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AT-Kabul: US and Afghan security forces in a joint offensive dismantled al-Qaeda network in Kandahar province and killed dozens of militants in Shorabak district of the province, military official said on Tuesday. The US spokesman for Afghanistan Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner said the US and Afghan troops have dismantled al-Qaeda …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has vowed to enhance cooperation with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to prevent the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, from expanding in the region. The deputy director of the RATS executive committee, Vitaly Burov, …

AT-KABUL: The pharmaceutical services’ union of Afghanistan has donated five tons of medicines to Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to help injured people in Kunduz province. Chief of the union Abdul Khaliq Zazai handed over the packages to Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz here on Tuesday. Feroz said the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have killed at least 10 Daesh fighters in a series of mop-up operation conducted in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, military official said on Tuesday. In a media statement issued the Selab Military Corps said that Afghan security forces attacked Daesh hideouts in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  A suicide bomber has attacked a police checkpoint in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday. A policeman stationed at the check-post was killed in the attack. Local officials said that another policeman was injured in the attack. The provincial police spokesman Zia Durrani said …

AT-KABUL:  Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) on Tuesday stressed on national mobilization against narcotics and drug addiction. The Minister of Counter Narcotics Salamat Azimi said that currently 1.5 million youth are addicted to drugs in Afghanistan. Thus, she said that youth should be mobilized against narcotics and drug addiction. Talking …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Meshrano Jirga (MJ) on Tuesday urged the government to reopen the important Kabul-Kandahar highway while eliminating the insurgents who blocked the road which connects the southern provinces with the center and east of the country. Shir Muhammad Akhundzada, a senator from Kandahar, said that there are hundreds …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Meshrano Jirga (MJ) on Tuesday urged the government to reopen the important Kabul-Kandahar highway while eliminating the insurgents who blocked the road which connects the southern provinces with the center and east of the country. Shir Muhammad Akhundzada, a senator from Kandahar, said that there are hundreds …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Meshrano Jirga on Tuesday alleged the United States of supporting terrorism in Afghanistan despite calling itself a belligerent force against terrorism and an ally of the war-hit Afghanistan. The senators said that the US was supporting Pakistan which is fueling insurgency in Afghanistan. They said that Washington’s …

AT-KABUL: At least 70 Taliban militants have been killed and 40 others wounded in a clash between Taliban and Afghan forces in Ghazni’s capital on Tuesday, official said. The deputy provincial governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said that clashes between Taliban and security forces erupted in Noghi, Qarabaagh and Spandi areas …