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KABUL: The new U.S defense secretary arrived on Saturday in Kabul on an unannounced visit to meet Afghan officials and foreign troops, the US department of defense said. The US defense department twitted that Pentagon’s new chief Ash Carter had arrived in Kabul early today morning. Carter was welcomed by …

AT News Report-KABUL: In the aftermath of Pakistan’s efforts and struggles to help the Afghan government for bringing the Taliban to negotiation table, President Ashraf Ghani on Friday commended Pakistan’s efforts for putting the reconciliation process back on the right track. The presidential Palace (Arg) said in a statement that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan as an agricultural country and with having more than two million cattle, still imports $42 million worth of dairy products from neighboring countries per annum, said official on Friday. According to figures by the Central Statistics Organization (CSO), Afghanistan produces around 1.5 million tons of dairy …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has said that there has been huge improvement cooperation between Kabul and Islamabad, and he believes that the relation would reach improve further. Praising the efforts of Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Rahil Sharif in …

KABUL: A branch of the Central Bank of Afghanistan also known as Da Afghanistan Bank has been robbed by its staff members in southern Kandahar province, said local officials the other day. General Manager of the bank, Fazl Ahmad Azimi, said the staff members of state bank branch in Spin …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  As part of the Indian and US governments’ commitments and promises for a secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan, the US Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Laurel Miller, held high level talks on Afghanistan with Indian officials, civil society members and political party leaders here. Miller …

LASHKARGAH: In order to avoid civilian causalities, military anti-militants operation in southern Helmand province is progressing well but slowly, a senior security official said on Thursday. Police Chief Nabi Jan Mulakhel told reporters that heavy casualties had been inflicted on militants and several localities were purged of anti-state elements. He …

KABUL: An investigative report released by PAYK Investigative Journalism Center says that anti-narcotics program has been faced with failure as in Helmand Province, not even 1 percent of poppy cultivation has been eradicated. The report adds that same was the situation of poppy eradication campaigns in other parts of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Roughly 29 militants were killed in military operation carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that most of the areas of Sangin district were cleared of insurgents in the operation. The source said that …

AT-KABUL: The top NATO commander, General John Campbell on Wednesday called on the Chief Executive of the national unity government, Abdullah Abdullah where they discussed different issues including the US long-term support to Afghanistan. “Americans have found great enthusiasm and interest in supporting Afghanistan and they are optimistic about future …