday took to the street against the recently released audio message by the new Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor where has vowed to continue the fighting. The protestors chanted anti-Mullah Mansoor slogans and condemned his audio message as the continuation of the …