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AT News Report KABUL: At least 75 militants have been killed and 20 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said that Afghan National Army …

AT News Report KABUL: The Interior Ministry warns that irresponsible armed individuals, criminals and those who violate the law, can no long disorder security in the country. In a statement issued Friday, the ministry said that police are guarding people’s security and would let no bully persons to disorder their …

KABUL: Mullah Ahmad, the Taliban’s intelligence chief for the southern Helmand province was killed in an Afghan air force strike along with his two fighters, authorities said. The military in Helmand said the Taliban commander was mastermind of major attacks in the province. Mullah Ahmad was killed along with two …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A Taliban official said on Wednesday that the United States had promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April during talks last month, RIA news agency reported, more than past estimates of the planned pull-out. There was no immediate reaction …

KABUL: The government says that during the winter operations, heavy casualties were inflicted on the armed opposition groups, with the security forces regaining more areas. Ghafoor Ahmad Jawid,spokesman of the ministry of defense said on Wednesday that the operationsgoing on in different provinces,would continue untilthe end of the winter. He …

AT-KABUL: Ahmad Zaki Sarfaraz has been appointed as new Kabul Mayor based on a decree issued by the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. The President Ghani’s new appointment made after 4-month, and during that period the Kabul Municipality was running by acting mayor. The decree states that the appointment of Ahmad …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan for title sponsorship rights of the upcoming nine-match series between Afghanistan and Ireland. The series, consisting of three T20Is, five ODIs and one Test will commence from 21st February in Dehradun, will be played …

KABUL: Religious scholars in the northern Baghlan province urge that only intra-Afghan dialogues could help Afghans end the war. They said Wednesday that people are tired of war and that an intra-Afghan negotiation is urgently needed to find a way for the end of the two-decade war. They said that …

KABUL: Employees of the independent electoral complaints commission in Badakhshan province say their colleagues in the headquarters in Kabul should be punished for corruption. They also accused the commission’s head office of corruption and officials in the commission had changed the votes for the favor of some candidates who gave …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday appointed his economic advisor Ajmal Ahmadi as acting Minister of Commerce and Industries. “In line with the paragraph 13 of article 64 of the constitution of Afghanistan, the appointment of Mr. Ajmal Ahmadi as acting of minister of commerce and industries of the Islamic …