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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan government on Tuesday strongly condemns terrorist attack in Turkish town of Suruc that left nearly 30 people killed and around 100 others wounded. In a statement, President Ashraf Ghani termed terrorism a common threat for the region and the world, and prodded joint and serious action …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  Around 100,000 enrolled students have been unable to attend more than 100 schools due to rampant of insecurity in southern Helmand province, official said. “107 schools had been closed due to growing of insecurity in the province, and the total member of government-run schools is 384 in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghans security forces during a military operation captured two important centers of the Taliban insurgents in Almar district in northern Faryab province, official said on Tuesday. “Two Taliban facilities were held in Turbat and Badghis areas in the district during the operation,” Mohammad Saleh Saleh, Almar district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Torrential rains wreaked havoc in eastern parts of the country as flash floods destroy scores of homes and crops standing on hundreds of acres of agricultural land in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Provincial director of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) in Kunar told a local …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Wolesi Jirga members and experts said that fight against the ISIS, also known as Daesh, should be led by Afghan security forces. They said that if the United States and international forces want to conduct a joint war against ISIS in Afghanistan, then the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered and confiscated two BM1 missiles in PD8 in Kabul city over the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, a statement by the spy agency said on Monday. The statement said that this was a major achievement as the find has prevented a major attack …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one person was killed and three others wounded following a traffic accident in Salang Highway (Salang Pass), said official on Monday. Head of Traffic Department in Parwan, Mehrabuddin Parwani, said the incident took place on Monday morning when an oil tanker collided with a truck …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least one million Afghans have been internally displaced as a result of conflict, natural disasters and severe poverty over past few years, officials in a Norwegian refugee council said Monday. Danielle Moylan said the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are living miserable life in Afghanistan and that …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Though atni-polio campaign is underway in eastern Nangarhar province in full swing, residents of the province terms lack of female campaigners as an obstacle before implementation of home to home campaign. They said that female campaigners can play an effective role in raising public awareness regarding the …

The emergence of militants in Afghanistan claiming allegiance to Islamic State could disrupt White House plans to remove the remaining U.S. troops in that country by the end of next year. Islamic State has provided new ammunition to Pentagon and Afghan officials seeking to persuade the White House to reverse …